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.
New: Council Recommendations
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.
School-Based Industry Council members:
Amy Kennedy, Co-Founder, The Kennedy Forum
Rebecca Bagley, President and CEO, The Kennedy Forum
Lauren Finke, Policy Director, The The Kennedy Forum
Gary Alpert, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Business Development, Brightline (Co-chair)
Duncan Young, CEO, Effective School Solutions (Co-chair)
Armando Colombo, President & CEO, The Menninger Clinic
Katie Dorn, CEO & Cofounder, EmpowerU
Erica Fener Sitkoff, SVP, Mental Health, FullBloom
Jeremy Glauser, CEO & Founder, eLuma
Josh Golomb, CEO, Hazel Health
Marlon Morgan, Founder & CEO, Wellness Together
Andrew B. Post, Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Behavioral Health, Hazel Health
Wizdom Powell, Chief Social Impact and Diversity Officer, Headspace Health
Michael Roaldi, Senior Vice President, Medicaid, UnitedHealthcare
