Rural Oklahoma kids were getting more counselors — then federal cuts pulled funding

The National Association of School Psychologists counted more than 200 mental health training programs that received letters of grant non-continuation from the U.S. Education Department.

A program at the University of Oklahoma trains much-needed mental health professionals for rural schools in the state. Now, its federal grant funding is on the chopping block.

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