Mental Health Evaluation, Training, Research, and Innovation Center for Schools
K-12 student access to critical mental health services in high-need schools by addressing the shortage of school-based mental health professionals.
METRICS supports federally-funded grantees who are dedicated to addressing the national shortage of school-based mental health practitioners. These grantees received funding from the US Department of Education for either a School Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) or a Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) project to recruit, train, and retain a strong mental health workforce in our K-12 schools across the country. METRICS disseminates best-practice resources, provides individual grant assistance, and helps grantees ensure that they are meeting their targets, so that these grantees can continually improve as they grow the next generation of school-based mental health practitioners.
The research is clear: the shortage among mental health professionals in the US is a primary reason students lack access to the mental health services they need. METRICS is dedicated to closing this gap by providing schools with the tools they need to strengthen the pipeline of high-quality mental health professionals and increase access to critical mental health services in schools nationwide. These funds will help change the lives of children nationwide by building a mental health infrastructure in schools and communities across the country.
Visit our Interactive Project Map to learn more about School Based Mental Health (SBMH) and Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) grant funded projects around the country.
Research Professor and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of School Psychology
UC Santa Barbara
Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology
UC Santa Barbara
Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology
UC Santa Barbara
Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology
UC Santa Barbara