Each of the 25 local authorities and corresponding Primary Care Trusts will work with between three and six secondary schools and feeder primary schools to deliver better support for children with mental health needs.
Junior minister for children and young people Kevin Brennan said: "Each pilot will be implementing innovative ways to ensure a better service to some of their most vulnerable children and families and their success will inform the national roll-out of this project."
The authorities are Luton, Norfolk, Suffolk, Leicester City, Lincolnshire, Hackney, Merton, Southwark, Gateshead, Northumberland, Sunderland, Blackburn & Darwen, Blackpool, Bury, Brighton & Hove, Kent, Reading, Leeds, North East Lincolnshire, Coventry, Shropshire, Wolverhampton, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Cornwall.
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