ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 82/100
Montana School Health Mini-Grant Program — 2026-2027
Montana DPHHS is opening its 2026-2027 School Health Mini-Grant Program for K-12 school health personnel statewide. Eligible school nurses, public health nurses, certified asthma/diabetes educators, counselors and administrators may receive $1,000 for approved school-health training and chronic-disease projects; applications run September 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027 or until funds are exhausted.
Funding$1,000 per approved applicant, paid in two $500 installments.
DeadlineApplication period is open September 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027 or until funding is no longer available. The controlling DPHHS source does not publish an exact closing clock time or time zone.
Last verifiedSeptember 29, 2026
Required next actionEligible Montana school nurses, city/county public health nurses, certified asthma or diabetes educators, school counselors and school administrators should select an approved project option, complete the current 2026-2027 application and current W-9, and submit according to the official DPHHS form instructions. The controlling DPHHS page states the cycle remains open through March 31, 2027 or until funding is no longer available and does not publish a closing clock time or time zone. Do not budget albuterol, spacers, other medical equipment, or AED units where the program expressly excludes those purchases.
Broad Eligibility
School nurses, city/county public health nurses, certified asthma or diabetes educators, school counselors, and school administrators working with Montana K-12 schools.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 82/100. Montana School Health Mini-Grant Program provides $1,000 awards to eligible school nurses, public health nurses, certified asthma or diabetes educators, school counselors, and school administrators for approved school-health projects. The 2026-2027 cycle is open September 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027 or until funds are unavailable. Awards are paid in two $500 installments. Eligible projects include asthma or diabetes training, CPR/First Aid training, chronic-disease support, continuing education, asthma self-management education, and related school-health activities. Grant funds may not directly purchase albuterol, spacers, other medical equipment, or AED units.
Montana DPHHS’s School Health Mini-Grant Program provides $1,000 awards to eligible school health personnel working with K-12 schools across Montana. The 2026-2027 application period opens September 1, 2026 and continues through March 31, 2027 or until available funding is exhausted. Awards are paid in two $500 installments, with the second payment tied to completion of project deliverables.
Eligible applicants include school nurses, city/county public health nurses, certified asthma or diabetes educators, school counselors, and school administrators. Approved project pathways include asthma/diabetes staff training, stock-albuterol policy implementation, continuing education, student asthma self-management education, CPR/First Aid training, and asthma home-visiting referrals. The program explicitly does not allow grant funds to directly purchase albuterol, spacers, other medical equipment, or AED units; applicants should use the official application form and submit a current W-9.
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Source verificationOfficial government source · dphhs.mt.govAtlas last verified this record September 29, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
