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Any statewide behavioral health TA model should combine cross-agency collaboration with a dual focus on student outcomes and sustainable service infrastructure

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Description

Research for this project suggests design features for capacity-building TA in school-based behavioral health. First, collaboration across county agencies (COEs, county behavioral health, SELPAs) is critical so services are coordinated and funding maximized; the existing AB 2083 cross-agency county-level MOU structure could be leveraged. Second, the brief recommends "the need for capacity-building TA on both of these areas of focus": improving student behavioral health outcomes (e.g., finding meaningful outcome measures) and building infrastructure for sustainable access (e.g., breaking down funding silos, increasing Medi-Cal reimbursements, developing data-sharing MOUs). Third, access should be expanded without making TA a requirement.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Collaboration between county agencies regardless of which agency leads TA at the county level

Constraints

  • An analogous statewide measure for student behavioral health does not currently exist, so Tier 2 eligibility would have to rely on proxies such as LEA demographics, Dashboard data, or CHKS data

Target Learners

  • Local educational agencies and community-based partners statewide

Learning Goals

  • Improving student behavioral health outcomes and building sustainable infrastructure for integrated systems of care

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Eisenberg, L., Krausen, K., & Caparas, R. (2024). Schools can't do it alone: Envisioning a statewide system of support to advance school-based behavioral health in California. WestEd. https://www.wested.org
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id dual-focus-cross-agency-behavioral-health-ta
title Any statewide behavioral health TA model should combine cross-agency collaboration with a dual focus on student outcomes and sustainable service infrastructure
description Research for this project suggests design features for capacity-building TA in school-based behavioral health.
status review
generated by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-09
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