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Project Cal-Well is a cross-agency mental health initiative led by the California Department of Education focused on building capacity for sustainable school-based mental health systems in local educational agencies (LEAs) throughout California. As part of a series highlighting the work of Project Cal-Well partners in Cohort 2 (2019-2024), this document summarizes how Paradise Unified School District leveraged Project Cal-Well funding to organize and effectively distribute mental health support services after the Camp Fire, which devastated the Paradise Community in 2018. These efforts led to greater cross-sector collaboration with community partners to provide mental health and other essential services to students and their families.