The Alignment for Progress: School Mental Health Industry Council is two years into a three year initiative to improve the delivery of school-based and school-linked mental health services.
Foundational Pillars
This initiative is built on eight pillars:
- Scaling Mental Health Access for Youth and Families
- School-Community Partnerships
- Defining a Best Practice Standard for School-Based Mental Health
- Early Identification and Intervention
- Educating the Educators
- Sustainability and Funding – including developing a funders guide
- Addressing the School-Based Mental Health Care Labor Shortage
- Employer Engagement
The School-Based Industry Council is focused on sustainable implementation and financing of school-based services.
The Council is contributing its expertise to a white paper on this topic, as well as measuring the data-driven the impact of school-based mental health services, to be released in 2024.
Upcoming Milestone
How School-Based Mental Health Services Can Support Students and Staff
Watch this panel discussion from the 2023 Alignment for Progress Conference on how the school-based mental health services industry can support students and staff.
Panelists include Amy Kennedy, Co-Founder of The Kennedy Forum; Duncan Young, CEO, Effective School Solutions; Katie Dorn, Co-Founder, EmpowerU; Gary Alpert, Chief Growth Officer, Brightline; Wizdom Powell, Chief Purpose Officer, Headspace and Josh Golomb, CEO, Hazel Health.
