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District clinicians cite crisis‑intervention outcomes as federal grant faces reconsideration
Summary
District leaders described clinician‑led mental‑health work at secondary schools — suicide and violence interventions, family outreach, and classroom prevention — and said they have appealed a threatened federal grant decision to the U.S. Department of Education.
Vancouver School District staff told the board that clinicians hired under a multi‑year federal mental‑health grant have intervened directly with students in crisis and expanded tiered services across secondary schools — and that the district has submitted an appeal after the federal program threatened funding.
District staff said clinicians intervened with roughly 80 students experiencing active suicidal ideation and with 21 students who…
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