In early 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an additional 50 million dollars in planning grants to support the development, implementation, and expansion of school-based health services, with a concentration on mental health services (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2024). This change may be due to the cessation of pandemic-era relief funds, like the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, which provided schools with the financial resources to address increasing concerns about student mental health. Meanwhile, about one-third of schools\u00a0reported\u00a0they strongly (11%) or moderately disagreed (25%) that they could effectively provide mental health services and 11% neither agreed or disagreed. A growing number of schools have also integrated\u00a0social\u00a0and\u00a0emotional\u00a0learning\u00a0and other mental health literacy programs into their curriculum.<\/p>\n