LifeSkills Training (LST) Program Grants

LifeSkills Training is a universal social and emotional skill building/drug and violence prevention curriculum designed for all students in middle school (grades 6-8 or 7-9) and high school (grade 9 or 10). The programs are typically delivered by classroom teachers, but can also be delivered by other school staff, school resource officers, or mental health professionals. The middle school program is a three-year curriculum that contains 15 days of core lessons in Level 1, 10 days in Level 2, and 5 days in Level 3, plus optional violence prevention lessons. The high school program is a single-year curriculum that contains 10 sessions. LST aligns well with health topics, but can be taught in any class that is taken by all students, including advisory, social studies, English language arts, science, math, etc. The implementation area is determined by the school/district.

Please see the Program Information page for documents describing both LST Programs, including lesson topics, sample lessons, and alignment with social emotional learning (SEL) competencies.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

CSPV has been receiving funding from Altria Client Services for a decade to help over 1,000 schools implement the LifeSkills Training middle school program. During the 2018-2019 school year,  schools in 15 states were invited to apply for this funding that began in fall 2019 and pays for costs to implement the LST program for three years.

Through funding from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), CSPV has been helping schools in Colorado to implement the LifeSkills Training (LST) middle school program since fall 2018. This grant pays for costs to implement the LST program for four years.

Both LST middle school implementation grants include teacher training, teacher stipends or substitute-teacher reimbursement for trainings, teacher manuals, and consumable student workbooks as well as program sustainability planning and attendance at a Training of Trainers workshop. CSPV monitors program fidelity to ensure schools implement the program as designed, thereby increasing positive outcomes for students and schools.

HIGH SCHOOL

CSPV was accepting applications from Colorado and Ohio schools or districts that were interested in implementing the LifeSkills Training High School program starting fall 2021 or later. To learn more about this funding opportunity, please see the High School Grant Opportunity page. The final deadline for applications was March 18, 2021. Funding for this initiative is provided by Altria Client Services for program implementation and by Arnold Ventures for program evaluation.

Through additional funding from Altria Client Services, CSPV began helping a select group of schools in districts across 16 states with whom CSPV was already working to implement the LifeSkills Training High School program with fidelity starting fall 2020. This grant opportunity covers costs to implement the LST program for two years, including teacher training, teacher stipends or substitute-teacher reimbursement for trainings, teacher manuals, and consumable student workbooks. The grant also includes program sustainability planning and attendance at a Training of Trainers workshop.

LifeSkills Training High School grant opportunity.