Mental health experts based at the
West Virginia University
College of Applied Human Sciences will soon be going into public schools
in parts of the Mountain State to work to address critical and growing mental health
needs among children.
Rawn Boulden, assistant professor and project lead, Christine Schimmel, associate professor and University faculty ombudsperson, and Kim Floyd, associate professor and interim associate school director — all in the School of Counseling and Well-Being — will guide the rollout of a new program designed to put more counselors in schools across West Virginia, starting in Harrison County.
Over the next five years, the Mountaineer School-Based Mental Health Fellows Program will be funded with a $5.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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