The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 –issued six grants totaling $4.1 million in Washington County.
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State youth mental health grants in Wicomico County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 — issued two grants totaling $965,000 in Wicomico County.
About “Youth Mental Health: What Works?”
In the 2022-23 school year, more than a quarter of Maryland high school students reported their mental health was “not good at most or all times.”
Maryland conservatives make gains in school board races
Conservative school board candidates had wins across Maryland despite being a largely blue state cementing the influence of of the 1776 Project PAC.
CNN bans founder of conservative PAC funding MD school board candidates
Ryan James Girdusky has been banned from CNN after making a joke linking a Muslim commentator to Hezbollah, the Iran-funded group that the U.S. government considers a terrorist organization.
Three Maryland school board candidates have faced legal issues
Anne Arundel County school board candidate Chuck Yocum made headlines when the Baltimore Banner reported earlier this month that he was accused and acquitted of child sexual abuse three decades ago. But he’s not the only Maryland school board candidate…
Conservative PAC, Dems face off over Maryland school board races
There’s a little-known conservative power player in the nation’s school board elections, and it’s endorsed more candidates in Maryland than in any other state. The 1776 Project PAC, which says on its website that it supports “reform-minded conservatives who oppose…
Interactive Guide: Learn more about Maryland’s school board candidates
The Local News Network sent a questionnaire to all 109 school board candidates in Maryland to get their views on important issues. See the results in this interactive guide.
Is Maryland’s ‘Blueprint’ the path to better schools? We asked school board candidates
“The Blueprint sounds great on paper; however, funding it is a great challenge for every county in Maryland,” St. Mary’s County school board candidate Elena Brewer said.
On school safety, Maryland school board candidates push for officers, mental health services
The school safety problem is a national one. Violent incidents increased 49% in the nation’s schools the 2023-2024 school year, according to the Educator’s School Safety Network.