Budgeting for School-Based Mental Health
These resources are designed to help directors of student services—or equivalent—adopt a data-driven, values-based budgeting approach that enhances and sustains school-based mental health services.
This guide outlines a process for district leaders to define the core values that inform their investment decisions.
This tool equips district leaders with a data-driven approach to budgeting, by systematically linking expenditures to key data, enabling them to accurately measure spending impact.
This case study highlights how leaders in the San Antonio Independent School District utilized these resources to assess and align their investments with their priorities and values.
Voices from the Community of Practice
“One of the things is that our budget process is not as data-informed as it should be…so when you come ready with information and data and your outcomes, it’s really very hard to say ‘no.’”
About the Tool for Examining Investments
“The impact of the Examining Finances Tool is huge. It’s going to make us reflect on what we are collecting data on…Are we spending our dollars in a way that is reflective of our Statement of Values?”
“It prepared me to successfully be able to advocate for grant funding that was ending.”
About the Statement of Values
“I carry the Statement of Values around with us because we start with values first.”
“What I saw with the consultancy —the opportunity to talk to other people—I was able to change my mindset.”
“It has just expanded my thinking in so many different ways and I just love the connections I’ve made.”