Utah Schools: Grant Funding Available for Child Sexual Abuse & Human Trafficking Prevention Education

PCAU provides the training and curriculum at no cost. USBE grant funding can help cover your district’s expenses for delivering student prevention education.

For rural districts, reaching every elementary classroom can mean coordinating staff time, printing, and travel across schools miles apart. Prevent Child Abuse Utah’s (PCAU) Train-the-Trainer program prepares qualified school professionals to teach prevention lessons in their own communities.

Through the Child Sexual Abuse/Human Trafficking (CSA/HT) Alternative Provider Choice Grant, eligible local LEAs, including districts and charter schools, can request funding for approved expenses associated with delivering that instruction.

What does the grant pay for?

PCAU provides its USBE-approved Boundary Town School Kids curriculum, Train-the-Trainer program, and ongoing support at no cost to Utah public and charter elementary schools. Your district does not need grant funding to pay PCAU for these resources.

Instead, the grant can help cover eligible trainer stipends, lesson preparation and classroom instruction stipends, printing, and staff travel to provide student instruction. It also supports approved instructional materials and services.

Grant funds cannot be used for student food or incentives, assemblies, computer equipment, or full-time employee positions and associated benefits.

How does Train-the-Trainer work?

USBE selected PCAU as its statewide primary provider of elementary child sexual abuse and human trafficking prevention education in October 2025. Train-the-Trainer prepares school professionals to deliver the approved Boundary Town School Kids curriculum themselves.

Trainers must have a master’s degree in a related field or at least five years of experience working with children. Before teaching, participants complete PCAU’s Train-the-Trainer program and required child abuse reporting training. They teach approved lessons as written and receive ongoing support through monthly statewide virtual meetings.

The curriculum includes versions for grades K–2 and 3–6. Each classroom receives two lessons on consecutive days, approximately 30–60 minutes each depending on grade level. Students learn to recognize unsafe behavior, identify trusted adults, ask for help, and understand that abuse is never their fault.

Counselors already know their students and families. Teaching the lessons builds on those relationships and positions counselors to provide follow-up support when a child asks for help.

What could a rural district request?

Consider a district serving approximately 950 students in 42 classrooms across six elementary schools, with two counselors delivering the curriculum.

Expense	Amount
Train-the-Trainer: 2 trainers × 8 hours × $35	$560.00
Lesson preparation: 2 trainers × 10 hours × $35	$700.00
Instruction: 42 classrooms × 2 lessons × 1 hour × $35	$2,940.00
Student handouts: 950 × $0.10	$95.00
Parent notifications: 950 × $0.10	$95.00
Staff travel: 600 miles × $0.70	$420.00
Total grant request	$4,810.00

This is an illustrative budget, not a guaranteed award or a prescribed reimbursement rate. Each LEA must use its actual expenses and applicable USBE requirements.

How to find the grant in Utah Grants

Coordinate with your LEA’s grant or business administrator before starting an application.

1. Log in to Utah Grants and open Applications.
2. Under All Applications, locate the CSA/HT Alternative Provider Choice Grant.
3. Select the green eye icon to view the grant information.
4. On the Overview tab, review the programmatic contact information.
5. Select the Funding Opportunity ID to review the grant description and allowable expenses.

Opening the grant through Applications → Pending Tasks can assign application ownership to that user. Coordinate internally so the appropriate person begins the application.

What should your application include?

Prepare your LEA name and contacts, approved curriculum name, delivery plan, fidelity procedures, itemized budget, and explanation of how the funding will benefit your schools.

Describe who will teach, how classrooms will receive both lessons, and how parents will receive notice and opt-out information. Explain how trainers will complete required training, teach the approved materials as written, and maintain session logs. Track instruction dates, sessions, student participation, and parent opt-outs for required reporting.

Download the application guide

Our accompanying PDF includes grant-viewing steps, a rural budget, and sample answers you can adapt to your LEA.

Do you also need mandated educator training?

Boundary Town: Adults Working with Youth (AWY) is PCAU’s USBE-approved online educator course. Eligible grant funds can also cover its license costs. This is a separate purpose from preparing counselors to teach student lessons.

Read our companion post: Utah Schools: Apply for Grant Funding to Cover Required Educator Training . If your LEA requests both types of support, itemize each expense once.

Questions?

For questions about Train-the-Trainer program:

Paige Barnson
Curriculum Coordinator, Prevent Child Abuse Utah
pbarnson@pcau.org
(801) 382-9746

For questions about grant eligibility, allowable expenses, or the application process:

Mindy Elliott
Prevention Specialist, Utah State Board of Education
mindy.elliott@schools.utah.gov
(801) 538-7913