Greg Abbott announced he will provide a $1.25 million grant to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District for counseling students and faculty impacted by the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The funding comes over two months after 19 students and two teachers were shot and killed by a gunman in Uvalde, Texas, at Robb Elementary. MORE: Uvalde suspends Robb Elementary school principalApproximately $210.7 million was from Texas Health & Human Services, which oversees public mental health programs. The governor's press secretary, Renae Eze, rejected the claim, telling ABC News in May that Abbott didn't cut any funding from mental health services. Abbott commits $1.25M for trauma counseling for Uvalde originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News July 27, 2022 23:37 UTC