Trump Ended $1 Billion in Bipartisan Support for Student Mental Health

Trump killed the mental health funding provided in a bipartisan bill that was targeted to reduce community gun violence.

Making Us Less Safe Costing America More

Our Analysis

After the Uvalde Elementary school shooting, the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was passed, which included $1 billion in funding for mental health support for students in an attempt to reduce gun violence.

Just recently, some of the mental health programs funded by this bill were beginning to start. Unfortunately, we may never know the impact they would have had, as Trump halted the funding stating that this was not "in the best interest of the federal government."

It appears that all funding was pulled because Trump did not like that some organizations applying for grants under the funding had goals that a small portion of their counselors be diverse.

Sources

	Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health

Both sides aren't the same:

What the "other side" did

Democrats have long held reducing school shootings and gun violence as a top priority, including enacting this very bill, the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major fun safety law in 30 years.

This bill implemented things like enhanced background checks, funding for states to implement red flag laws, preventing domestic abusers from buying guns, and of course, $1 billion in funding for students' mental health.

While this act was technically bipartisan, all 220 house Democrats voted for the bill and only 14 Republicans, with 193 voting against.

Sources

	Gun violence among top issues in DNC Platform