School-based services work with students, their families and their school to navigate mental health or behavioral health concerns. These services are free and confidential. School-based services utilize our J-FAST model.
School-Based Services
Supporting youth mental and behavioral health at school
Note: This service is available in the Cedar Rapids Community School District & Grantwood AEA schools in Linn, Benton and Jones counties.
Our dedicated school-based caseworkers can support youth at the elementary, middle and high school levels who are experiencing a mental health, behavior or substance-use related crisis. We provide support for youth, their families, school staff and more. Our teams report to partner schools, the hospital and other locations within one hour of being contacted.
Services include:
- Crisis assessment
- Intervention services
- Comprehensive referral services

Services in action

A school district called requesting in-person support for a student who was struggling with suicidal ideation. The student was able to speak with a counselor openly about their difficult emotions, stemming from home and create a safety plan, effectively diverting them from hospitalization.
Upon follow up with the family, the School Liaison was able to schedule the student for a J-FAST Assessment within a few days, and the student was connected with ongoing school-based therapy services. The student and family were appreciative that Mobile Crisis/J-FAST allowed them to utilize an option that did not involve sitting in the hospital waiting room for multiple hours as they had experienced in the past. In subsequent follow up with the family, we learned things were going very well and that therapy services were still in place and beneficial.
Services are available in these schools:
- Alburnett Elementary School
- Alburnett Middle and High School
- Anamosa High School
- Anamosa Middle School
- Arthur Elementary School
- Atkins Elementary School
- Belle Plaine Junior-Senior High School
- Benton Community Middle-Senior High School
- Carpenter Elementary
- Cedar River Academy at Taylor
- Center Point-Urbana High School
- Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School
- Center Point-Urbana Middle School
- Center Point-Urbana Primary
- Central City Elementary
- Central City High School
- Cleveland Elementary School
- Coolidge Elementary School
- English Valleys Elementary School
- English Valleys Junior/Senior High School
- Erskine Elementary School
- Franklin Middle School
- Garfield Elementary School
- Grant Elementary School
- Grant Wood Elementary
- Harding Middle School
- Hiawatha Elementary School
- Highland Elementary School
- Highland Elementary School
- Highland Middle School
- Highland High School
- HLV K-12
- Hoover Elementary School (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Hoover Elementary School (West Branch, IA)
- Iowa Valley Elementary School
- Iowa Valley Junior/Senior High School
- Jackson Elementary School
- Jefferson High School
- Johnson STEAM Academy
- Kennedy High School
- Kenwood Leadership Academy
- Keystone Elementary School
- Lakeview Elementary School
- Lincoln Elementary School
- Lisbon Early Childhood Care and Education Center
- Lisbon Elementary School
- Lisbon High & Middle School
- Lone Tree Elementary School
- Lone Tree Junior/Senior High School
- Longfellow Elementary School
- Lowden Elementary School
- Madison Elementary School
- Mary Welsh Elementary School
- McKinley STEAM Academy
- Mechanicsville Elementary School
- Metro High School
- Midland Elementary – Oxford Junction
- Midland Middle/High School
- Mid-Prairie Alternative Learning Center
- Mid-Prairie East (Kalona Elementary)
- Mid-Prairie High School
- Mid-Prairie HSAP (Washington Township)
- Mid-Prairie Middle School
- Mid-Prairie West (Wellman Elementary)
- Monticello High School
- Monticello Middle School
- Mount Vernon High School
- Mount Vernon Middle School
- Nixon Elementary School
- North Cedar Junior/Senior High School
- North-Linn Middle School
- North-Linn Elementary School
- North-Linn High School
- Norway Intermediate School
- Olin Consolidated
- Pierce Elementary School
- Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy
- Shannon Elementary School
- Solon High School
- Solon Intermediate School
- Solon Middle School
- Springville Elementary School
- Springville Secondary School
- Stewart Elementary School
- Strawberry Hill Elementary School
- Taft Middle School
- Tipton Elementary School
- Tipton High School
- Tipton Middle School
- Truman Elementary School
- Van Buren Elementary School
- Viola Gibson Elementary School
- Washington Elementary School
- Washington High School (Washington, IA)
- Washington High School (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Washington Middle School
- West Branch High School
- West Branch Middle School
- Williamsburg Junior/Senior High School
- Wilson Middle School
- Wright Elementary School