The historic Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will help hire and train more than 14,000 school mental health professionals as part of the single largest investment in student mental health in history.
Vice President Kamala Harris continued her leadership on gun violence prevention by announcing an additional $285 million in funding to help schools across the country hire and train mental health counselors. The funding to hire and train counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals is a result of the historic Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the most significant gun safety law in nearly 30 years.
This legislation that President Biden and Vice President Harris fought to enact is also the single largest investment in student mental health in history and will help to hire and train more than 14,000 school mental health professionals throughout America. This includes more than 300 new mental health counselors in North Carolina.
Vice President Harris Convenes a Roundtable Discussion on Gun Violence Prevention
“In the United States of America today, the number one killer of our children is gun violence…and when we take the time to consider what this means, let us understand how many people in our country, including our children, are experiencing profound trauma that manifests itself in so many ways,” said Vice President Harris. “We are here today to talk about many things including the need for reasonable gun safety laws, but also the trauma and what we must do to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of it. For all of those reasons, I am proud to be here to share that we are announcing $285 million as part of our administration’s initiative to hire and train mental health counselors in schools.”
Joined by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, the Vice President also announced more than $6 million for community violence intervention through the…
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