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Eastern Greene officials ask county to press Hamilton Center for school mental-health services
Summary
School and juvenile justice officials told commissioners Eastern Greene students lack sufficient school-based mental-health services, said the regional provider Hamilton Center holds the contract and has not met needs, and asked the county to seek accountability and follow-up at a future meeting.
Eastern Greene Schools officials and juvenile probation staff told Greene County commissioners that students in the Eastern Greene School Corporation lack adequate school-based mental-health services and urged county leaders to seek accountability from the Hamilton Center, the region’s contracted community mental-health provider.
"Our students do not have adequate mental health services, and I'm working to secure the services they need," said Dawn Hostetter, identified in the meeting as the director of corporation services for Eastern Greene Schools. Hostetter told commissioners that Hamilton Center holds the regional contract and, in her…
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