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Colorado lawmakers are investing more than $15 million to ensure children experiencing complex behavioral challenges, including trauma, major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, get the residential-based care they need. Colorado has faced numerous lawsuits for not providing adequate support. Rep. .
In Tennessee and across the country, Black women who are school superintendents are tackling the challenges faced by students from marginalized communities, particularly their social and emotional well-being. The most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal more than four in 10 students reported feeling "persistently down or hopeless." Adrienne Battle, director and superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools, will be part of a virtual event today on this topic. At "Superintendents of Color Leading with Excellence," she will discuss ways to meet students social, emotional and academic needs with initiatives like their "navigators" program, connecting students to resources and wraparound services. .
Amanda Dodson first noticed signs for a pilot program called "I Matter" at her ten-year-old daughter Hailey s school. After looking into it, she was able to get Hailey in to see a therapist, for free, to address a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Dodson said the experience has been life-changing. .