dr. fred thomas helped start the program.e says basing it right in school provides help for kids whose problems might otherwise go untreated. >> the schools themselves have a lot of eyes and ears there. you have teachers, you have principals, you have counselors. knowing the kids who have struggled, or issues in their family. >> if there's a unit inside the school, then what we can do is we can get that child or adolescent, that student, wonderful world-class help at a touch of a button, by simply turning on a monitor, turning on a tv camera. and guess what? they're connected. >> reporter: for marce and her mom, telemedicine is making a big difference. and marce tells her friends, if they have a problem, they should try it, too. >> and they say, "well, is it helping you?" and i'm like, "yeah, it helps me." >> reporter: here's another cheerleader for telemedicine. in fact, asseneth was a cheerleader at school, too. but something called a visual perception disability was making school work impossible. >> the words distort, as i

thomas jefferson, annette robinson, pam fisher, fred martin, dr. jones, susan mcintyre, virginia wright, tom purvixs, officer dunn. i like to thank you all for participating in this very special hearing. i would like to make sure that the things said this evening reached the ears of those in office at this moment. those who control the purse strings, those who make the decisions to make these cuts. we let you hear from firsthand responders, from those who are on the ground, from those professionals who have experience dealing with those in crisis. we've heard from the public this evening, passionate testimony

quanbeck, jennifer friedenbach, thomas jefferson, annette robinson, pam fisher, fred martin, dr. jones, susan mcintyre, virginia wright, tom purvixs, officer dunn. i like to thank you all for participating in this very special hearing. i would like to make sure that the things said this evening reached the ears of those in office at this moment. those who control the purse strings, those who make the decisions to make these cuts. we let you hear from firsthand responders, from those who are on the ground, from those professionals who have experience dealing with those in crisis. we've heard from the public this evening, passionate testimony regarding help services help out and why we need to continue with services. with that, i would like to thank you all for coming. again, we have openings on the mental health board. i hope you will grab some of our fliers and get in touch with our staff to explore the possibility of being able to sit here and make changes have been -- happen. the mental health board has done fantastic things like bringing the mental health services act money in