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Board approves district participation in Call A Doctor Plus mental-health grant
Summary
The board voted to accept a third-party mental-health grant program (Call A Doctor Plus) that would funnel no-cost behavioral health services to students, families and staff; presenters said the program would be implemented after district approval and could begin in 45–60 days.
The Leavenworth board voted on June 9 to accept Call A Doctor Plus, a grant-funded mental-health program district staff characterized as no-cost to the district that provides teletherapy, in-person services and coaching for students, families and staff.
Presenters Shelby Hardesty, behavior analyst and district mental-health coordinator, and Meredith Dyke, school psychologist, told trustees the program’s model channels philanthropic grant funds through the district to pay service providers. “It’s…
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