Abney: Nearly $1.1 million in state grants for school safety, mental health needs

Rep. Aerion Andrew Abney    December 3, 2024 | 11:07 AM

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3 – State Rep. Aerion A. Abney, D-Allegheny, announced that $1.09 million in state grants was awarded to a school district and charter schools throughout Pittsburgh to make them safer for students, teachers and staff and address behavioral health needs.

Noncompetitive funds were allocated to the following public school district and charter schools in the 19th Legislative District:

  • Pittsburgh School District: $528,221
  • City CHS: $70,000
  • Manchester Academic CS: $70,000
  • Passport Academy CS: $70,000
  • Pittsburgh – Mt. Oliver I.U. 2: $70,000
  • Propel CS – Hazelwood: $70,000
  • Propel CS – Northside: $70,000
  • Urban Pathways 6-12 CS: $70,000
  • Urban Pathways K-5 College CS: $70,000

“Being a member of the Pennsylvania House Education Committee has magnified my resolve to ensure that the students I’m privileged to represent can excel in an environment conducive to learning,” Abney said. "Helping to secure these dollars means investing in our young neighbors, so they can plant the seeds of a sustaining and prosperous posterity for themselves and the commonwealth.”

The state’s School Safety and Security Committee, under the banner of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, made the funds possible. They help advance the SSSC’s goal of ensuring that all students can learn in safe, healthy school environments by helping school entities address basic safety needs and mental health services identified in the committee’s Revised Baseline Criteria Standards.

Lists with all noncompetitive and competitive grant awardees statewide are available here.