Partnership to access 24/7/365 Mobile Crisis Outreach services available in Johnson county; mental health counselors are dispatched to homes, schools, emergency rooms, or public places where a mental health crisis is occurring.

Services are voluntary and available to all staff, students and families.

Learning Supports Department led trained team of experts that are available to assist schools in times of crisis or after a traumatic event; district staff are trained by GWAEA in the CISM response model.

Group-based instruction and development of the following skills using the DBT curriculum: Mindfulness; Distress Tolerance; Emotional Regulation; and Interpersonal Effectiveness.

• Services provided through a partnership with UIHC Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Various opportunities available throughout our secondary schools.
• Behavioral Health Studies, a trimester long course using the DBT in Schools curriculum, was added to the high school course of study catalog for fall 2022.

Individual and group based support for students who are struggling due to losing a loved one; consultation regarding support options for families who are experiencing high levels of grief and loss.

Limited on-site services are available through a partnership with UI Child Life Department.

Open to all children in the county without health insurance, or with other barriers to getting care. Medical clinics operate in the schools to provide free medical care, including pediatrics, vision and dental.

• Clinic Coordinator works with families and community healthcare providers to establish a medical home, and assists the families in applying for insurance if eligible.
• Specialty care is provided by many community providers, often pro-bono or at a reduced rate. 

Learn more about our Healthy Kids School-Based Clinics

Updated as of February 2022; this list is always evolving and growing as we formalize additional partnerships to support our school community.

Learn more about our Interagency Agreements

The district has multiple interagency agreements and contracts with community agencies to provide on-site mental health counseling for select students. These agencies provide limited and planful school-based therapy for individual students as determined by the school team with parent input/involvement.

Student Family Advocates and School Counselors are available to each building to provide limited support to students with mental health needs and their families, as well as connect them with mental health care providers in the community.

• Four Oaks and ChildServe partner with the school district to provide mental health counseling services to students on-site and at their agencies. These agencies bill third party payers for those with insurance. Limited funding is available to support students who are uninsured.
• As part of pandemic programming adaptations, ICCSD developed guidance for schools so families who are interested in their student participating in telehealth therapy visits could do so during the course of the school day.
• NAMI of Johnson County works with the school district to provide educational resources to staff and families.

Offered through the Healthy Kids School-Based Clinics; open to all students in the district that are uninsured or have access barriers to psychiatric care.

• UIHC Child Psychiatrist provides psychiatric evaluations and medication follow-up 1 morning/ week, in the Healthy Kids Clinic. UIHC bills third party payers for those with insurance. Limited funding is available to support students who are uninsured. 
• Spanish speaking Student Family Advocate provides clinic coordination and additional support for Latino/Hispanic families who are struggling to navigate or access mental health services.

Individual and family short term crisis intervention services provided at school or in the community by trained therapists who work to stabilize conflict situations.

Services available at all secondary buildings, with consultation provided at upper elementary, through a partnership with United Action for Youth