Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Program Rural Initiative Center Grant

Overview

The purpose of this RFA is to counter tobacco trends by developing up to two Rural Initiative Centers to increase student access to tobacco-use prevention education services in underserved rural areas. The CDE is soliciting proposals to operate these new centers from county offices of education that can demonstrate extensive experience operating high-performing rural TUPE programs. In the 2023 California Youth Tobacco Survey (CYTS), 5.6 percent of high school students reported ever having smoked a cigarette, but more than three times as many, 18.3 percent, had vaped. More than one in five, 21.6 percent, had used any form of tobacco. Current use rates (i.e., rates of use within the past 30 days) were 1.2 percent for cigarettes, 5.9 percent for vapes, and 7.3 percent for any form of...