Building Collaboration for Mental Health Services in California Schools

Building Collaboration for Mental Health Services in California Schools is an initiative funded by the California Department of Education through California’s Mental Health Services Act. This project aims to engage mental health and education professionals in an effective planning process to prepare for implementing California’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) in schools. To this end, the project will: (1) conduct outreach to county mental health and education leaders throughout the state; (2) conduct 11 regional trainings and provide materials to mental health and education leaders; and (3) establish and facilitate work groups to create a school readiness assessment to prepare for the MHSA and to develop guidelines for MHSA implementation throughout California.