CAN is partnering with the School-Linked Partnership and Capacity Grants initiative, a part of the statewide Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), as a subject matter expert. The School-Linked Partnership and Capacity Grants are a one-time investment enabling educational entities to build the necessary capacity, infrastructure and partnerships needed to achieve a long-term and sustainable funding model for school based behavioral health services. This funding aims to improve fee-schedule readiness (i.e., increase the number of Local Educational Agencies who meet fee schedule’s operational requirements) and expand access by increasing the availability, equity and range of behavioral health services and growing capacity through training and development of infrastructure.

In the subject matter expert role, CAN will support capacity building for the new school-based and school-linked mental health services that leverage and partner with the Expanding Learning field.

Expanded Learning is poised to take an active role in advancing school-based mental health, to increase sustainability of these services and to draw on resources such as Wellness Coaches and billing for mental health services through the new Statewide Fee Schedule. CAN will support regions throughout California that are visioning and implementing school-linked mental health services and related resources in ways that integrate with existing student support services.

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