Newtown Community Center Scores $115K For Summer Mental Health Program

NEWTOWN, CT — The Newtown Community Center has been awarded $115,020 by the state to be used to support the delivery of mental health services for students during the summer months over a three-year period.

The money is part of more than $4.5 million in funding for 48 school districts and summer camp programs across Connecticut awarded under the Connecticut State Department of Education’s Summer Mental Health Supports Grant program.

The grants for each district and summer camp program range from $12,000 to $50,000 in each of the first two years and are reduced to 70 percent of that amount in year three. The competitive grant program is utilizing funding the state received from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

This is the third of three rounds of grants the department is releasing with ARPA funding that are aimed at increasing access to mental health support services for youths in schools.

"The need for mental health support services among youths does not stop at the end of the school year, and these grants will enable these critical services to continue during the summer months," Gov Ned Lamont said.