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ESU 3 to place school-based mental health therapists in Ralston Public Schools under federal grant
Summary
A U.S. Department of Education grant will fund school-based mental health therapists embedded at Ralston schools beginning this spring, with billing to Medicaid and insurance planned as part of sustainability efforts.
Ralston Public Schools will host school-based mental health therapists through an expanded program run by Educational Service Unit 3 (ESU 3) after the system received a U.S. Department of Education grant to continue and grow an existing rural school mental health model.
The grant, which ESU 3 staff said extends the work for five additional years beyond the initial grant period, will fund an expansion from ESU 3’s existing teams into Ralston. ESU 3 presenter Jen Pollock, who coordinates school mental health services at ESU 3 and said she will join Ralston as director of student services on July 1, told the board two therapists are scheduled to begin March 24 and…
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