Value & School-Based Mental Health

The growth of school-based health services was the focus of one of our briefings last week, Health Care Is Going Back To School. As of 2019, there were 2,584 school-based health centers (SBHC) in the U.S.—a marked increase from just 31 in 1985 (see Twenty Years Of School-Based Health Care Growth And Expansion).

In the 2021-2022 school year, 96% of public schools reported offering at least one type of mental health service to their students (see The Landscape Of School-Based Mental Health Services). Services include individual-based interventions like one-on-one . . .