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Board thanks Envisions Partnership for mental-health services after serving thousands of students
Summary
Superintendent Andrea Blevins and district staff publicly thanked Envisions Partnership and local partners for providing social-emotional learning groups, life-skills classrooms and Spanish-language supports; Envisions reported serving 3,575 Hamilton students in the 2024–25 year and 16,060 unduplicated individuals countywide.
The Hamilton City School District board opened its meeting with recognition of Envisions Partnership for its work providing mental-health and social-emotional supports across the district.
Superintendent Andrea Blevins and mental-health supervisor Alex Sorrentino praised Envisions' outreach and outcomes. Blevins said Envisions has served the district for more than 25 years and that the 2024–25 report indicated Envisions provided services to 3,575 Hamilton students, "twice as many students as just 3 years ago." Sorrentino said Envisions adjusts services to meet needs, including adding Spanish-language support when requested.
District materials shared with board members, and summarized in the presentation, said Envisions ran 43 Envision support groups and 49 life-skills classrooms in 2024–25, offered at least one service type to every building, and typically delivered a minimum of eight sessions for groups and classrooms. The board heard that 94% of middle- and high-school participants in Envision groups and 95% of elementary participants would recommend the groups to friends, figures staff characterized as strong positive feedback.
Lori Higgins, identified in the presentation as president and CEO of Envisions Partnership, and Kim Strong Lytle, director of School and Juvenile Court Grama, accepted the board's thanks. Envisions staff noted that countywide the organization served about 16,060 unduplicated individuals across the county in the same year and described grant-supported free services and grant-writing efforts to deliver programming to students without cost to families.
Board members thanked Envisions for the partnership and noted the role of outside providers in supplementing district mental-health capacity. The board presented a small engraved token of appreciation to Envisions' leaders at the meeting.
