Peer Support Research Readiness in Indiana
GrantID: 75964
Grant Funding Amount Low: $30,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $300,000
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Indiana's readiness assessment examines whether high schools possess sufficient staff time and training infrastructure to sustain peer mentor programs after initial grant funding ends. State education data indicate 47 percent of Indiana public high schools employ fewer than two full-time counselors, limiting capacity to supervise peer-led mental health discussions.
Workforce constraints appear in the concentration of school psychologists in central Indiana counties, leaving northeastern and southwestern districts with monthly rather than weekly on-site presence. Broadband access in 19 rural counties falls below 70 percent, complicating digital training modules for peer mentors.
Readiness requirements include documented commitments from district superintendents to protect 90 minutes per week of staff coordination time and to maintain mentor recruitment pipelines through existing student leadership organizations. Budgets must allocate for in-person training rather than online-only formats due to documented lower completion rates in low-connectivity areas.
Indiana's manufacturing and agricultural economies shape student schedules, with many adolescents holding after-school jobs during planting and harvest periods. Program calendars therefore avoid overlap with peak employment months documented by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
"Unlike Ohio applications, Indiana requires demonstration of extreme rural delivery capacity due to frontier county designation and lower average counselor staffing ratios outside the Indianapolis metro."
Applications receive technical review for letters of support from county extension offices confirming space for after-school sessions and access to existing 4-H networks for mentor recruitment. Metrics track mentor retention at six and twelve months post-training against baseline staffing levels reported in the Indiana School Counseling Survey.
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