WCNC Charlotte's Nate Morabito talks unused school safety grants on WFAE

Born in the aftermath of a school shooting that left 19 kids and two teachers dead, Congress dedicated almost $1 billion to help prevent future violence and improve student mental health, but a WCNC Charlotte investigation found just a dozen school districts in the Carolinas have actually received money.

A year-and-a-half after lawmakers funded the new program, $40 million worth of school safety grants in the Carolinas sits unused. Blame it on bureaucracy, timing, a lack of awareness or school systems just not having grant writers on staff, but the end result is all the same: students in the most at-risk school districts in North Carolina and South Carolina are unnecessarily losing out on critical support.

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