State looks to boost access for youth with severe mental health challenges

Bringing back wraparound

Two programs piloted to address gaps, break down silos

By Michael Standaert, Correspondent North Dakota News Cooperative Throughout her 25 years as a school social worker, Michelle Vollan can’t recall a period when the number of acute youth mental health situations requiring hospitalization was as high as it was post-Covid.

Vollan has seen anxiety issues increasing, and along with that, attendance c…