Mental health center approved for Eunice Junior High School

By Rebecca Chaisson on Tuesday, April 11, 2023
  • Open Health Care Clinic executives, from left, Timothy Young and Michael “Mac” Fuselier, spoke about developing a mental health clinic at Eunice Junior High School at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on April 6. At right is Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance for the School Board and a former Eunice Junior High School principal. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    Open Health Care Clinic executives, from left, Timothy Young and Michael “Mac” Fuselier, spoke about developing a mental health clinic at Eunice Junior High School at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on April 6. At right is Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance for the School Board and a former Eunice Junior High School principal. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

    A school-based mental health care clinic at Eunice Junior High School won the approval of the St. Landry Parish School Board at an April 6 meeting. The clinic, which is to be in operation for the next school year, will be operated by Open Health Care Clinic, a non-profit with 10 sites in East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes. The clinic would provide a licensed social worker or counselor to…