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As part of $1 billion in school mental health cuts, Wisconsin loses roughly $8 million
The federal investment was poised to help train and hire an additional 4,000 mental health professionals to schools ...
Oklahoma lawmakers one step closer to abandoning state-of-the-art mental health hospital project
They instead greenlighted spending millions in federal American Rescue Plan Act money to purchase land and renovate an ...
The looming crisis: How federal funding cuts threaten Texans’ mental health | Opinion
Among Texas nonprofits, advocates and people with mental health and substance use conditions, there is considerable anxiety ...
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Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health
Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire ...
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Rep. Terri Sewell condemns federal cut in BCS funding that prevents expanded student mental health services
BIRMINGHAM CITY SCHOOLS COULD SOON BE WORKING THROUGH A MAJOR CUT TO THEIR FUNDING. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT WE RECEIVED FROM ...
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After Uvalde, school mental health grants had bipartisan support. Now Trump is cutting them.
The Trump administration told many school districts, states, and colleges that they would no longer receive grant funding to ...
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LPS commits to maintaining counselor positions despite federal grant loss
Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) has been informed by the U.S. Department of Education that a significant grant for school-based ...
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ED Discontinues MH Grant Awards for Some Districts
Some districts received letters from ED informing them that grants they were awarded to recruit and retain school mental ...
Department of Education pulls LPS grant providing school-based mental health services
The district says they do not have any plans to make staffing changes due to a deadline that's already passed.
Department of Education pulls $7 million grant from LPS to provide mental health services
Interim superintendent John Skretta said the district used the money to hire 18 elementary counselor positions last year and increase mental health supports within the district.