At the end of this year, the United States Department of Education will cancel the Full-Service Community Schools Program (FSCS).
FSCS is a funding mechanism for impoverished school districts to finance services such as mental health support, education interventions, juvenile crime prevention, and after-school programs. In Idaho, 22 school districts receive the federal funding including in Caldwell, Emmett, Jerome, Middleton, Mountain Home, Nampa, and many more.
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