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CartwheelCare tells Georgia committee virtual mental-health services can cut chronic absenteeism; urges funding for elementary schools
Summary
CartwheelCare told the Student Attendance & Chronic Absenteeism Study Committee that addressing youth mental health through school–community telehealth partnerships can reduce chronic absenteeism and urged the legislature to extend a $20,000-per-school investment to elementary schools.
CartwheelCare told the Student Attendance & Chronic Absenteeism Study Committee that addressing youth mental health through school–community partnerships — including virtual care — is essential to reducing chronic absenteeism. "Roughly 1 in 5 Georgia students is chronically absent," Dr. Juliana Chen, CartwheelCare’s chief medical officer, told the committee, "this equals over 360,000 children across the state." She said anxiety and other mental-health challenges are primary drivers of school avoidance and long-term absentee patterns.
Dr. Juliana Chen and Jillian Kelton, Cartwheel’s director of district engagement, described a braided funding model that combines insurance billing with district support and…
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