The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved $1 million to create a mental health program for students at Birmingham City Schools.

The money is part of a yearlong agreement with the Birmingham Board of Education, under which the board will increase the number of school-based licensed counselors and provide students with school-based consulting services.

According to city staff, the board will select which campuses will house the services.

The mental health funding is part of a $6 million investment in youth services called for in the city’s 2024 budget. Other major appropriations include:

• $2 million to Birmingham Promise to support juniors and seniors in Birmingham schools through apprenticeships and tuition support for higher education.
• $1 million toward conflict resolution programs.
• $1 million toward financial literacy courses.
• $500,000 for the city’s Safe Haven program, which offers activities and tutoring services for students at local recreation centers.

Efforts to reach school officials Tuesday afternoon were not immediately successful.

In other business, the council:

• Approved selling city-owned property formerly known as Eureka School to The Ellis Association for $25,000. The property is at 816 18th Way SW and 801 19th Street. According to city staff, Ellis is a staffing company serving health-care providers, and the property voted on Tuesday will serve as the company’s headquarters.

Approved a $19,490 payment to Chicago-based Ahead Inc. for a security review of the city’s “virtual and storage environment” after what the city has called a “computer network disruption,” which several news organizations have reported as a ransomware attack. The issue arose March 4 and disrupted computer systems for several departments over seven weeks.