Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) was a £60m programme, run from 2008-11, that aimed to provide early intervention and support for children aged five to 13 at risk of developing mental health problems, and their families.
By March 2011, up to 3,000 schools were delivering a range of TaMHS projects, with funding made available through the early intervention grant (EIG) provided by government.
The halving of the EIG since 2010 has seen many TaMHS projects fade away but much of the learning has been incorporated into local school-based mental health and early help support programmes.
Throughout the 2010-15 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government, children's mental health continued to be a policy priority, with plans to boost provision in schools included in the 2011 strategy No Health Without Mental Health; 2014's Closing the Gap guidance; and 2015's Future in Mind taskforce report.
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