diff --git a/src/backend/src/controllers/users.controllers.ts b/src/backend/src/controllers/users.controllers.ts
index 39b2b77a4a..896648bd4c 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/controllers/users.controllers.ts
+++ b/src/backend/src/controllers/users.controllers.ts
@@ -203,16 +203,4 @@ export default class UsersController {
       return next(error);
     }
   }
-
-  static async sendNotitifcation(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
-    try {
-      const { userId } = req.params;
-      const { text, iconName } = req.body;
-
-      const updatedUser = await UsersService.sendNotification(userId, text, iconName);
-      return res.status(200).json(updatedUser);
-    } catch (error: unknown) {
-      return next(error);
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/src/prisma/migrations/20241122155216_updated_notifications/migration.sql b/src/backend/src/prisma/migrations/20241122155216_updated_notifications/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..192243b385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/src/prisma/migrations/20241122155216_updated_notifications/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+  Warnings:
+
+  - You are about to drop the column `userId` on the `Notification` table. All the data in the column will be lost.
+  - Added the required column `text` to the `Announcement` table without a default value. This is not possible if the table is not empty.
+
+*/
+-- DropForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "Notification" DROP CONSTRAINT "Notification_userId_fkey";
+
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "Announcement" ADD COLUMN     "text" TEXT NOT NULL;
+
+-- AlterTable
+ALTER TABLE "Notification" DROP COLUMN "userId";
+
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE "_ReceivedAnnouncements" (
+    "A" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "B" TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE "_NotificationToUser" (
+    "A" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "B" TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "_ReceivedAnnouncements_AB_unique" ON "_ReceivedAnnouncements"("A", "B");
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE INDEX "_ReceivedAnnouncements_B_index" ON "_ReceivedAnnouncements"("B");
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "_NotificationToUser_AB_unique" ON "_NotificationToUser"("A", "B");
+
+-- CreateIndex
+CREATE INDEX "_NotificationToUser_B_index" ON "_NotificationToUser"("B");
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "_ReceivedAnnouncements" ADD CONSTRAINT "_ReceivedAnnouncements_A_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("A") REFERENCES "Announcement"("announcementId") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "_ReceivedAnnouncements" ADD CONSTRAINT "_ReceivedAnnouncements_B_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("B") REFERENCES "User"("userId") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "_NotificationToUser" ADD CONSTRAINT "_NotificationToUser_A_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("A") REFERENCES "Notification"("notificationId") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "_NotificationToUser" ADD CONSTRAINT "_NotificationToUser_B_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("B") REFERENCES "User"("userId") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;
diff --git a/src/backend/src/routes/users.routes.ts b/src/backend/src/routes/users.routes.ts
index 858e514179..34ae1a0136 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/routes/users.routes.ts
+++ b/src/backend/src/routes/users.routes.ts
@@ -55,11 +55,5 @@ userRouter.post(
   UsersController.getManyUserTasks
 );
 userRouter.get('/:userId/notifications', UsersController.getUserUnreadNotifications);
-userRouter.post(
-  `/:userId/notifications/send`,
-  nonEmptyString(body('text')),
-  nonEmptyString(body('iconName')),
-  UsersController.sendNotitifcation
-);
 
 export default userRouter;
diff --git a/src/backend/src/services/users.services.ts b/src/backend/src/services/users.services.ts
index fa63a09625..0b8e06b096 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/services/users.services.ts
+++ b/src/backend/src/services/users.services.ts
@@ -583,27 +583,4 @@ export default class UsersService {
 
     return requestedUser.unreadNotifications.map(notificationTransformer);
   }
-
-  static async sendNotification(userId: string, text: string, iconName: string) {
-    const requestedUser = await prisma.user.findUnique({
-      where: { userId }
-    });
-
-    if (!requestedUser) throw new NotFoundException('User', userId);
-
-    const createdNotification = await prisma.notification.create({
-      data: {
-        text,
-        iconName
-      }
-    });
-
-    const udaptedUser = await prisma.user.update({
-      where: { userId: requestedUser.userId },
-      data: { unreadNotifications: { connect: createdNotification } },
-      include: { unreadNotifications: true }
-    });
-
-    return udaptedUser;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/src/transformers/notification.transformer.ts b/src/backend/src/transformers/notification.transformer.ts
index 24e4347b20..32666b151a 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/transformers/notification.transformer.ts
+++ b/src/backend/src/transformers/notification.transformer.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Notification } from 'shared';
 
