After Uvalde, school mental health grants had bipartisan support. Now Trump is cutting them.
- The Trump administration is cutting school mental health grants after bipartisan support, impacting funding for schools that tailored their proposals accordingly.
- The Education Department stated that the terminated grants totaled $1 billion, though this figure may be inflated, as noted by Wall.
- Research suggests that students of color benefit from mental health support provided by individuals from similar backgrounds, although school-based data is limited.
- Many schools anticipated receiving additional funding for three or four more years, but the grants are set to end in December.
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After Uvalde, school mental health grants had bipartisan support. Now Trump is cutting them. | News Channel 3-12
Tayfun Coskun // Anadolu via Getty Images Tayfun Coskun // Anadolu via Getty Images After Uvalde, school mental health grants had bipartisan support. Now Trump is cutting them. Schools will likely have to lay off social workers and counselors, and college programs designed to train mental health providers may shut down after the Trump administration decided it would stop funding grants created under a bipartisan law passed in response to mass sc…

After Uvalde, school mental health grants had bipartisan support. Now Trump is cutting them.
Chalkbeat reports that cuts to lay off social workers and counselors and college programs designed to train mental health providers, appear to be part of the Trump administration's broader attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
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