Earlier this month, Trump cut $1B in school mental health funding. Right before Mental Health Awareness Week.
Hi John,
They say it’s about mental health.
That it’s not the guns. Not the policies. Not the profit.
Just mental health.
And then — just days before Mental Health Awareness Week — the Trump Administration cut $1 billion in school mental health funding.
That’s one billion dollars ripped away from counselors, therapists, and trusted adults. From the care that keeps kids alive. From the help young people are begging for.
So what do they actually mean when they say “mental health”?
Because if you blame every school shooting on it, but then defund every resource that addresses it — it was never really about care. It was about control. About deflection. About doing nothing.
At March For Our Lives, we know what real safety looks like.
➡️ It looks like schools with support, not surveillance.
➡️ It looks like young people with tools to heal, not trauma to survive.
➡️ It looks like leaders who invest in care — not gut it.
We’re fighting to hold the line on school mental health resources — and to call out the hypocrisy of leaders who say “mental health” but mean anything but.
We need you in this fight. Chip in $20.25 today to help us defend care, expose the lies, and organize for real safety.
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Students deserve more than thoughts and prayers. They deserve care. And we’re not letting it slip away without a fight.
Onwards,
March For Our Lives
