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Board signals support to continue tobacco-tax funding for school-based mental health; Roaring Fork seeks $120,000
Summary
Roaring Fork School District and the Aspen Hope Center outlined how tobacco-tax funds support school-based mental health providers; superintendent and the board signaled informal support for a $120,000 allocation while asking staff to return with budget details and distribution options for other nonprofits.
Superintendent Anna Cole and representatives from the Roaring Fork School District and the Aspen Hope Center briefed the Board of Trustees on how the town’s tobacco-tax funds have been used to support school-based mental health services across Carbondale-area schools.
“We have been using blended funding to make sure that we have a school based mental health provider in every public school. We're hitting a cliff with that,” Cole said, describing the district’s reliance on…
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