GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Students in Ottawa County are getting much needed mental health help.

Thanks to a $5.5 million dollar federal grant the Ottawa Area ISD will streamline it’s mental health services making allowing students to access them quicker and more efficiently.

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Ottawa ISD is the only school system to receive the Project AWARE grant funding.

They will pilot it in one school district them roll the system out to all K-12 school districts, charter, parochial and private schools.