MANCHESTER, Tenn — The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is donating $100,000 to expand school-based mental health services in Coffee County, Tennessee, supporting students across nine schools.
The funding will help create dedicated therapy and wellness spaces that will be used by School-Based Behavioral Health Liaisons, school social workers and other mental health professionals, according to the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
“We see such tremendous outcomes with our School-Based Behavioral Health Liaisons. Students get the help they need and get back to class resulting in improved outcomes for behavior, attendance, graduation, and educational attainment. This funding from Bonnaroo leverages the state’s investment in this life-changing program, and we are so grateful to Secretary of State Tre Hargett for seeing the opportunity to connect our organizations and giving us the opportunity to create this collaboration,” said TDMHSAS Commissioner Marie Williams, LCSW.