Georgia Apex Program News Today

Julio Ginel, a mental health professional with Georgia Pines and a co-responder with the Moultrie Police Department, brought attention to the topic of youth mental health at the Annual Archway Leadership Summit.

The Georgia Apex Program is a partnership between community-based mental health providers and local school districts. Its three-tiered pyramid puts the students most at risk at the apex. In Georgia schools, that’s roughly 3 to 5% of students.

Health Care Access and Improvement Elimination of $500,000 for start-up funding for FQHCs. Addition of $500,000 in start-up grants for FQHCs in Jeff Davis and Marion counties. Healthcare Facility Regulation Addition of $7,454,466 to support strategic measures for stabilizing staffing in the nursing home program. Medicaid - Aged, Blind, and Disabled Reduction of $74,646,745 in State funds to reflect savings from the temporary FMAP increase through September 30, 2021. Addition of $25,328,540 to p...

(The Center Square) – Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods says more state funding is needed for mental health and support services in the states schools.