Governor Ned Lamont today announced that 20 school districts across Connecticut are being awarded $5 million in funding under a competitive state grant program that will be used for hiring and maintaining school mental health workers during the 2023, 2024, and 2025 school years.
Administered by the Connecticut State Department of Education, the School Mental Health Workers Grant is funded by money the state received from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which was approved by Congress in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first of three rounds of grants aimed at increasing the number of mental health workers in schools that are being administered by the state using ARPA funding. A second round – the School Mental Health Specialists Grant – will soon provide grants totaling $15 million. A third grant program will provide $8 million to summer camps and school-based summer programming for mental health support.
Awards for each district under this first round range between $101,973 and $324,000. Priority was given to districts with a high ratio of students to school mental health workers and a high rate of student use of school mental health services.
The recipients of the School Mental Health Workers Grant are as follows:
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School District |
Award Amount for Fiscal Year 2023 |
Award Amount for Fiscal Year 2024 |
Award Amount for Fiscal Year 2025 (70%) |
Total Grant Award |
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Portland School District |
$117,168.84 |
$117,168.84 |
$82,018.19 |
$316,355.87 |
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Regional School District 10 |
$120,000.00 |
$120,000.00 |
$84,000.00 |
$324,000.00 |
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Wethersfield School District |
$107,777.00 |
$107,777.00 |
$75,443.90 |
$290,997.90 |
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Woodbridge School District |
$96,000.00 |
$96,000.00 |
$67,200.00 |
$259,200.00 |
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Booker T. Washington Academy District |
$67,717.33 |
$67,717.33 |
$47,402.13 |
$182,836.79 |
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Preston School District |
$83,821.10 |
$83,821.10 |
$58,674.77 |
$226,316.97 |
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Hebron School District
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$120,000.00 |
$120,000.00 |
$84,000.00 |
$324,000.00 |
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Mansfield School District |
$89,500.00 |
$89,500.00 |
$62,650.00 |
$241,650.00 |
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Middletown School District |
$120,000.00 |
$120,000.00 |
$84,000.00 |
$324,000.00 |
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Bethany School District |
$117,045.00 |
$117,045.00 |
$81,931.50 |
$316,021.50 |
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Oxford School District |
$118,420.00 |
$118,420.00 |
$82,894.00 |
$319,734.00 |
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The Bridge Academy District |
$75,000.00 |
$75,000.00 |
$52,500.00 |
$202,500.00 |
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East Hampton School District |
$88,193.00 |
$88,193.00 |
$61,735.10 |
$238,121.10 |
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Eastford School District |
$53,746.28 |
$53,746.28 |
$37,622.40 |
$145,114.96 |
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Stonington School District |
$73,408.00 |
$73,408.00 |
$51,385.60 |
$198,201.60 |
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East Haddam School District |
$100,300.00 |
$100,300.00 |
$70,210.00 |
$270,810.00 |
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Regional School District 17 |
$110,000.00 |
$110,000.00 |
$77,000.00 |
$297,000.00 |
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Common Ground High School District |
$37,768.00 |
$37,768.00 |
$26,437.60 |
$101,973.60 |
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East Haven School District |
$59,009.00 |
$59,009.00 |
$41,306.30 |
$159,324.30 |
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Bethel School District |
$96,978.00 |
$96,978.00 |
$67,884.60 |
$261,840.60 |