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District launches youth wellness collaborative and hires three youth outreach workers
Summary
Superintendent Bernal and other staff described a new youth wellness community collaborative with more than 25 partners and a district‑wide youth outreach worker program funded by pooled targeted school improvement dollars and contracted through Next Door.
Superintendent Bernal and district staff told the North Wasco County SD 21 board that the district has launched a youth wellness community collaborative and placed three youth outreach workers (YOWs) in schools to address student mental health and chronic absenteeism.
The collaborative brings community partners together to coordinate mental‑health supports and address attendance, substance abuse prevention, direct mental health services, supports for LGBTQ+ students and transportation/community access. “We had over 25 community partners come alongside us,” Superintendent Bernal…
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