Riverside board hears update on $164,000 student wellness funds; Signature Health counseling serves roughly 318 students
May 22, 2026 | Riverside Local, School Districts, Ohio
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The Riverside Local Board of Education received an update on the district’s Student Wellness and Success funds, which the district expects to receive about $164,000 this school year.
Miss Rit, the district’s director of student services, told trustees the state-allocated funds are intended to support “the needs of the whole child,” including mental and physical health services, school safety, staff training and community engagement. The district is using much of the allocation to pay Signature Health to provide school-based counseling and related services, Rit said.
Rit said Signature Health provides diagnostic assessments, individual and group counseling, staff training, student skills groups, risk-assessment support and case management to help families access community resources. The provider currently serves about 318 students districtwide in individual or small-group settings, roughly in line with last year’s caseload of about 312 students.
Board members asked whether Signature Health bills Medicaid when students are eligible. Rit said Medicaid is billed directly for Medicaid-eligible students and the district’s student-wellness funds supplement care for students who are not Medicaid-eligible. She described the referral process — building administrators, school counselors or psychologists may initiate referrals — and said services may include crisis risk assessments and participation in threat-assessment teams when necessary.
Trustees also questioned staffing levels. Rit said each building will continue to have at least one full-time counselor and the district intends to maintain current staffing next year to provide continuity of care. She said the district partners with Signature Health in order to meet state parameters for the use of the funds.
Next steps: the presentation will be filed in the board packet and trustees signaled they expect continued Q&A and oversight as programming and contracts are renewed.
Miss Rit, the district’s director of student services, told trustees the state-allocated funds are intended to support “the needs of the whole child,” including mental and physical health services, school safety, staff training and community engagement. The district is using much of the allocation to pay Signature Health to provide school-based counseling and related services, Rit said.
Rit said Signature Health provides diagnostic assessments, individual and group counseling, staff training, student skills groups, risk-assessment support and case management to help families access community resources. The provider currently serves about 318 students districtwide in individual or small-group settings, roughly in line with last year’s caseload of about 312 students.
Board members asked whether Signature Health bills Medicaid when students are eligible. Rit said Medicaid is billed directly for Medicaid-eligible students and the district’s student-wellness funds supplement care for students who are not Medicaid-eligible. She described the referral process — building administrators, school counselors or psychologists may initiate referrals — and said services may include crisis risk assessments and participation in threat-assessment teams when necessary.
Trustees also questioned staffing levels. Rit said each building will continue to have at least one full-time counselor and the district intends to maintain current staffing next year to provide continuity of care. She said the district partners with Signature Health in order to meet state parameters for the use of the funds.
Next steps: the presentation will be filed in the board packet and trustees signaled they expect continued Q&A and oversight as programming and contracts are renewed.
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