Feds cut $1B mental health grants 

WASHINGTON The Trump administration is moving to cancel billion in school mental healthcare grants saying they reflect the priorities of the previous administration Grant recipients were notified this week that the funding will not be continued after this year A gun violence bill signed by Democratic President Joe Biden in sent billion to the grant programs to help schools hire more psychologists counselors and other mental wellbeing workers A new notice declared an Tuition Department review of the programs identified they violated the purpose of civil rights law conflicted with the department s framework of prioritizing merit and fairness and amounted to an inappropriate use of federal money The cuts were made constituents in a social media post from conservative strategist Christopher Rufo who claimed the money was used to advance left-wing racialism and discrimination He posted excerpts from several grant documents setting goals to hire certain numbers of nonwhite counselors or pursue other diversity equity and inclusion policies No more slush fund for activists under the guise of mental strength Rufo wrote The Instruction Department substantiated the cuts In an update to members of Congress department bureaucrats mentioned the Republican administration will find other options to sponsorship mental wellness The Department plans to re-envision and re-compete its mental vitality undertaking funds to more effectively assistance students behavioral medical requirements according to the notice President Donald Trump s administration has cut billions of dollars in federal grants deemed to be related to DEI and has threatened to cut billions more from schools and colleges over diversity practices The administration says any plan that treats people differently because of their race amounts to discrimination and it argues that DEI has often been used to discriminate against white and Asian American students