NKPS Partners with State on Federal Grant Work
Posted on 01/12/2023
On December 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education awarded the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) the five-year, $15 million federal grant for Virginia’s Comprehensive Approach to Recruitment and Retention of School Mental Health Professionals. New Kent County Public Schools Department of Exceptional Education and Students Services is collaborating with the Virginia Department of Education office of Student Services as a partnering division in this grant award to increase the number of qualified mental health service professionals providing school-based mental health services to students.