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Report: School-based counseling program reports reduced symptoms, high satisfaction but funding gaps remain
Summary
Family Service Agency presented its 2023–24 school-based mental-health report to Carpinteria Unified, citing symptom reductions on pre/post measures, high client satisfaction (average ~3.7/4), 867 social-work contacts and 61 individual/group social-work cases; board discussed funding shortfalls as COVID-era dollars expired.
At the Sept. 24 board meeting, Ashley Labastore of Family Service Agency (FSA) presented the 2023–24 school-based counseling report, telling the board that outcome measures showed reductions in symptoms after services and that client satisfaction averages were in the high 3.7 range on a 4-point scale.
Labastore outlined how services were delivered across school sites: therapists provided direct services (total therapists’ caseloads included 19 at Aliso, 22 at Carpinteria Middle School, 22 at…
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