Impact Aid and Student Success & Wellness Funds

Perkins Local Schools utilized Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid, Student Wellness and Success Funds and other funding sources.

Our district social worker serves as the district's liaison for homeless individuals. In this role, they identify potential youth in need and reach out to them and their families with resources. These resources include food, housing support, wrap-around services, transportation, lunch waivers, and more.  Also, this role oversees the food stability program in our district, which includes snack pantries for students and weekly grocery deliveries. Our district social worker manages the counseling and case management of our students within the school buildings. Scheduling, updates to staff and families, and act as the bridge between outside supports and the school.  Our social worker runs groups with students in 5th-8th grade (typically girl empowerment groups). The goal of our social worker is to address more gaps in our district with group support by engaging with outside agencies. 

At Perkins Local School District, we have a universal social-emotional screener. This program is completed in each of our four buildings, implemented by our teachers, and supported by our district social worker. Keeping awareness in our buildings with training is an important task. This funding allows the attention required for such sensitive situations. 

This past school year, our district hosted a “physical night” for our middle school and high school students. Students were able to get sports physicals while families browsed mental health and other local resources. Perkins Local Schools strives every year to improve for our families, the opportunities offered, and the resources provided to them. 

Lastly, this funding allows our social worker to coordinate with outside agencies and welcome them into our buildings to help families access these resources "where they are."  The Perkins Local Schools annually host a “Back to School Bash” with more than 20 agencies in attendance to provide outreach to our families.

(Perkins Local School District Board of Education approved July 9, 2025)