The U.S. Department of Education has reinstated two grants totaling $270 million to support mental health services in public schools, nearly five months after discontinuing them due to the Biden administration’s focus on diversity priorities.
State education departments and school districts may now apply for the $180 million School-Based Mental Health Grant and the $90 million Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant, the department said in a pair of notices on Sept. 29.
The terms of the grants have been rewritten to eliminate Biden-era diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals and instead, solely focus on increasing the number of mental health professionals in schools….