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Barrow County seeks board OK to continue Project AWARE funding and MOU after two years of school‑based mental health work
Summary
Project AWARE staff updated the board on year two of a five‑year federal mental‑health infrastructure grant, reporting outreach, training and referral metrics, and asked the board to add a year‑three MOU and up to $420,000 in funds to the consent agenda for Sept. 2.
Barrow County administrators asked the board on Aug. 26 to place a year‑three Project AWARE memorandum of understanding and up to $420,000 of associated funds on the Sept. 2 consent agenda after describing two years of grant activity.
Dr. Thompson and Project AWARE staff described the federal grant, the work completed in year two and metrics the team uses to connect students to care. “We are a federally funded grant program for mental health infrastructure in schools,” Project AWARE clinicians said; district presenters said the consortium grant totals $1,800,000 over five years and serves multiple nearby counties in a coordinated effort.
Project AWARE program manager Karen Hope and clinicians Carmelita Hale and Jade Baker told the board the grant work includes three program buckets: student mental‑health…
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