Zeptive

Settlement-to-Safety Program

The money to stop student vaping already exists. We help you find it.

More than $2 billion in JUUL and Altria settlement funds, plus federal and state school-safety grants, is set aside for exactly this work. Most schools never claim their share.

Find funding in your state Talk to us about a funded deployment
1Settlement & grant funds
2Your state's program
3Detection in your schools

Why this money exists

Companies were made to pay for the vaping crisis. That money is meant for your students.

JUUL and Altria settled thousands of lawsuits brought by states, school districts, and families over youth vaping, paying out more than $2 billion. The funds are earmarked for prevention, and districts are already spending them on detection technology.

✓ Lincoln USD, CA  funded vape detectors with JUUL settlement money ✓ Fairfax County, VA  received $3.2M in settlement funds ✓ 48 states  have settlements with money flowing now

The funding sources

Three pools of money worth knowing about

Each works differently, and rules vary by state and program. Here is the national picture. The specifics for your state come with your guide below.

Best fit for detection

Settlement funds

What it covers: youth vaping prevention. Detection hardware is an established use in some states.

Who runs it: your state Attorney General or Department of Law, sometimes routed through the Department of Education or Health.

How to start: find your state's vaping settlement program and confirm allowable uses.

Allowable uses vary widely by state. Many programs center on education and cessation, so confirm detectors qualify before you build a budget around them.

Broader safety dollars

Federal safety grants

What it covers: school safety and student wellness. Programs include the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP), STOP School Violence, and Title IV-A.

Who runs it: the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Education. Districts and local agencies apply, not individual schools.

How to start: check open windows on Grants.gov and tie detection to your safety plan.

These fund safety broadly. Whether vape detection fits depends on how your district frames its plan, so confirm eligibility for each program.

Look locally

State safety & health grants

What it covers: varies. Some states run their own school-safety or youth-health grant lines separate from settlements.

Who runs it: your state Department of Education, Health, or a dedicated school-safety office.

How to start: ask us to surface what is open in your state right now.

These move quickly and are easy to miss. They are exactly the kind of thing your state guide is built to flag.

Make your case

Getting the money is mostly about asking well

Four steps take a district from interested to funded. We give you language you can paste straight into an application.

1

Confirm eligibility

Check that detection is an allowable use for your state's funds.

2

Pick the program

Match the right pool of money to your timeline and project.

3

Build the justification

Frame the need, the cost, and the outcome in the program's terms.

4

Submit

File before the window closes, with the budget lines lined up.

The cost case writes itself

  • Cost per student is small against a multi-year safety budget.
  • Staff stop spending hours policing bathrooms.
  • Incidents and the liability that comes with them go down.
Request your guide and we include a justification and budget-line template your team can adapt and paste into an application.

Your state funding guide

Tell us your state. We will tell you where the money is.

Funding works differently in every state, so we do not publish a generic list. Send us where you are and we will put together a tailored rundown of the funding you can actually go after.

  • ✓ A plain-English summary of live funding for your state
  • ✓ The justification and budget-line template to reuse
  • ✓ No quote required, no pressure. This is the helpful part.

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Common questions

The honest answers

In some states, yes. Districts in California and Virginia have used settlement funds for detection. But allowable uses are set state by state, and many programs lean toward education and cessation. Your guide tells you where your state stands so you do not budget around money you cannot use.

Eligibility depends on your state's program and, for federal grants, on how your district frames its safety plan. Send us your state and we will tell you which pools you fit and what each one requires.

It varies by program. Settlement disbursements and grant cycles run on their own calendars, and some have hard deadlines. We flag the open windows for your state so timing does not catch you out.

Then we point you to the next pool, whether that is a federal safety grant, a state health or safety line, or an upcoming cycle. There is usually more than one path, and finding it is the whole point of the guide.

Yes. Tick the grant-writer box on the form and we will connect you with a vetted writer in your state. We refer, we do not endorse or guarantee outcomes, and no money changes hands for the introduction.

See what a funded Zeptive deployment looks like

Once the money is lined up, putting detection in your schools is the easy part. Let's walk through it.

Start with your state guide