First Responder Mental Health Services Grant
The First Responder Mental Health Services Grant is a state-funded grant program that provides funding to first responders, first responder agency support staff, first responder volunteers, or retired first responders in Utah who are seeking a degree or certificate to become a mental health therapist.
- Eligible Students:
- First responders, support staff at a first responder agency, first responder volunteers, and retired first responders in Utah as defined in Board Policy R627
- Eligibility Requirements:
- Be a first responder, support staff at a first responder agency, first responder volunteer, or a retiree who worked as a first responder in Utah
- Enroll in a degree or certificate program that will qualify the applicant upon completion to become a mental health therapist at an eligible institution
- Prerequisite degrees do not qualify for funding.
- Eligible Uses:
- Tuition and fees
- Award:
- Up to $6,000 per academic year, after all other financial aid
- Award Duration:
- Up to four academic years
- Eligible Institutions:
- Public, degree-granting institutions:
- Salt Lake Community College
- Snow College
- Southern Utah University
- University of Utah
- Utah State University
- Utah Tech University
- Utah Valley University
- Weber State University
- Private, non-profit institutions:
- Brigham Young University
- Ensign College
- Westminster University
- Western Governors University
- Public, degree-granting institutions:
- Application Period:
- Second application period for the 2025-26 academic year
- Opens: October 1, 2025
- Deadline: November 14, 2025
- Additional Information:
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