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Miami University is leading the Ohio School Wellness Initiative, a 21-month plan beginning this month. The funding comes from the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) fund, part of Ohio's share of CARES Act dollars.
"The crux of the project really is about supporting students who may have mental health concerns, who may have behavioral health problems, or who may be experimenting or involved with substance abuse," explains Cricket Meehan, director of Miami's Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs. "The goal is to help reduce those problems with the students, and we can do that by connecting them with people that can build strong relationships with them either through services or supports like therapy or other kinds of things like that."