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Page A8 The Baldwin Bulletin I www.BBnews.today Thursday, October 26,2017 » BALDWIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Grant allows partnership with schools, River Edge CARRIE MOON carrie@bbnews.today River Edge Behavioral Health Center in Milledgeville is partnering with Baldwin County Schools to provide behavioral health services and full time counselors to students. “We, at River Edge, are committed to the children, youth, and families of our community and we do provide services in the schools, which is what I’m here to talk to you about, which is the Georgia APEX project,” said Ashley Allen, program coordinator for the Georgia APEX project. This particular program is a grant-funded program through the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, which will allow River Edge to intervene in the school system and in turn allows students to receive mental health services right in their school. “One in four Americans can experience a mental health challenge during their lifetime, so that’s a huge prevalence and it’s something we really want to target,” Allen said. Allen said the program was designed to increase availability of these services to students and families, as well as allows for early intervention, which drastically increases the positive outcomes. She added that they are also looking to decrease the stigma of mental health chal lenges because of how common they are. Since Allen is also a certified youth mental health first aid instructor, she will be able to provide this course at Oak Hill Middle School and Baldwin High School. “Mental illness is a biologically based brain condition that responds to research proven treatments, much like any physical illness that someone could have,” she said. ‘Youth mental health first aid intro duces participants to risk factors and warning signs for mental health challenges, and it’s geared towards adults who regularly interact with young people.” Allen said intervention is necessary and individuals suffering from a mental health challenge can be taught how to respond or how to intervene, in order to support young people who may be going through a mental health challenge. Youth Mental Health first aid introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs for mental health challenges and helps young people build a basic understanding about their individual diagnosis. “We are excited to be expanding to Baldwin County High School this year,” said Jean Boone, Baldwin site director for River Edge. “During the 2016/2017 school year, River Edge provided 251 mental health services at Oak Hill Middle School, so we had a big impact.” Boone said there are three full-time counselors working in the school system who provide behavioral health assessments, individual and family therapy and crisis interventions in schools. Appointments can also be made at the River Edge clinic so individuals can receive nursing and physician services, as well as medications. ‘We have one APEX counselor who is completely devoted to Baldwin County Schools and she’s providing full-time services to Oak Hill Middle School, Baldwin High School and the alternative school to see a couple of students there,” said Allen. Boone said the behavioral health center serviced 123 counties for residential in and out patient services in 2016. “River Edge, as a whole, provides a wide range of services, which includes outpa tient services, clinical residential services, and inpatient stabili zation for children and youth over at our Macon River Edge crisis stabilization unit as well as adults with mental health and substance abuse challenges,” Boone said. ‘We use evidence- based strategies, which simply means that all of our strategies are research based, they are used all over the United States, and our outcomes can be measured with any other provider across the United States that uses the same evidence-based strategies." Allen said she knows their treatments are effective and that recovery is not just possible, but it can be expected for clients who receive services from River Edge. Boone and Allen have been collecting data for the APEX project across the state of Georgia and say what they’ve seen has been really positive for the schools with the APEX project; such as an increase in attendance rates, an improve ment in grades for students receiving APEX services, and a decrease in disciplinary referrals school wide. “We appreciate the service and having a counselor is invaluable,” said Dr. Noris Price, superintendent of the Baldwin County School System. Price said she looks forward to their partnership. Festival Continued from A1 to submit an application online and present their vehicle to be judged based on the make, model, the paint job, the type of engine and more. According to Ronnie Pickett, president of the Old Capital Car Club, there were 103 registered vehicles, not including the vehicles owned by members of the car club. Members of the car club do not compete in any of the competition, as the organizers don’t want to play favorites. 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This car club is a nonprofit organization that donates a substantial amount of their earnings to charities and its primary sponsor is O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Milledgeville. The club’s members as a whole vote on which charities it will donate to. This year the main chari ties they will make dona tions to are the Ronald McDonald House, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and Shriner’s Transportation Fund. The official slogan of Old Capital Car Club is “don’t crush ‘em, restore em. Another competition that occurs annually during Deep Roots is the BBQ Contest, which is coordinated by the Georgia Barbeque Association. The winners are cate gorized based on whether their specialty is pork loin, pulled pork or ribs. Dennis and Mary Morris with the Weekend Warriors, from Callahan, Fla., were awarded first place in the pork loin contest, as well as ribs, allowing them to score highest in two categories. “We had a great time. It was well organized and we really enjoyed it,” Dennis said. ‘We will definitely be back next year.” In the pulled pork contest, Cary Chasteen, Melissa Chasteen and Doug Maslen, of Hold your Horses BBQ, traveled from CARRIE MOON/Staff Milledgeville Mayor Gary Thrower presents Hold Your Horses Barbecue from Kansas City as the winners in the pulled pork category of the barbecue contest. ALAINA MINSHEW/Staff Milledgeville band Local Folks performs on stage during the Deep Roots Festival on Saturday, Oct. 21. 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