Youth mental health services cut despite growing need

Youth mental health services cut despite growing need

A Republican-backed motion to cut funding for school-based mental health services by $10 million over the next two fiscal years was approved June 12. This is only the most recent setback for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s efforts to enhance mental health services in K-12 schools. The decision came roughly eight months after state Superintendent Jill Underly proposed a $304 million allocation to youth mental health services, inc…