White House Announces New Mental Health Funding for Children
The White House today announced it is investing more than $300 million in mental health funding for children, ABC News reported.
Much of the money is coming from the bipartisan anti-gun violence law passed this June by Congress and will go toward grants, programs, and resources to create safer learning environments for children in schools.
The Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are using the funds to employ health professionals in schools, with the DOE granting $144 million a year for five years for mental health staffing in schools and $143 million a year for five years for "boosting the mental health profession pipeline" in schools that are most in need.
The HHS is also investing nearly $27 million in a mental health access program for pediatric primary health care providers in emergency departments to detect and treat mental health conditions, per ABC.
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