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A joint effort by the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice has resulted in the awarding of $32.8 million in grants through the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative.

A July 15 press release provided the following information about the grant program:

The highly competitive Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative attracted 422 grant applications nationally.

Under the initiative, school districts, in partnership with local public mental-health agencies, law-enforcement and juvenile justice entities, must implement a comprehensive, community-wide plan that focuses on the following elements:

• Safe school environments and violence prevention activities
• Alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention activities
• Student behavioral, social and emotional supports
• Mental-health services
• Early childhood social and emotional learning programs.

The initiative received over 400 applications from across the United States. School districts in 18 states received grant money.

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Posted By: Aspen/CRC