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Jordan School District outlines broad mental‑health supports, reports thousands of referrals and tens of thousands of wellness‑room visits
Summary
District health staff told the school board the Jordan Family Education Center, school‑based therapists and outside partners have driven 3,206 MAP referrals since 2019, while SafeUT and Bark alerts and wellness‑room usage have prompted hundreds of school interventions this year.
The Jordan School District Board of Education heard a detailed Student and Employee Health and Wellness update on Jan. 26–27, during which district clinicians described how prevention tools and school‑based services detect and respond to students in crisis.
Dr. McKinley Withers, the district’s wellness lead, said the district combines school psychologists, counselors and 21 school‑based therapists with digital monitoring and a referral program to reduce barriers to care. “We started the Mental Health Access Program in 2019,” Withers said, and “3,206 referrals have been made to partnered mental‑health providers,” a figure staff attributed to the program’s intake and matching work.
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