1. 2nd Annual Growing School Mental Health Summit June 13, 2017
The DPI School Mental Health Budget Ask and Coalition Advocacy What’s in it for You?
2nd Annual Growing School Mental Health Summit
June 13, 2017
Monica

2. Building Momentum in School Mental Health
Linda
We talked it up with everyone. From last year’s Summit and then afterward found that lots of people were interested in school mental health.

3. How do we get $$ for School Mental Health?
Linda
Our ideas: MA consultation; grant dollars for schools to start or enhance their SBMH programs, increase MA therapy rates. We started on legislation then we decided the best strategy was to get some money in the state budget.

4. Budget Process Steps Target Dates Department Requests
August / September
Governor’s Budget
February
Joint Finance Committee
May
Assembly considers & sends to Senate for Approval
June 1
Assembly approves any changes made by Senate
June
Governor’s Desk for Signature or Veto
July 1
Assembly & Senate consider whether to override Vetoes
July
The Bill becomes law
August
Linda
So we started focusing on the biennial budget process. Here’s the general schedule for the state budget process.
This year already off schedule. Talk about separate Assembly & Senate bills.
(alternate starting in Assembly & Senate)

5. DPI’s School Mental Health Request: A Recap
$3 million to provide categorical aide to allow districts to increase school social workers
$2.5 million in grants to schools for school-linked mental health services provisions
~$1 million and a 1.0 FTE to train school personnel in youth mental health first aide, SBIRT, and trauma informed practices
Monica
DPI was talking and asking stakeholders; they picked up one of our ideas
DPI made this budget request

6. What’s in the budget? (Governor’s Recommendations)
What DPI requested:
What DPI got:
Monica
Assembly Republicans have recommended reducing this by $200,000 to reflect training funding included in the HOPE / Opioid package passed by the Legislature in January that will cover some of the training costs..
THEY’RE THE SAME!

7. Coalition’s Efforts Legislation drafted
More conversations with Rep. Rohrkaste and others
Legislation redrafted to:
1) MA Consultation
2) Add $1 million to increase grants
Separated into 2 motions for Finance
Linda
Had our ideas drafted into legislation to make it clear what we were supporting. Kept talking to Coalition members, Rep. Rohrkaste and others we hoped would join the Coalition. Modified our ideas a bit. Redrafted the legislation.

8. Medicaid Clinical Consultation
What? To inform, inquire, and instruct regarding all of the following and to direct and coordinate clinical service components:
Client’s symptoms
Strategies for effective engagement, care, and intervention for the client
Treatment expectations for the client across service settings
Who for? all students up to age 21
Who by? a mental health professional or a qualified treatment trainee working under the supervision of a mental health professional to another individual who is working with a client
Linda
The Clinical Consultation provisions have been included in the Finance Committee’s version of the budget.
Mental health professional includes: qualified treatment trainees, therapists, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists.
Monica is going to talk about the grants. The $2.5 million is in the Finance budget, but we are waiting for the Committee to take up DPI to see if the extra $1 million will be included. We do know that the Assembly Republicans included it in their Education budget, so we are very hopeful the Senate will agree with adding the $1 million.

9. Medicaid Clinical Consultation Implementation
Begins – after added to Medicaid State Plan – Summer 2018?
Evaluation Report to Finance – March 2019
Sunsets – June would have to be reauthorized to continue beyond this date
Linda
By March 2019 we want to be well-positioned to demonstrate that access to care has improved and kids are better so we can have these provisions reauthorized.

10. How would the school-community collaboration grants work?
Monica

11. Additional Student Services Staff dedicated to School Mental Health – How would this be a change for the school social worker role?
Monica

12. School Mental Health Training Dollars in the Budget
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Trauma Sensitive Schools
SBIRT
Monica

13. Budget Process Steps Target Dates Department Requests September
Governor’s Budget
February
Joint Finance Committee
May
Assembly considers & sends to Senate for Approval
June 1
Assembly approves any changes made by Senate
June
Governor’s Desk for Signature or Veto
July 1
Assembly & Senate consider whether to override Vetoes
July
The Bill becomes law
August
Linda
Getting back to the budget process and final approval of these provisions. The Finance Committee is now off schedule. Talking about separate Assembly & Senate budget bills which delay the process more.
(The Legislature alternates which house starts the budget bill. This year it is the Assembly (AB 64/SB 30).)

14. Next Advocacy Steps Contact Legislators - Retain Finance provisions
Contact Governor - Retain and Don’t Veto
Linda
When the budget leaves finally goes to the Assembly and Senate, urge legislators to retain school mental health provisions.
Then when it passes the Legislature, urge Governor to retain provisions and not veto any of it.

15. Find your Legislator
Information will also be coming from Coalition members. But you can check now to confirm your legislators and contact information for them.
Type in your address or use the map to find your legislators.

16. Success
Linda & Monica
Together we can see these provisions pass and achieve increased funding for school-based mental health.

17. Questions?
Monica & Linda
Presenters
Monica Wightman, Education Consultant, Department of Public Instruction,
Linda Hall, Executive Director, Wisconsin Association of Family & Children’s Agencies