60 Massachusetts School Districts Awarded $5.5M to Support Student Behavioral, Mental Health Services
Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll announced on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, that their administration has awarded nearly $5.5 million in grants to 60 school districts, educational collaboratives,…
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Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll announced on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, that their administration has awarded nearly $5.5 million in grants to 60 school districts, educational collaboratives, and charter schools across Massachusetts to improve student access to behavioral and mental health services and support. In addition, the state's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) will provide professional development in these areas for school district staff.
“We have a mental health crisis that was only made worse by the pandemic, particularly for students. That's why improving students' access to behavioral and mental health care is a priority for our administration,” Healey stated in a news release. “These grants will help districts connect students with the services they need to be safe, healthy, and successful today and into the future.
According to the news release, the following are among the grant recipients:
- ACCEPT Education Collaborative (Natick): $100K
- Assabet Valley Collaborative (Marlborough): $100K
- Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical (Marlborough): $100K
- Ayer-Shirley School District: $100K
- Bedford Public Schools: $148,575
- Belchertown Public Schools: $25,080
- Bellingham Public Schools: $100K
- Berkley Public Schools: $26,500
- Boston Public Schools: $100K
- Bridge Boston Charter School: $59,999
- Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical (Taunton): $43,800
- Brockton Public Schools: $100K
- Burlington Public Schools: $59,200
- Chelsea Public Schools: $100K
- Chicopee Public Schools: $100K
- Danvers Public Schools: $100K
- Dedham Public Schools: $85,200
- Dennis-Yarmouth Public Schools: $146,880
- Everett Public Schools: $99,660
- Excel Academy Charter (East Boston): $99,936
- Fall River Public Schools: $148,545
- Foxborough Regional Charter: $100K
- Gardner Public Schools: $100K
- Gateway (Huntington): $100K
- Gloucester Public Schools: $100K
- Hadley Public Schools: $84K
- Hampden-Wilbraham Public Schools: $100K
- Haverhill Public Schools: $100K
- Holliston Public Schools: $100K
- King Philip (Norfolk): $100K
- Lowell Public Schools: $100K
- Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter: $70K
- Map Academy Charter School (Plymouth): $100K
- Medway Public Schools: $70K
- Methuen Public Schools: $100K
- Monson Public Schools: $143,420
- Narragansett Regional School District (Baldwinville): $34,150
- Natick Public Schools: $95K
- North Adams Public Schools: $100K
- Norwood Public Schools: $148,575
- Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical (Palmer): $37,150
- Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School (Lawrence): $100K
- Quincy Public Schools: $100K
- READS Collaborative (Middleborough): $94,140
- Rockland Public Schools: $100K
- Salem Public Schools: $100K
- Salem Academy Charter: $99,260
- SEEM Collaborative (Stoneham): $53,100
- South Hadley Public Schools: $99,734
- Southbridge Public Schools: $63,125
- Springfield International Charter: $108,575
- Springfield Public Schools: $148,575
- Taunton Public Schools: $100K
- Uxbridge Public Schools: $50,864
- Warwick Public Schools: $100K
- Watertown Public Schools: $100K
- West Springfield Public Schools: $99,127
- Wilmington Public Schools: $75K
- Winthrop Public Schools: $50K
