Nevada Receives $8.6M Behavioral Health Grant For School Programs

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations Nevada has received an $8.6 million federal grant for behavioral health programs in schools. The funding announced Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services is for a four-year period. It is intended to fund pilot studies to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of school programs designed to improve behavioral health. Sub-grants will be awarded to the Children's Cabinet of Northern Nevada, Healthy Communities Coalition in Lyon County and the Nye County Community Coalition. Initial funding will be used to gather data and conduct research. This was reported by The . . .