Tina Pickett
12/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/02/2024 14:58
Pickett Announces Safety/Mental Health Grants for Wyoming County Schools
Dec. 02, 2024
HARRISBURG - Five public school entities that serve Wyoming County students have been awarded School Safety and Mental Health Grants, according to Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Wyoming).
"Ensuring the safety of students, faculty and staff is critical, and these state grants will help in that regard by upgrading security systems and providing behavioral health programs in our local schools," said Pickett. "I have always been a strong supporter of funding that goes toward making Pennsylvania's schools safer."
The following school entities were awarded funding:
• Lackawanna Trail School District - $118,721.
• Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 - $70,000.
• Susquehanna County Career and Technical Center - $70,000.
• Tunkhannock Area School District - $140,075.
• West Side Career and Technical Center - $70,000.
The noncompetitive grants were approved by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which awarded a total of $100 million in funding statewide to 500 school districts, 176 charter schools, 29 Intermediate units and 74 area career and technical schools.
In addition, nearly $20 million in competitive safety grants were awarded to 367 nonpublic schools. The awards complete the $120 million school safety grants program package appropriated in the bipartisan 2024-25 state budget that was approved by the General Assembly.
Representative Tina Pickett
110th Legislative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Media Contact: Andy Briggs
717-260-0674
[email protected]
RepPickett.com / Facebook.com/RepPickett
"Ensuring the safety of students, faculty and staff is critical, and these state grants will help in that regard by upgrading security systems and providing behavioral health programs in our local schools," said Pickett. "I have always been a strong supporter of funding that goes toward making Pennsylvania's schools safer."
The following school entities were awarded funding:
• Lackawanna Trail School District - $118,721.
• Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 - $70,000.
• Susquehanna County Career and Technical Center - $70,000.
• Tunkhannock Area School District - $140,075.
• West Side Career and Technical Center - $70,000.
The noncompetitive grants were approved by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, which awarded a total of $100 million in funding statewide to 500 school districts, 176 charter schools, 29 Intermediate units and 74 area career and technical schools.
In addition, nearly $20 million in competitive safety grants were awarded to 367 nonpublic schools. The awards complete the $120 million school safety grants program package appropriated in the bipartisan 2024-25 state budget that was approved by the General Assembly.
Representative Tina Pickett
110th Legislative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Media Contact: Andy Briggs
717-260-0674
[email protected]
RepPickett.com / Facebook.com/RepPickett
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