The Windber Area School District will receive a $3,500 grant from the Chuckie F. Mahoney Memorial Foundation to provide mental health resources to its students during the 2025-26 school year.
Windber was among eight school districts and intermediate units in Pennsylvania to be selected for the foundation’s most recent grant awards, which were announced on Aug. 18.
This year, the foundation increased its school grants from $3,000 to $3,500, and the range of eligible applicants was extended beyond western Pennsylvania to “help more schools serve more students in the wake of federal budget cuts,” according to the grant announcement.
Windber Area Middle-High School
“There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing our work bring needed resources to classrooms and directly benefit students and school personnel,” said Charles Mahoney, the foundation’s president.
“We’re pleased to open this program to all school districts in Pennsylvania this year to help kids across the state build confidence and learn coping strategies to improve their mental health.”
More education grants: These local childcare organizations received grant funding from the Community Foundation.
Mahoney and his wife, Debi, created the Chuckie F. Mahoney Memorial Foundation in memory of their son, who died by suicide in 2002, to “provide resources, education and training on suicide prevention and depression to parents, teachers and those who work with the teen and young adult population,” according to the foundation’s website.
This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Windber Area schools nab student mental health grant