Kettle Moraine School District became a recent recipient of DPI's State School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program, receiving the maximum $150,000 award, which equals $75,000 per year for two years. The district will use the funding its part-time Mental Health Navigator position, continue the use of the DESSA (a socio-emotional screening tool helping KM identify students in need of further supports), and fund professional development focused on how mental health needs manifest in the school setting.
DPI awarded $10,008,828 in the grants to 153 applicants, representing 144 individual public school districts, eight consortiums, and three charter schools with funding intended to provide additional support and mental health resources to students, in collaboration with community health agencies.