 budget year to address the impact on uh of covid on students chris alejano with the department of education and early learning says funding expanded into the millions it paid for additional counselors and mental health screenings at select schools alejano says based on the data they've been collecting it appears to be working as the mental health among high school students continues to improve jeff pojola northwest news radio in november snohomish county voters will have the choice to raise sales taxes to fund criminal justice and public safety