 const notificationTransformer = (notification: Prisma.NotificationGetPayload<NotificationQueryArgs>): Notification => {
   return {
+    notificationId: notification.notificationId,
     text: notification.text,
     iconName: notification.iconName
   };
diff --git a/src/backend/src/utils/homepage-notifications.utils.ts b/src/backend/src/utils/homepage-notifications.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f795064c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/src/utils/homepage-notifications.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { getNotificationQueryArgs } from '../prisma-query-args/notifications.query-args';
+import prisma from '../prisma/prisma';
+import notificationTransformer from '../transformers/notification.transformer';
+import { NotFoundException } from './errors.utils';
+
+const sendNotificationToUser = async (userId: string, notificationId: string, organizationId: string) => {
+  const requestedUser = await prisma.user.findUnique({
+    where: { userId }
+  });
+
+  if (!requestedUser) throw new NotFoundException('User', userId);
+
+  const updatedUser = await prisma.user.update({
+    where: { userId: requestedUser.userId },
+    data: { unreadNotifications: { connect: { notificationId } } },
+    include: { unreadNotifications: getNotificationQueryArgs(organizationId) }
+  });
+
+  return updatedUser.unreadNotifications.map(notificationTransformer);
+};
+
+export const sendNotificationToUsers = async (userIds: string[], text: string, iconName: string, organizationId: string) => {
+  const createdNotification = await prisma.notification.create({
+    data: {
+      text,
+      iconName
+    },
+    ...getNotificationQueryArgs(organizationId)
+  });
+
+  const notificationPromises = userIds.map(async (userId) => {
+    return sendNotificationToUser(userId, createdNotification.notificationId, organizationId);
+  });
+
+  await Promise.all(notificationPromises);
+  return notificationTransformer(createdNotification);
+};
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/unmocked/notifications.test.ts b/src/backend/tests/unmocked/notifications.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eea07b47e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/tests/unmocked/notifications.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { Organization } from '@prisma/client';
+import { createTestOrganization, createTestUser, resetUsers } from '../test-utils';
+import { batmanAppAdmin, wonderwomanGuest } from '../test-data/users.test-data';
+import { NotFoundException } from '../../src/utils/errors.utils';
+import { sendNotificationToUsers } from '../../src/utils/homepage-notifications.utils';
+import prisma from '../../src/prisma/prisma';
+
+describe('Notification Tests', () => {
+  let orgId: string;
+  let organization: Organization;
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    organization = await createTestOrganization();
+    orgId = organization.organizationId;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await resetUsers();
+  });
+
+  describe('Send Notification', () => {
+    it('fails on invalid user id', async () => {
+      await expect(async () => await sendNotificationToUsers(['1'], 'test', 'test', orgId)).rejects.toThrow(
+        new NotFoundException('User', '1')
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('Succeeds and sends notification to user', async () => {
+      const testBatman = await createTestUser(batmanAppAdmin, orgId);
+      const testWonderWoman = await createTestUser(wonderwomanGuest, orgId);
+
+      const notification = await sendNotificationToUsers([testBatman.userId, testWonderWoman.userId], 'test', 'icon', orgId);
+
+      const batmanWithNotifications = await prisma.user.findUnique({
+        where: { userId: testBatman.userId },
+        include: { unreadNotifications: true }
+      });
+      const wonderWomanWithNotifications = await prisma.user.findUnique({
+        where: { userId: testWonderWoman.userId },
+        include: { unreadNotifications: true }
+      });
+
+      expect(batmanWithNotifications?.unreadNotifications).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(batmanWithNotifications?.unreadNotifications[0]).toStrictEqual(notification);
+
+      expect(wonderWomanWithNotifications?.unreadNotifications).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(wonderWomanWithNotifications?.unreadNotifications[0]).toStrictEqual(notification);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/unmocked/users.test.ts b/src/backend/tests/unmocked/users.test.ts
index 80e5c13b2d..fa43dda9db 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/unmocked/users.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/tests/unmocked/users.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { createTestOrganization, createTestTask, createTestUser, resetUsers } fr
 import { batmanAppAdmin } from '../test-data/users.test-data';
 import UsersService from '../../src/services/users.services';
 import { NotFoundException } from '../../src/utils/errors.utils';
-import prisma from '../../src/prisma/prisma';
+import { sendNotificationToUsers } from '../../src/utils/homepage-notifications.utils';
 
 describe('User Tests', () => {
   let orgId: string;
@@ -50,29 +50,6 @@ describe('User Tests', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('Send Notification', () => {
-    it('fails on invalid user id', async () => {
-      await expect(async () => await UsersService.sendNotification('1', 'test', 'test')).rejects.toThrow(
-        new NotFoundException('User', '1')
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('Succeeds and sends notification to user', async () => {
-      const testBatman = await createTestUser(batmanAppAdmin, orgId);
-      await UsersService.sendNotification(testBatman.userId, 'test1', 'test1');
-      await UsersService.sendNotification(testBatman.userId, 'test2', 'test2');
-
-      const batmanWithNotifications = await prisma.user.findUnique({
-        where: { userId: testBatman.userId },
-        include: { unreadNotifications: true }
-      });
-
-      expect(batmanWithNotifications?.unreadNotifications).toHaveLength(2);
-      expect(batmanWithNotifications?.unreadNotifications[0].text).toBe('test1');
-      expect(batmanWithNotifications?.unreadNotifications[1].text).toBe('test2');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('Get Notifications', () => {
     it('fails on invalid user id', async () => {
       await expect(async () => await UsersService.getUserUnreadNotifications('1', organization)).rejects.toThrow(
@@ -82,8 +59,8 @@ describe('User Tests', () => {
 
     it('Succeeds and gets user notifications', async () => {
       const testBatman = await createTestUser(batmanAppAdmin, orgId);
-      await UsersService.sendNotification(testBatman.userId, 'test1', 'test1');
-      await UsersService.sendNotification(testBatman.userId, 'test2', 'test2');
+      await sendNotificationToUsers([testBatman.userId], 'test1', 'test1', orgId);
+      await sendNotificationToUsers([testBatman.userId], 'test2', 'test2', orgId);
 
       const notifications = await UsersService.getUserUnreadNotifications(testBatman.userId, organization);
 
diff --git a/src/shared/src/types/notification.types.ts b/src/shared/src/types/notification.types.ts
index 2d7260d35f..e4419ef2ed 100644
--- a/src/shared/src/types/notification.types.ts
+++ b/src/shared/src/types/notification.types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export interface Notification {
-  text: String;
-  iconName: String;
+  notificationId: string;
+  text: string;
+  iconName: string;
 }