The COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of schools shone a spotlight on the issue of student mental health. Rates of depression and anxiety among youth skyrocketed, resulting in an increase in emergency room visits related to youth mental health. While children and youth were reporting the need for behavioral health supports prior to the pandemic, the isolation, stress, and increased material hardships of the pandemic strained the vulnerable mental health of California's young people. This document highlights recent, state-funded, one-time investments in counties, districts, schools, and health plans that are eligible to receive dollars to implement various student mental health projects. Children Now's review of these programs revealed some fundamental shortcomings in statewide implementation that must be addressed for these dollars to be fully leveraged to close gaps in access to support for children and youth most in need.