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	"author_name": "OTTP-NorCal",
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	"title": "Protect Students: Restore $1 B in School Mental Health Funding",
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	"description": "Every day, students in America are struggling. Youth suicide rates have doubled in the past decade, and diagnoses of anxiety, depression, and trauma-related disorders are at an all-time high. Yet in 2024 Congress cut $1 billion from school-based mental-health programs—the very funding that puts counselors and psychologists on campus. Slashing this support endangers our students’ safety and futures. Passing H.R. 4253 Expanding Access to Mental Health Services in Schools Act of 2025 will restore that money so kids get help when and where they need it most. Suicide is now the 2nd leading cause of death for youth ages 10–24 (CDC). 42 % of high-school students felt persistent sadness or hopelessness in 2021—the highest rate in a decade (CDC). 1 in 5 youth experience a diagnosable mental-health condition (NIMH). Schools are the primary access point for youth mental-health services in the United States (NASP). Restore the funding—protect our students!",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/protect-students-restore-1-b-in-school-mental-health-funding"
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