This grant funded the following activities within the South Bend Community School Corporation (SBCSC) district:
- Supporting the implementation of tiered mental health and academic services in elementary and middle schools;
- Focusing on mental, behavioral, and physical health processes, data usage, services, and academic impact;
- Collecting, transcribing, coding, analyzing, and reporting on mental and physical health data and its impact on academic success; and
- Providing training on the implementation of mental, behavioral, and physical health data into the MTSS process.
Impact
Leverages community assets to provide high quality mental health services for the SBCSC while enhancing existing MTSS processes by including physical and mental health data and including staff in the process
News
October 23, 2025 // South Bend Schools pilot new data-driven partnership to connect health and learning
Funding Note: The Valinhos Foundation is an advisor for several donor advised funds. This grant was funded from a donor advised fund on the Foundation’s recommendation.
