X-Series Primer: Analyzing the Costs of School-Based Mental Health Services

First up in the Primer is how to identify spending associated with mental health programs, and once identified, put into perspective

In this first entry to the X-Series Primer on Unregulated Behavioral Health in Schools, we start with the numbers - or, more precisely, categories of numbers. You can't analyze anything without data - and, fortunately, we have plenty when it comes to public school spending. This post will focus on Arizona, but the analysis is the same for every state be…