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Educators, providers press for school‑based screening and services as RBHI pilots expand
Summary
Department and providers told the appropriations subcommittee that school-based screening pilots expanded under an emergency education grant and that RBHI screenings found measurable reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms among students screened twice.
During public testimony and the BHDD briefing, providers and department staff urged the legislature to fund school‑based behavioral health screening and services recommended in the BISFIG report.
DPHHS and partner providers said the Rural Behavioral Health Institute (RBHI) expanded a Screening Linked to Care pilot using Governor’s Emergency Education Relief funds; RBHI performed 16,771 screenings in the 2023–24 school year, the department said. BHDD administrator Megan Peel told the committee that RBHI…
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