September 23, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Representative Tom Petri reports that the Oshkosh Area School District will receive a $264,522 U.S. Department of Education grant to fund an elementary and secondary school counseling demonstration program. It is anticipated that the grant will run for three years.

Grantees under this competition are to use funds to support counseling programs in target elementary schools. Schools will establish or expand counseling programs through hiring qualified school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, or child or adolescent psychiatrists with a goal of expanding the range, availability, quantity and quality of counseling services available. Counseling services will use a developmental, prevention approach, and will be designed and implemented with the involvement of parents of the participating students.