Non-network partners: Center for Childhood Resilience & Illinois Education Association  Like many (if not most) states, Illinois has not had a systemic approach to addressing student mental health and well- being. Some good work happens at the local level, but it is generally idiosyncratic and leader-dependent. With leadership from the Black Caucus, Advance Illinois, Center for Childhood Resilience, and Illinois Education Association, the state formed a Whole Child Task Force that issued recommendations on how Illinois could create a true system for supporting student mental health and well-being. This spring, these same groups drafted and passed a bill to begin implementing key elements of the Task Force recommendations, including (1) creating an 'adversity index' to understand the mental health issues at play in districts and communities across the state; (2) adopting a common definition of 'trauma' and 'trauma-informed/healing centered'; (3) reporting school/district staffing levels for counselors, social workers, psychologists, nurses on the state report card; and (4) developing clear professional development around trauma-informed/healing-centered care. Put simply, Illinois now has a blueprint for a systemic approach to student mental health and well-being, and is taking steps to implement it.