$270 Million of School Mental Health Grants Restored Without DEI Strings

The revamped programs, which prioritize expanding school-based mental health services, do away with Biden-era diversity requirements.

Students walk to class at Petersburg High School in Petersburg, W.Va., on Aug 27, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Department of Education has reinstated two grants totaling $270 million to support mental health services in public schools, nearly five months after discontinuing them because of the Biden administration’s focus on diversity priorities.

State education departments and school districts may now apply for the $180 million School-Based Mental Health Grant and the $90 million Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant, the department said in a pair of notices on Sept. 29.