Texas program provides Boerne students with free counseling

Boerne students now have year-round access to free mental health care through a state program that offers telehealth counseling to Texas school districts, and the program is filling a need for the district, according to the head of BISD student support services.

Krista Pomeroy is the executive director of the district’s support services and said the schools are always looking for resources to help students when there’s a crisis or a need for therapeutic care, but it can be a challenge.

“Most of our local providers operate on cash only, they don’t accept insurance or there’s a backlog,” Pome- roy said. “In some cases, there’s not a lot of child or adolescent providers.”