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State funds, trainings expand 'resilient school' work across Tennessee
Summary
Tennessee officials and university partners described a statewide push to make schools trauma informed and resilient, using a $10.2 million Department of Health grant split among 97 districts, district training networks and funded school‑based mental‑health positions; districts report early declines in suspensions and some gains on attendance.
Tennessee education and child‑wellness leaders described a multiplatform effort to build trauma‑informed, resilient schools across the state, funded in part by a $10.2 million Department of Health award distributed to 97 districts in fiscal 2023 and supplemented for 23 districts in fiscal 2024.
Jamie Grammer, project manager for Project AWARE at the Tennessee Department of Education, said the FY23 award was intended to boost district capacity for mental‑health supports and districtwide resilience work. "It gave them some money to do some things," Grammer said, noting the state later targeted additional funds to districts that chose a "resilient school community" priority.
Why it matters: Districts have used the grants both to train teams and to hire staff who deliver…
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