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Board approves agreements to host ECU social-work placements and a memorandum with Stepping Stones for school-based mental-health services
Summary
The board approved an agreement with East Carolina University to host social-work students for campus clinical placements and a memorandum of agreement with Stepping Stones to expand school-based mental-health therapists; both measures were approved pending final legal review where noted.
Wayne County's board approved two partnership agreements Jan. 6 intended to increase school-based clinical staff: an agreement with East Carolina University to allow social-work students to complete clinical hours on district campuses, and a memorandum of agreement with Stepping Stones to provide school-based mental-health therapists.
Staff described the ECU agreement as a standard clinical-placement agreement allowing social-work students to perform supervised clinical duties on campus while completing program hours; the agreement had been attorney-reviewed and staff recommended approval pending final legal review. The Stepping Stones MOA was presented as the district's fourth agency partner to increase the number of school-based mental-health therapists who can provide one-on-one therapeutic support to students who cannot access services in external clinics.
Board members approved the agreements by motion and voice vote. Presenters said the partnerships are part of ongoing efforts to expand mental-health and social-work capacity in schools.
Why it matters: Increasing clinical placements and community partnerships aims to expand access to mental-health and social-work services on campus, a district priority highlighted by staff.
