Mental Health Workers Grant

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Department’s 2023-2025 ARPA – School Mental Health Workers Grant, which will deploy $5 million in CSDE’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to 20 school districts over three years for the purpose of hiring and maintaining school mental health workers (SMHW) for school years 2023-2025. Awards range from $37,768 to $120,000.00 in each of the first two years and are reduced to 70% of that amount in year three.  This grant was highly competitive, with 92 districts submitting completed proposals. 

WHS was awarded a $290,997 grant to provide additional social emotional support to students at WHS.  This is a 3 year grant that starts this year. This grant will provide additional social worker support for the increased student mental health needs and increased chronic absenteeism at Wethersfield High School to ensure that we meet students where they are and to prepare them to be active problem solvers, communicators and collaborators. 

We want to thank Cindy Bryan, Lauren Kremer and Christina Conoscenti for their assistance in writing this competitive grant!