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KDADS reports 130+ MHIT schools, 15,000 students served; highlights funding and statute effort
Summary
KDADS reported to the House Health and Human Services Committee that MHIT now serves more than 130 schools in Kansas with roughly 240 school‑based liaisons and that the program has served over 15,000 students since its 2018 pilot.
Drew Adkins of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services briefed the Committee on the state’s Mental Health Intervention Team program (MHIT), saying KDADS inherited the program from the Kansas State Department of Education and has expanded it to more schools, including a new qualified‑school (private‑school) option.
Adkins described MHIT as a multidisciplinary, school‑based model that places a school‑based liaison (SBL) in or across school buildings to coordinate services between students, families, school staff and community mental health providers. The liaison is the district’s point person to connect students to therapy, case management, medication management when needed through community behavioral health clinics, crisis services (required to be available 24/7) and family therapy.
KDADS provided program metrics to the committee: more than 130 participating schools, about 240 employed…
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