Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Education awarded a total of $4,866,137 to North Dakota universities and K-12 schools:
These grants are funded by two Department of Education programs. The Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program (University of Mary, Minot State University) supports training for school counselors, social workers, psychologists, or other mental health professionals qualified to provide school-based mental health services, with the goal of expanding the pipeline of these workers into low-income public elementary and secondary schools. The School-Based Mental Health Grant Program (Dickinson Public School District, West Fargo Public Schools) helps state and local educational agencies increase the number of credentialed mental health service providers accessible to their students.
Background:
Last March, Senator Cramer joined colleagues in introducing the Mental Health Excellence in Schools Act, a bipartisan bill to address the shortage of mental health providers in schools. Learn more here.