Schools – Administrators – Funding ECINS: CYBHI and School-Based Mental Health Grants
Unlocking Funding for Student Mental Health Programs
The urgency to address student mental health has never been greater. School and district leaders are working to meet rising needs while navigating budget constraints, staff shortages, and increasing accountability measures. Even with historic state and federal investments — like California’s Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) — many schools are still unsure how to access and apply these funds to make the most significant impact.
The ECINS Student Support & Case Management System is purpose-built to help schools not only deliver high-quality mental health programs but also align with funding priorities that make implementation possible. Whether you’re in California tapping into CYBHI or in another state with similar grants, ECINS gives you the tools and data to meet funding criteria, strengthen applications, and demonstrate measurable outcomes.
ECINS empowers schools to:
Align programs with grant requirements to improve funding eligibility
Streamline reporting to prove impact and maintain compliance
Detect opportunities for early intervention to maximize student outcomes
Collaborate across teams and agencies to meet funding mandates for multi-disciplinary support
Engage students and families to strengthen accountability and equity outcomes
Measure program success to secure renewed or expanded funding in the future
Best of all, with ECINS, your school can be ready to meet both student needs and funding expectations.
Find out more about how ECINS can help you document your intervention and fund your student support program.
California’s Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) is a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar investment to reimagine the way behavioral health services are delivered to young people. The initiative funds technology-enabled solutions, school-based mental health programs, and community partnerships — all with the goal of creating a coordinated, equitable system of care.
Through CYBHI, California schools can access resources and reimbursement for:
Screening and early identification of behavioral health concerns
Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) for mental health
Collaboration between schools, families, and community providers
Data-driven reporting to measure outcomes and equity
Because ECINS directly supports these priorities, districts can use CYBHI funding to implement the ECINS Student Support & Case Management System and start improving student outcomes right away.
While CYBHI is unique to California, other states offer similar school-based mental health funding programs. These include:
Texas: Community Mental Health Grant Program – Matching grants from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to fund early intervention, prevention, and school-based behavioral health coordination.
New York: School Supportive Health Services Program – Medicaid reimbursement for eligible school-based health and mental health services, including counseling and evaluations.
Many of these programs fund initiatives that improve student wellbeing, track intervention outcomes, and strengthen collaboration — all areas where ECINS excels.
Take the Next Step
Whether you’re in California or another state, we can help you:
– Identify the most relevant funding sources for your district
– Align your mental health programs with grant requirements
Implement ECINS in a way that meets compliance and reporting standards
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“By working with a range of support agencies via ECINS, we are able to see specific details relating to how an individual’s meetings with partners have transpired. That gives us a much richer picture of an individual’s situation and enables us to provide tailored support to divert them from re-offending.”
Emma Taylor,
Investigation Management Unit Operator,
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
“ECINS enables us to run our meetings and share information with all partners, and gives us the confidence that we are discussing and sharing in a secure manner.”
Phil Priestley,
Cambs City/South Cambs/Hunts NPT SPOC,
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
“Having our information on ECINS, which can be accessed remotely, enables our outreach team to work outside of the office in community settings, which provides significant cost and time savings.”
Deborah Hooton,
Service Manager,
Rape Crisis Centre
“With ECINS all of the information is in one place, unlike with emails, where you don’t get the whole story or you have the risk of people being left off the email chains. Having everything in one place means you get the picture from the very beginning and see all of the developments as the case progresses.”
Les Golding,
Modern Slavery Investigator,
Sussex Police
“The difference ECINS is making to our organization for efficiency, effectiveness, accessibility and managing our caseloads is enormous. It is transforming the way we can store and manage the families we are supporting.”
Kirsty Richardson,
Head of Operations ,
Tiny Life
“As a former frontline practitioner myself, having used four different case management systems, none have offered the opportunity to work in a multi-agency capacity with such ease as ECINS.”
Jules Trompowsky,
Rescue and Response Partnership Coordinator (North London), Rescue and Response Project (County Lines),
Brent Council, UK
“ECINS has been absolutely pivotal in the way we are able to work. We don’t have any other system that can communicate across agencies and that is as critical to the work that we currently do.”
Claire George,
Head of Peterborough’s Pupil Referral Service and Safeguarding and Prevent Lead for Education,
Peterborough
“Our partnership with ECINS gives us a competitive advantage and places us at the cutting edge of monitoring and evaluation. This is going to be a significant catalyst in our success in securing funding, moving forward.”
Devon Cuimara,
Founder & CEO,
Aboriginal Males Healing Centre
“The time savings we’ve been able to make since using ECINS has been enormous. We now spend far less time in the office and, as a result, far more time with our clients.”
Chris Day,
Housing Support Worker,
180° Norfolk, UK
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