Mental Health Support

Task Force Name : Networking School & Community Mental Health Wellness Initiative

Task Force Mission: Bridging the Gap between schools, community and mental health wellness resources by creating a collaborative framework that ensures consistent, accessible, and effective support for all students.

Task Force Members:

Joshua Edenhofer, Administrator, Beaver County Children & Youth Services (chair)
Susan Smith, Program Coordinator/ Program Specialist, Beaver County Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (co-chair)
Melissa Coakley, Manager of Mental Health Services, Beaver County Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
Maria Townsend, President, Townsend & Associates LLC
Courtney Cox, Mental Health Specialist, Beaver County Behavioral Health
Cory Getz, Townsend & Associates LLC
Mandi Rea, SAP Coordinator, The Prevention Network
Kathy Graziano, SAP Liaison, The Prevention Network

Task Force Priorities:

Improve access of available mental health resources and how to access those resources so families can obtain help when they need it. Collaborate with schools to integrate access to these resources into already existing tools that parent’s regularly use.
Help school districts remove barriers to access resources that are already integrated into their schools.
Encourage collaborative implementation of mental health wellness tools across school districts in way that will maximize the resources spent and develop available expertise for districts.