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Duluth, MN: "On-site health managers at all 29 schools"; "mental health experts ...in every school"

Aug 13, 2018, Fox 21, Duluth, MN: Duluth Human Development Center Receives Almost $2 Million to Help Mental Illness https://www.fox21online.com/2018/08/13/duluth-human-development-center-receives-almost-2-million-to-help-mental-illness/ The Duluth Human Development Center for community Mental Health is moving forward with several new programs thanks to nearly $2 million in grant money. In the past six months, HDC was awarded money from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to three programs focusing on prevention of early on-set mental illness. … HDC Executive Director Jim Getchell says HDC is ecstatic to receive this funding because mental illnesses are more common than people think, and catching them early on is beneficial for a number of reasons…. The other two grants are being used to reduce mental illness hospitalizations and to initiate on-site health managers at all 29 schools within HDC’s four-county district. This is part of Minnesota’s plan to have mental health experts available to students in every school within the state….

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