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Behavioral Health reports expansion of school-based services and wellness centers; county pursues sustainability and fee schedule billing
Summary
Behavioral Health Services presented a semiannual update showing thousands of students served through family engagement, prevention/early intervention and school-based outpatient programs, reported 27 open wellness centers and said it is working on a sustainability plan and multi-payer fee schedule to reimburse school-based services.
Behavioral Health Services told the Children, Seniors and Family Committee on March 27 that school-based programming and wellness-center openings have expanded countywide, and staff described steps to pursue sustainable funding for on-campus behavioral-health services.
Program performance and scope Division Director Catherine Spares outlined cumulative metrics for the first two quarters of the fiscal year: school-based family-engagement coordinators received about 4,700 referrals and linked about 81% to services, the prevention and early-intervention program delivered universal supports to roughly 12,000 students and families, and the school-based outpatient program served more…
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