In 2026, the California Behavioral Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission funded a first-of-its-kind initiative. The state wants to understand how school behavioral health investments are working, and for whom. This dashboard is the public answer. It was established under BHSSA Evaluation Contract RFP-BHSSA-Evaluation-002 and is administered by the Santa Clara County Office of Education in partnership with Impacter Pathway.
1The Mandate
The Behavioral Health Services Act directs the Commission to measure the extent to which school behavioral health investments are working. This system is that mandate, built.
2The Partnership
SCCOE takes the lead. Impacter Pathway creates the measurement infrastructure. Stanford, Applied Survey Research, and Breaking Barriers California validate the work.
3The Method
Every score starts with authentic student voice, evaluated against a published rubric, rolled into an openly versioned index. The full method is on this site.