Source: @washingtonpost – “Under President Donald Trump, the Education Department has begun cutting about $1 billion in mental-health-related grants created in response to mass school shootings.

School psychology professionals across the country are scrambling to figure out how to move forward after being told funding for their multiyear programs will expire at the end of December if they don’t decide to appeal.

“Our president claims that America’s gun violence crisis is a mental health issue, not a gun issue — then turns around and slashes $1 billion in mental health resources for kids and schools,” said Emma Brown, executive director of the gun control advocacy group Giffords. “Republican leaders worked side by side with Democrats to allocate these funds to save lives and stop school shootings, and now the administration is trampling that progress. This decision will cost American children their lives.”

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