Tag: Erin Dowdy

Expanding Mental Health Treatment for Schoolchildren Focus of National Grant Award to Gevirtz School and Partner Universities

Posted on October 30, 2023

This article, which originally appeared on the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) website, is from October 2023. It features METRICS, a nationwide hub for school mental health grants. The School Mental Health Collaborative received a $10.4 million grant to coordinate this center. Charged with launching a national center to expand school-based mental health, UC …

UC Santa Barbara Gervitz School Partners with Three Universities to Launch National Center Expanding School Mental Health Workforce

Posted on October 23, 2023

This News Channel 3-12 article was originally published in October 2023, featuring METRICS. UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, partnered with three other universities, announced the U.S. Department of Education awarded them a four-year, $10.4 million federal contract to launch and operate a national center to expand the school-based mental health workforce. This …