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Money from a $250 million state investment in mental health services for children can begin to be spent, the board of trustees overseeing the investment decided in a meeting last week.

Money from a $250 million state investment in mental health services for children can begin to be spent in this fiscal year, the board of trustees overseeing the investment decided

New Hampshire child advocates grew alarmed last month during a visit to Tennessee, where they toured a privately run facility to check on the well-being of two boys in state custody who had been sent to receive residential treatment.

New Hampshire child advocates found instances of alleged abuse and neglect in Gallatin's Bledsoe Youth Academy when checking on two boys there.

The mental health crisis is overwhelming emergency departments where some patients wait days to get into a psychiatric hospital.

Many may wonder why, especially as studies and surveys find that the states children have increasingly been suffering from mental health issues.

Like many Chattanoogans, cannabis store owner Elisha Millan doesnt smoke, use recreational drugs or take any products to "get high."

Two years after the Tennessee Legislature created a $250 million trust fund for children's mental health, no earnings from the fund have been spent,

Two years after Tennessee passed a law to make a one-time, $250 million investment in mental health services for school-age children, plans on how to spend earnings from the trust fund are still being made. Any mental health expenditures wont take place until the 2024-25 fiscal year.

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