W. VIRGINIA: State grants $80K to schools to partner with mental health providers

Aug 1, 2018, Pineville (WV) Independent Herald: Grant to bring mental health services to schools http://www.williamsondailynews.com/pih/pi_news/grant-to-bring-mental-health-services-to-schools/article_2ae7c2b0-2536-5de9-afd8-978d1760d4cd.html The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Bureau for Behavioral Health has awarded a one-year grant totaling $80,000 to Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center for two new Expanded School Mental Health (ESMH) sites in Wyoming County. … The ESMH program is provided through a partnership with DHHR's Bureau for Behavioral Health, the West Virginia Department of Education and the Marshall University School Health Technical Assistance Center. ESMH aims to develop and strengthen policies, practices and services that promote learning and social-emotional well-being for all West Virginia youth through a collaborative process that engages schools, families, and community-based agencies. Expected student outcomes of this approach are reduced barriers to learning, improved academic performance, improved attendance, and improved school functioning/behavior….