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Massachusetts to expand school-based Bridge mental-health program with $13 million for high schools
Summary
Governor Maura Healey announced a $13 million initiative to expand school-based Bridge programs in high schools, emphasizing investments for lower-income and higher-need communities and citing successful results at Wellesley High.
Governor Maura Healey on Thursday announced a $13 million initiative to expand school-based Bridge programs to high schools across Massachusetts, saying the step aims to help students who miss school or fall behind because of mental-health crises.
The governor made the announcement at Wellesley High School during Mental Health Awareness Month and pointed to the local Bridge model, developed with the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health, as an example of how schools can integrate mental-health care. “This is about our young people,” Healey said, adding that the program “promotes healing, wellness, and academic success for students who experience a mental-health-related disruption in their education.”
Officials framed the…
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