2026-27 Pennsylvania School Health Allocation
Pennsylvania is distributing $3 million in 2026-27 Feminine Hygiene Product Grant Program funding to more than 750 qualifying school entities so students can access period products at no cost. This is a non-competitive, non-solicitation school-health allocation, not a traditional application-based grant.
Funding
All qualifying school entities receive funding proportional to total student enrollment at a rate of $1.81 per enrolled student. Applications and reimbursement requests are not required. Schools may opt out, and any funds remaining after the first distribution round may be dispersed in a second round.
Who Receives Funding
The Commonwealth states that the 2026-27 funding is being distributed to qualifying Pennsylvania school districts, intermediate units, career and technical centers, and brick-and-mortar charter schools. Individual allocations are published by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Eligible Spending Period
Schools may use the 2026-27 funding for qualifying period-product purchases made from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Because this is an automatic allocation, Atlas does not publish an artificial application deadline.
School Health Implementation
The program is intended to remove a basic health and attendance barrier by providing free access to menstrual products in schools. Pennsylvania encourages school entities to consider privacy, responsiveness, access and education when determining how products are made available to students. School nurses, student-services teams, facilities staff and administrators should coordinate purchasing and placement so products are consistently available in locations that preserve dignity and easy access.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 93/100. This is a high-value school-health funding pathway because the Commonwealth has already appropriated and allocated the funds, eligible school entities do not compete for awards, and no application or reimbursement request is required. The practical task is implementation and compliant use of each school’s published allocation before the June 30, 2027 spending-window close.
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 0/100. The funding is specifically for period products and should not be positioned as a general clinical-technology, telehealth or equipment grant.
Next Step for School Entities
Confirm the school entity’s published 2026-27 allocation, verify internal purchasing and accounting procedures, identify student-access locations, purchase qualifying period products during the July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 eligibility window, and retain normal procurement and expenditure records. No grant application or reimbursement request is required.
Official source: Pennsylvania Department of Health — 2026-27 Feminine Hygiene Product Grant Program announcement.