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State Funding for Student Mental Health

This Policy Brief explores and describes common sources of funding that states use to support K-12 school-based mental health programming. It includes a 50-state scan that displays how each state funds student mental health services.

For a primer on key terms related to student mental health and wellness, see this new glossary.

More resources on student mental health and wellness are available here.

Other resources in this line of work are:

This project has been made possible, in part, by a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

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March 2, 2021

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