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CLASP conducted an analysis of 37* state plans to better understand if and how schools were authentically engaging students in the design and implementation of their reopening plans.
CLASP conducted an analysis of 37* state plans to better understand if and how schools were collecting student mental health data.
CLASP conducted an analysis of 37* state plans to better understand if and how schools were prioritizing culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and healing-centered care.
CLASP conducted an analysis of 37* state plans to better understand if and how schools were prioritizing Tier 1 social and emotional learning supports.
CLASP conducted an analysis of 37* state plans to better understand if and how schools were prioritizing their behavioral health workforce.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress appropriated funds for schools primarily through the new Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The American Rescue Plan allocated $122 billion for school reopening. ESSER funding offers an opportunity to invest in the mental health of young people; however, schools must be intentional about substantially investing in student mental health.
In this report for federal, state, and local government entities, we offer examples of states that have created good mental health mobile response systems
CLASP's mental health work advances systems and policy change with an explicit focus on how a person's race and ethnicity affects how they interact with the health system. Without a direct understanding of how mental health and wellbeing are seen by those who are living in poverty, we cannot create effective policy solutions.
Youth and maternal mental health are critical targets for systems and policy change. Between 2018 and 2020, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) engaged state and local leaders in technical assistance initiatives targeting mental health systems and policy change in several jurisdictions.
The Center for Law and Social Policy’s (CLASP) youth and young adult mental health framework calls for policies that increase access to healing, transformative mental health supports for this population.6 Through our Policy Advancing Transformation and Healing (PATH) initiative, CLASP has collabo