Youth mental health needs have drastically increased while availability of care has remained limited. The ability to provide mental health support in schools is one way to improve equitable access to effective programming. However, school staff need to be provided with adequate training and resources in order to provide these services. This talk will introduce TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students), a program that supports schools in the implementation of three tiers of programming that are grounded in cognitive & behavioral skills. The speaker will discuss how research has informed the TRAILS model, and vice versa.