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Greenlights Grant Initiative is an online resource \"that simplifies the process for you,\" he said. \"We have a menu of what grants are available, we'll tell you the deadlines, the windows for which the grant is available, which grant is right for you. We will have grant writers that will write some of the grants for the highest-risk schools. We will have grant writers and small tutorials that will be there to walk you through the grant writing process so you can write a competitive grant.\"

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PHOTO: Matthew McConaughey joined "GMA" virtually on July 20, 2023, to announce the launch of Greenlight Grants Initiative.
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\"If we don't use this money -- if it's not allocated now by schools -- it will be redistributed in 2026,\" McConaughey explained Thursday morning. \"If we use it now it tells the federal government that the demand is there and that the need is there -- that's our hope is to spend it wisely now -- so it has a possibility of being refunded because we show how useful it is.\"

He added that this initiative is a good example of how private and public partnerships can work with the government successfully and better.

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PHOTO: In this June 7, 2022, file photo, actor Matthew McConaughey holds an image of Alithia Ramirez, 10, who was killed in the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, as he speaks at the White House, in Washington, D.C.
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During an impassioned speech at the White House earlier this year, McConaughey pushed for school funding to create this initiative that unlocks funding to help establish mental health services, security and get money allocated appropriately.

\"When Camilla and I went to Uvalde, the parents and the family members of the children killed asked for one thing, make their lives matter,\" \"McConaughey said in a new PSA for the initiative. \"Let's make sure that the first bill passed in 28 years to help protect all of our children's goals matters.\"

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