You do powerful work — and you deserve powerful resources to match! This space is built for practitioners, partners, and leaders who are committed to supporting student mental health every day. From promising practices and workshop recordings to case examples and ready-to-use tools, our resource library is designed to meet you where you are and help you go further. The best part? It keeps growing. Bookmark this page and check back regularly for what’s new!

General Resources

For Us By Us: Youth Designed Resources for Mental Health & Well Being: Tools to support children, youth, and families at your fingertips

The Children & Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) takes an all-of-the-above approach, bringing behavioral health services and supports for children, youth, and families to the spaces where their lives are lived, including in homes, communities, schools, and online.

View the Free Digital Resources here!

Workshop & Webinar Recordings

Increasing Access to Mental Health Through Expanded Learning - Fall 2025 Expanded Learning Academy Workshop

Wednesday, October 1, 2026

This virtual workshop will outline efforts underway in California to fund and sustain school-based mental health services for all children and youth. Panelists will discuss how Expanded Learning resources can be braided with school-based mental health funding to increase access to services and how one school district is putting these strategies into action!

Presenters:

• Araceli Corral, Director I, Student Support Services, Modesto City School District
• Jeff Davis, Executive Director, California AfterSchool Network
• Liz Elizondo, Youth Services Program Director, Center for Human Services
• Donielle Prince, Senior Specialist, Equity & Quality, California AfterSchool Network

Workshop Resources

• Presentation Slides PDF
• Workshop Recording via YouTube 

Memos & Promising Practices

Memo Resource #1

“Expanded Learning as a Trusted Messenger for Student Mental Health & Well-Being”

This memo highlights San Diego County’s mental health education strategies that decrease stigma and increase comfort levels of students and their families to reach out for services. 

Expanded Learning (ExL) staff often have deep connections with families and students and can be viewed as trusted messengers when sharing information about new mental health and well-being resources for young people.

View the memo here. 

Memo Resource #2

“How Anaheim Elementary School District Became one of California schools’ top billers for mental health services for students. How can Expanded Learning participate and support this work in your districts?”​

With the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, California has invested in new opportunities to increase young people’s access to mental health resources. How are schools involved in this work? 

Through this initiative, schools can now provide students with greater access to mental health programming and professionals. As part of the district, Expanding Learning can participate by:

• Sharing strategies rooted in a whole child, youth development approach
• EXL staff can become certified as Wellness Coaches
• Before & After School and Summer help increase student access to services as well as services all year round

To get more information on how schools participate in the CYBHI initiative, check out this case example from Anaheim Elementary School District that highlights how they have invested in their students’ mental health, by drawing on CYBHI funding – and how they became one of the top behavioral health services billers in the state! 

Anaheim ESD CWC + PPS School Counselor Memo.pdf

Health & Wellness Newsletter

Stay up to date with all things Health & Wellness by signing up for the Health and Wellness newsletter! The newsletter is sent out quarterly and keeps subscribers informed about new policies, laws, grants, funding opportunities, and free resources, including a section on Mental Health Well-Being. Check out recent and past newsletters, and don’t forget to sign up (under “Stay Informed”)!