{"id":2429375,"date":"2025-04-30T17:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-dept-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:04:53","slug":"ed-dept-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-dept-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Dept. Cuts $1B In &#8216;Mental Health&#8217; Grants Used To Advance DEI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fed-dept-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2429375&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article discusses significant cuts made by the U.S. Department of Education, which eliminated $1 billion in funding for mental health grants that were reportedly being used to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-great-jimmie-johnson-loses-3-family-members-in-bone-chilling-tragedy\/\" title=\"Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR legend, loses 3 family members in tragic incident.\">addressing mental health issues<\/a>. These cuts were confirmed by the Department, which indicated that the grants, initially intended to support mental health professionals in schools, had been misused for initiatives that prioritized race-based recruitment and DEI-focused training for counselors.<\/p>\n<p>The Department justified its decision by stating that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">grants violated civil rights laws<\/a> and deviated from their intended purpose of improving student mental health. It highlighted that many of the funded programs focused on training educators to recognize systemic injustices and implement race-based approaches in education. The article notes that these changes are part of a broader reevaluation of how the Department plans to allocate mental health resources in the future, emphasizing the need for evidence-based practices in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-have-your-back-biden-blasts-hateful-florida-bill-that-would-ban-discussion-of-sexual-orientation-or-gender-identity-in-elementary-schools\/\" title=\"\u2018I Have Your Back\u2019: Biden Blasts \u2018Hateful\u2019 Florida Bill That Would Ban Discussion Of Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity In Elementary Schools\">supporting students&#8217; mental health<\/a> needs. <\/p>\n<p>the article critiques the prior administration&#8217;s handling of mental health funding and the shift toward what some view as misallocation of resources favoring ideological goals over the welfare of students.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/an-american-flag-inside-the-classroom-8500417\/\">RDNE Stock project \/ Pexels<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/30\/education-department-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Education%20Department%20Cuts%20%241B%20In%20%E2%80%98Mental%20Health%E2%80%99%20Grants%20Used%20To%20Advance%20DEI&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/30\/education-department-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Education%20Department%20Cuts%20%241B%20In%20%E2%80%98Mental%20Health%E2%80%99%20Grants%20Used%20To%20Advance%20DEI&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/30\/education-department-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/30\/education-department-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Education%20Department%20Cuts%20%241B%20In%20%E2%80%98Mental%20Health%E2%80%99%20Grants%20Used%20To%20Advance%20DEI&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/30\/education-department-cuts-1b-in-mental-health-grants-used-to-advance-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Education cut $1 billion worth of &ldquo;mental health&rdquo; grants that were being used to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology instead of mental health programs.<\/p>\n<p>The department confirmed the cuts to The Federalist, some of which were made to grants that advanced &ldquo;diversity goals&rdquo; that explicitly sought &ldquo;non-white&rdquo; counselors. The department noted that the cuts are non-continuations of the grants as opposed to cancellations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-961257112\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;The Department decided not to continue funding these grants beyond the initial award terms. These grants are intended to improve American students&rsquo; mental health by funding additional mental health professionals in schools and on campuses,&rdquo; Madi Biedermann, deputy assistant secretary for communications at the Education Department, told The Federalist in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead, under the deeply flawed priorities of the Biden Administration, grant recipients used the funding to implement race-based actions like recruiting quotas in ways that have nothing to do with mental health and could hurt the very students the grants are supposed to help. We owe it to American families to ensure that tax-payer dollars are supporting evidence-based practices that are truly focused on improving students&rsquo; mental health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some examples of the grants provided by the department include grants advancing the idea that &ldquo;training counselor educators have the responsibility to prepare the next generation of counselors to recognize and challenge systemic injustices, antiracism, and the pervasiveness of white supremacy to ethically support diverse communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another states that &ldquo;training for practitioners applies a critical compassion perspective &mdash; as opposed to a colorblind perspective (race and color do not matter) or deficit-based models applied with a sense of pity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Developing an understanding of the historic, relational, and systemic impact of racism will equip trainees to develop culturally responsive and supportive relationships with the young people they serve,&rdquo; it continues.<\/p>\n<p>Another grant funded &ldquo;social Justice learning objectives that assessed personal goals for anti-racist pedagogy practice, deconstructed the role personal identity and positionality plays in education, examined the influences of racism and white privilege in education practice, developed the skills for mindful facilitation and conversational &lsquo;brave spaces,&rsquo; and facilitated conversations on best practices in anti-racist pedagogy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Christopher Rufo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1917314079406055660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> other grant documents on social media, showing initiatives seeking &ldquo;greater than 50%&rdquo; of providers who &ldquo;are of diverse backgrounds,&rdquo; selecting for &ldquo;race\/ ethnicity, disability, or LGBTQ+.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another grant document states that certain training programs will be focused on having faculty and staff &ldquo;interact effectively with the wide range of young people and families they encounter in their work, in areas such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, institutionalized racism, examination biases, attitudes, values, and beliefs related to race\/ethnicity and other differences, and culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy and other services.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It further notes that &ldquo;our organizations also hire staff that reflects the ethnic\/cultural\/linguistic backgrounds of our service populations,&rdquo; or, in other words, they also have racial quotas in hiring.<\/p>\n<p>The money <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/trump-cancels-school-mental-health-grants\/64635640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">came from<\/a> a gun violence bill signed by former President Joe Biden, which created a &ldquo;slush fund for activists,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1917314079406055660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to Rufo, in order to advance DEI ideology &ldquo;under the guise of mental health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Education Department found that the programs being cut violated civil rights law, and in a notice to members of Congress, the department said it &ldquo;plans to re-envision and re-compete its mental health program funds to more effectively support students&rsquo; behavioral health needs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Breccan F. 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