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Joanne Malinka

Joanne Malinka is the Regional Vice President for New England. Joanne has 19 years of experience working with at-risk populations (children, adolescence, families, and adults) in various clinical settings. In her career, she has worked closely and collaboratively with the Department of Children and Families, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, several Connecticut school districts, hospitals, the foster care system, and other clinical providers. Her focus and passion have always been in promoting, implementing, and teaching trauma informed treatment/care. Joanne has been with ESS since 2017

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For California school districts

In-school mental health services and simplified CYBHI reimbursement.

We help districts build clinical programming, manage the CYBHI reimbursement process, and capture more eligible reimbursement without adding administrative burden.

  • Implement an in-school clinical program
  • Navigate CYBHI reimbursement from setup through claims
  • Maximize eligible reimbursement with less admin lift 
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Learn more about Funding Sustainable School-Based Mental Health Programs

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Our Unwavering Focus on Data Collection

At ESS, we have an unrelenting focus on data, measuring results, and communicating to our partners the proven impact our programming has on mental health, school outcomes and financial sustainability.

With every ESS partner, we will:

• Set data driven goals at the beginning of every implementation

• Have regular “Report Card” meetings in which we share the impact of ESS services

• Monitor data along the way to look for potential risk areas so that these can be proactively addressed

Learn more about our Will to Wellness 6 Step Framework

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