德克萨斯州州长格雷格·艾伯特宣布，他将向乌瓦尔迪联合独立学区提供125万美元的赠款，用于为受影响的学生和教师提供咨询大规模枪击事件在罗伯小学。
艾伯特在一份新闻稿中说:“随着乌瓦尔迪社区继续愈合，德克萨斯州继续努力帮助改善安全，并帮助学生和教育工作者恢复。”
声明称，这笔钱将通过州长公共安全办公室用于社区拓展、危机干预和创伤咨询。
“这一新的资金来源将为乌瓦尔迪的学生、工作人员和教职员工提供关键的支持，因为他们继续处理那天的创伤，并为无辜的生命损失而悲伤，”艾伯特说。
两个月前，19名学生和两名教师在德克萨斯州乌瓦尔迪的罗布小学被一名枪手枪杀。事件发生后，阿博特立即指责大屠杀精神健康问题作为对批评该州枪支政策的批评家的回应。
根据美国2022年精神健康报告，德克萨斯州目前被列为全国获得精神护理最差的州报告。
在校园枪击案发生前一个月，阿博特表示，该州各政府机构将出资5亿美元资助孤星行动(Operation Lone Star)，这是得克萨斯州公共安全部和得克萨斯州军事部门发起的得克萨斯-墨西哥边境安全倡议。
大约2.107亿美元来自得克萨斯州卫生部&人类服务部，负责监督公共心理健康项目。
州长的新闻秘书Renae Eze否认了这一说法，告诉ABC新闻五月，雅培没有削减任何精神健康服务的资金。
雅培的办公室吹捧一个500万美元投资在乌瓦尔迪县建立一个长期家庭复原中心，为受枪击事件影响的人提供心理健康服务，作为其支持社区承诺的一部分。
Abbott commits $1.25M for trauma counseling for Uvalde
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he will provide a $1.25 million grant to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District for counseling students and faculty impacted bythe mass shootingat Robb Elementary School.
"As the community of Uvalde continues to heal, Texas continues working to help improve security and aid in the recovery among students and educators," Abbott said in a news release.
The money will be used for community outreach, crisis intervention and trauma-informed counseling through the Governor's Public Safety Office, the statement said.
"This new source of funding will provide critical support to students, staff, and faculty in Uvalde as they continue to process the trauma from that day and grieve for the innocent lives lost," Abbott said.
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. Immediately following the incident, Abbott blamed the massacreon mental health issuesin response to critics who criticized the state's gun policies.
A woman cries and hugs a young girl while on the phone outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022.
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Texas is currently ranked as the worst state in the country for access to mental care, according to Mental Health America's 2022report.
A month before the school shooting, Abbott said that $500 million from various government agencies in the state would fund Operation Lone Star, a Texas-Mexico border security initiative by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department.
Approximately $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 Newsin May that Abbott didn't cut any funding from mental health services.
Abbott's office touts a$5 million investmentin establishing a long-term family resiliency center in Uvalde County, which provides access to mental health services to those impacted by the shooting, as part of its commitment to supporting the community.
