The Institute for School-Community Partnerships, Integrated Services, and Child Mental Health and Educational Policy is a research and technical assistance center focused on improving educational and related services for children, youth, families, and communities. In the 2022-23 school year, the Institute's budget was just under $23,000,000 with more than 125 people on staff.

Vision: The Institute envisions that all schools in the state of Florida and nationally will have the capacity to provide a safe, effective, and efficient environment to continuously improve the academic, social, and emotional growth of all students and to actively engage families and communities in education.

Mission: The mission of the Institute is to implement and evaluate research-based and innovative practices in school and community settings through:

• Training, technical assistance, and support provided to key partners
• Community engaged research and program evaluation to inform key partners' decision making
• Development of research- and evidence-based documents, tools, and resources to support implementation and evaluation activities
• Supporting the infrastructure and capacity of key partners to implement and evaluate federal and state educational policy

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