The Los Angeles County Office of Education invites local educational agencies (LEAs) in LA County to participate in a new state grant to build capacity to support your students’ mental health.

LACOE will receive an allocation of these state grant funds and then determine how these funds will be distributed to LEAs to support operational readiness to implement the Statewide Multi-Payer School-linked Fee Schedule. This new fee schedule will allow school-linked mental health practitioners to bill both Medi-Cal and private insurance for specific non-Individualized Education Program (IEP) related behavioral health services, such as individual and group counseling, psychological testing and evaluation and targeted case management. Participation in the school-linked fee schedule is not a requirement, although it is encouraged. Information regarding the School Linked Partnership and Capacity Grant can be found here: CYBHI School-Linked Partnerships and Capacity Grants.  

To qualify for a direct allocation of the Capacity Grants, LEAs are required to submit a Baseline Survey via Qualtrics by August 22, 2024. LEAs that do not submit the survey by the deadline are ineligible to receive Capacity Grant funds directly. However, your LEA may participate in LACOE's consortium. Early Baseline Survey results demonstrate a need for assistance with Medi-Cal enrollment along with a countywide Electronic Health Record and billing platform. Your assistance with completing the Baseline Survey is greatly appreciated. 

LEAs that choose to delegate their entire Capacity Grant allocation to LACOE do not need to submit the Baseline Survey and may participate in LACOE's collective impact projects. Please take a few moments to complete LACOE's Intent Survey to indicate whether your LEA intends to access all funds directly, delegate all funds to LACOE or participate in a hybrid consortium by accessing part of the funds directly and delegating part of the funds to LACOE.

For additional information, please refer to the DHCS Funding Guidance Overview or contact Dr. Sonya Smith at smith_sonya@lacoe.edu.