Congress gave school districts roughly four years to spend a monumental $190 billion in federal relief aid (called ESSER).

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/margueriteroza/2023/02/07/the-stakes-are-only-getting-higher-for-pandemic-school-aid-spending/

Lake Stevens received in ESSER dollars, or about 4.8% of its annual budget.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/a-perfect-storm-soaking-school-district-budgets-with-red-ink/

The Innersight Bridges program specifically was funded by ESSER funding during the pandemic.

Source: https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/award-winning-mental-health-services-at-penn-trafford-look-to-uncertain-future/

“The one source of federal funding that we know is temporary is ESSER, those COVID after-dollars,” Trujillo said.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/what-the-debate-around-the-u-s-department-of-education-could-mean-for-district-51/article_4c25c352-ce6a-11ed-8a86-87a4d9ca5047.html