CDC Allocated $85 Million For Grants Requiring Schools to Start Student-led Clubs Supporting LGBT Youth
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spent $85 million on a grant program requiring public schools to start Gay-Straight Alliances, public documents show.
According to a notice of funding report for a grant offered by the CDC, the federal agency has a total of $85 million to spend over a five-year period from 2018-2023 with a twelve-month budget period.
To access that funding, a school must apply for the federal grant. Once a school is deemed eligible, the school can be awarded anywhere from $12,000 to $350,000 for the program.
For schools to be eligible for the grant, they must fulfill all of the required activities listed in the program guidance document and cannot opt-out of those requirements.
According to the document, one of the required activities that schools cannot opt-out of requires the implementation of student-led clubs supporting LGBT youth, usually known as Gay-Straight Alliances.
“A GSA is a student-led club, typically run in a middle or high s