Cal-Well Analyses

As a participant in Cohort 2 of Cal-Well, Humboldt County administered the custom module designed for the program to measure items on Mental Health Supports. These items were developed by the University of California - San Francisco, and assesses the following items:

• Students’ mental health (e.g., in the past month, how often did you feel lonely?)

• Availability of adult and peer social supports (e.g., I have an adult at my school that I can talk to about my problems)

• Access to mental health services (e.g., I know where to go or who to contact at school for help when I am very sad, stressed, lonely, or depressed)

• Openness to utilizing mental health supports and services (e.g., people at my school talk openly about mental health)

Of the 19 districts that completed the CHKS in 2020/2021, two districts, McKinleyville Union Elementary and Northern Humboldt Union, completed the Mental Health Supports Module.