Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grants

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In 2019, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $11 million in Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration grants to 27 State education agencies and school districts. This grant program supports innovative partnerships to train and deploy school-based mental health service providers in schools. The purpose is to expand the pipeline of high-quality, trained professionals to address shortages of mental health services in high-need schools and to provide supports that encompass social and emotional learning, mental wellness, resilience, and positive connections between students and adults.

Focus of the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Program

Funded local educational agencies offer schools: 

  1. social-emotional and mental wellness learning;
  2. effective resilience efforts in the aftermath of a crisis;
  3. school-based mental health services for high-need public elementary schools and secondary schools with shortages of school-based mental health service providers; and
  4. opportunities to place graduate students of IHEs in school-based mental health fields into schools served by the participating high-need LEAs to complete required field work, credit hours, internships, or related training as applicable for the degree, license, or credential program of each student.

Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grantees

Below is a list of the 27 Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration (MHSP) grantees, by State. More information on the MHSP grantees can be found on NCSSLE's State pages. Read more information about the MHSP grants, here, or access a particular State page below to learn more.


Arizona
  • Peoria Unified School District
California
  • Del Norte County Office of Education
  • Eureka City Schools
  • New Vision Middle School
  • Pasadena Unified School District
  • Tulare County Office of Education
Florida
  • Broward County Public Schools
  • School Board of St. Lucie County, St. Lucie Public Schools
Illinois
  • Chicago Public Schools (CPS) - Board of Education of the City of Chicago
Indiana
  • Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation
Iowa
  • Green Hills Area Education Agency (GHAEA)
Kentucky
  • Corbin Independent Schools
Louisiana
  • Louisiana Department of Education
Maryland
  • Prince George's County Board of Education
Montana
  • Montana Office of Public Instruction
Nebraska
  • Educational Service Unit #2

New Jersey

  • Newark Board of Education
  • Pennsauken Public Schools
New York
  • John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School
  • Sodus Central School District
  • Niagara Falls City School District
North Carolina
  • Ashe County School District
  • Public Schools of Robeson County
  • Rockingham County Schools
Oklahoma
  • Osage County Interlocal Cooperative
Texas
  • Education Service Center Region 15
Virginia
  • Virginia Department of Education

     

    "In Session" Podcast Episodes

    In Session is an education-centered podcast where we speak with changemakers working towards safe supportive learning environments within their communities. Listen to podcast episodes featuring Mental Health Service Professional grant recipients to learn more about their work:

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