The Child Mind Institute Secures $4.25 Million Grant From the Morgan Stanley Foundation to Transform School Mental Health

New York, NY – The Child Mind Institute is proud to announce a $4.25 million grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation to advance its School and Community Programs. This significant five-year investment will establish critical infrastructure to expand the Child Mind Institute’s professional training program for educators and school-based clinicians in high-need communities. The grant will enable the organization to train over 9,000 educators and school mental health professionals to provide mental health support to nearly 200,000 students. 

The training will equip educators and school-based clinicians with tools to teach preventative mental health skills, including emotional awareness, coping strategies, conflict resolution, and mindfulness. The expansion will initially focus on New York and California, where the Child Mind Institute has operated programs in more than 320 schools, before rolling out to other states. This initiative is a critical step toward addressing the growing demand for accessible mental health resources in educational settings. 

“Our partnership with the Morgan Stanley Foundation marks a transformative moment in the effort to ensure every child has access to quality mental health support,” said Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz, founding president and medical director of the Child Mind Institute. “By equipping educators and school mental health professionals with the tools they need to support students, we’re creating sustainable change that will benefit students and school communities across the country for years to come.” 

The work of this grant builds on the successful partnership between the Child Mind Institute and Morgan Stanley. In 2020, the Child Mind Institute joined the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health (“the Alliance”), which brings together leading nonprofits and supports transformative initiatives that strategically address the growing crisis in children’s mental health.

The Alliance has been instrumental in ensuring the accessibility of the Child Mind Institute’s Family Resource Center, a hub of over 1,000 articles and guides on children’s mental health and learning disorders rooted in the latest research and informed by expert clinicians. Over 47 million unique visitors have accessed the Family Resource Center since its 2021 relaunch. The Alliance has also supported Child Mind Institute studies on COVID-19’s effects on the mental health of children and families, problematic internet usage, as well as upcoming work related to intergenerational stressors and support for families.  

“The Alliance has made much-needed strides to foster awareness, collaboration and innovation to ensure that children have the mental health support they need to grow and thrive,” said Joan Steinberg, President of the Morgan Stanley Foundation and CEO of the Alliance Advisory Board. “We are grateful for the Child Mind Institute’s ongoing partnership and their important contributions in addressing today’s youth mental health crisis.”

For more information about this program and the Child Mind Institute, please visit https://childmind.org/school-and-community/.  
To learn more about the Alliance, please visit https://morganstanley.com/mentalhealthalliance.

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