Financing guide
Documents and tools
The guide draws on these documents. Open one when you need the full detail.
Our financing documents
- Financing Guidance for IECMHC (opens in a new tab)It runs 29 pages on planning and making a funding request. Federal program details are as of July 2016.
- Financing IECMHC: Frequently Asked Questions (opens in a new tab)It covers state financing, Medicaid, and how to request funding in 3 pages.
- Overview of the IECMHC Approach within the Early Childhood System (opens in a new tab)It runs 16 pages and includes financing questions and a table of potential partners.
State examples
- State ProfilesOur national scan shows how states fund, staff, and run consultation.
- Michigan: Funding IECMHC as a Medicaid Prevention Direct Service (opens in a new tab)
- Arkansas: Lessons Learned from Project PLAY (opens in a new tab)It describes how Arkansas funds Project PLAY through block grant quality funds and shares five lessons on financing.
- Illinois’s Approach to Building and Sustaining IECMHC (opens in a new tab)It shows how Illinois used multiple funding sources and statewide partnerships.
- Maryland’s IECMHC Fiscal Year 2020 Brief (opens in a new tab)
Tools
- IECMHC Cost Calculator (opens in a new tab)ZERO TO THREE built it in partnership with Georgetown University.
- Program Planning and Reflection Tool (PPRT)Policy & Financing is one of its five domains.
- Needs Assessment Surveys
- Sample Needs Assessment (opens in a new tab)
- Funding Tip Sheet: Engaging Foundations (opens in a new tab)
Webinars
- Seizing the Moment: Using Policy to Leverage Funding to Advance I/ECMHC (opens in a new tab)This 2022 CoE Conference workshop covers the Illinois model.
- From Conception to Birth: TN’s IECMHC Development (opens in a new tab)It covers the funding streams Tennessee used.
- Opportunities to Expand IECMH Consultation through the American Rescue Plan Act (opens in a new tab)
Related reading
- Exploring State Strategies for Financing Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment (opens in a new tab)
- Joint Letter to States, Tribes, and Jurisdictions Supporting the Mental Health of Children (opens in a new tab)
- Using Medicaid to Ensure the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers (opens in a new tab)
