DePaul University received a $4.2 million grant from the United States Department of Education to establish a stronger presence of diverse counselors in high-need Chicago public as Illinois faces an imbalance in their student-to-counselor ratios. In an interdisciplinary collaboration, the university’s psychology department, along with the counseling sector of the College of Education, will use.
DePaul University was awarded a $4.2 million interdisciplinary grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand the capacity of school counselors in
Ayesha Quraishi, the mental health coordinator at the Muslim Women Resource Center, said the waiting area in the organization’s Rogers Park office is often packed with Afghan refugees. But she said many of these refugees aren’t there for the legal services and resettlement help the office provides. They are just there to say hello. MWRC.
School counselors are often a primary resource for mental wellness and guidance, but few can be found in America’s schools. According to the latest data from the American School Counselor Association, there was one counselor for every 424 students during the 2019-20 school year.