Overcoming Cost Barriers for Rural Teen Health Education in Tennessee

GrantID: 13281

Grant Funding Amount Low: $10,000

Deadline: Ongoing

Grant Amount High: $67,000

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This grant may be available to individuals and organizations in Tennessee that are actively involved in Health & Medical. To locate more funding opportunities in your field, visit The Grant Portal and search by interest area using the Search Grant tool.

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Grant Overview

Tennessee education program funding for rural teen reproductive health faces cost constraints tied to limited county education budgets and transportation expenses across the Appalachian plateau. Applicants must submit detailed per-student cost calculations that account for travel to workshop sites in counties with no public transit.

Cost Constraints in Tennessee Eligible applicants are Tennessee school districts or nonprofits with existing memoranda of understanding with county boards of education. Budgets must cap indirect costs at 8 percent and demonstrate that no more than 22 percent of total funds support personnel travel. Review panels reject proposals lacking line-item justification for mileage reimbursement at the state rate of $0.47 per mile.

Tennessee differs from Kentucky and Alabama because state textbook adoption rules require workshop materials to align with the current health education standards revision cycle, which occurs every six years. Applicants must attach alignment matrices.

Geographic anchors include the Cumberland Plateau counties and the Mississippi Delta region in West Tennessee, where high school enrollment often requires 45-minute bus routes. Economic anchors focus on manufacturing and agriculture employment, with seasonal labor demands affecting after-school program attendance. Infrastructure constraints center on broadband gaps affecting 31 percent of rural school districts, necessitating printed materials rather than online modules.

Demographic distributions show 19 percent of the state’s population aged 10–19 concentrated in counties with poverty rates above 20 percent. Cost assessments must include contingency line items for weather-related cancellations common in higher elevations. Reviewers verify that proposed workshop schedules avoid peak planting and harvest periods documented by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.

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