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Impacting school mental health implementation across Massachusetts

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Districts Joined
Engaged hundreds of school mental health staff and educators across more than 130 districts in professional development and technical assistance opportunities
Developed and distributed resources across the state to promote school mental health implementation
Engaged in coaching and implementation support with individual districts to enhance their capacity to screen students, form school mental health teams, implement evidence-based mental health services and supports, and design systems and policies to support sustainability
Promoted the collection and use of psychosocial data to monitor student progress, conduct program evaluations, allocate resources effectively, and market and promote the impact of mental health services
Secured partners to enhance and augment the scope of our impact
Awarded funding to districts to support implementation of school mental health systems through the “MASMHC Mini-grants” program
Advocated for funding directed at school mental health efforts and policies and practices that increase access to care for students (Bill H.351)
Co-led the MA State Collaborative for Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) for Comprehensive School Mental Health with DESE to support districts in developing quality and sustainable school mental health systems and practices