Here’s What $1B in Cuts Mean for Black Kids’ Mental Health – The Bay State Banner

Here’s what $1B in cuts mean for Black kids’ mental health – The Bay State Banner

Without school-based support, Black students face greater emotional distress, academic declines, and rising suicide risks.

Medicaid Cuts Threaten School Health Services for Black Students - Dallas Weekly

For some kids, the school nurse is there to put a bandage on a skinned knee or check for a fever. But for a majority of Black students, too often, that nurse is the only healthcare provider they’ll see all year. If House Republicans get their way, though, even that might disappear.Indeed, Medicaid is the largest federal funding source for school-based health services. And with GOP lawmakers inching closer to passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Ac…

School May Be the Only Doctor Some Black Kids Ever See

For some kids, the school nurse is there to put a bandage on a skinned knee or check for a fever. But for a majority of Black students, too often, that nurse is the only healthcare provider they’ll see all year. If House Republicans get their way, though, even that might disappear. Indeed, Medicaid is the largest federal funding source for school-based health services. And with GOP lawmakers inching closer to passing the One Big Beautiful Bill A…

Here’s What $1B in Cuts Mean for Black Kids’ Mental Health - The Sacramento Observer

By Quintessa Williams | Word In Black(WIB) – Research shows that suicide rates among Black youth have climbed by nearly 37% over the past five years, with Black teens now reporting higher attempt rates than their white and Hispanic peers. At the same time, Black and Native American students are 1.3 times more likely than white students to attend schools with a police officer — but no school mental health counselor.So educators, families, and edu…