Statewide in Hawaiʻi. Open to Nebraska’s ESU 2 districts.

TrustCircle’s daily 2–3 minute check‑in shows support staff who may need attention, so they act early. Teachers give the class time and nothing more.

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In every school,
the same four steps.

Classroom
Students check in
2–3 minutes, private
School
Support staff see who may need attention
School
Staff act early
A note, Pinned, Resolve
With district data
Tier 2/3 follow-through

One state department. One service unit. Two ways to run it.

Hawaiʻi offers TrustCircle to every public school through a statewide initiative. Nebraska’s ESU 2 made it available to the districts it serves, and each district decides when to start.

Hawaiʻi Department of Education

State department of education

HIDOE introduced TrustCircle through Here to Help, its statewide prevention and early-intervention initiative. Students check in daily, school support staff act on what they see, and Tier 2/3 follow‑through connects to HIDOE’s own data feeds.

Since: November 10, 2025
Scope: All HIDOE public school students and staff
Who runs it: HIDOE, through the Here to Help initiative
What runs: Daily check‑in, the support‑staff list, Tier 2/3 service plans
How it connects: HIDOE’s student support data feeds
Source: HIDOE announcement, 2025

200,000

students and staff across Hawaiʻi public schoolsSource: HIDOE announcement, 2025

How Hawaiʻi runs it Read the announcement

Nebraska ESU 2

Regional educational service unit

ESU 2 offers TrustCircle to its public school districts in a three-year partnership. The service unit takes on the cost and setup; each district chooses whether and when to take part.

Since: August 2026
Scope: All ESU 2 public school students and staff
Who runs it: ESU 2, for its member districts
What runs: Daily 2–3 minute check‑in and the support‑staff list
How it connects: Google sign-in
Source: ESU 2 partnership announcement, published July 2026

15,000

students and staff across 16 school districts

How ESU 2 runs it Read the ESU 2 story

Part of the US education technology community

All recognition

In Hawaiʻi it runs inside HMTSS. In your district, it runs inside yours.

TrustCircle doesn’t bring its own tier model. It gives each tier you already run something to work with, and your team keeps the decisions.

HIDOE’s Here to Help initiative is rooted in the Hawaiʻi Multi‑Tiered System of Support (HMTSS).

What it doesn’t replace: your SIS, your referral process, your screening schedule or your staff’s judgment.

Every student checks in
2–3 minutes of daily reflection in class. No new program for your team to run.
Students who may need attention
Support staff see who may need attention and act early: a conversation, a note, a referral through your own process.
- Grade 7 · asked to talk to someonePinned
- Grade 9 · wrote a reason today
Tier 2/3
Service plans, session logs and outcome review, kept alongside your district’s data. Needs your district’s data feeds.

Set it up once at the agency. Open it to each district when it’s ready.

An agency can make TrustCircle available to many districts from one agreement. Each district starts on its own date.

Agency

One agreement, set up once

Offered to every member district

District
Running
Students check in; support staff see the list
District
Setting up
Rostering, then staff designation
District
Joins when ready
Same agreement, its own start date

Rostering, staff designation, one training. Then 2–3 minutes a day.

Here’s what your team does before the first check‑in. We set the exact plan and timing with you in the demo.

Before launch, each school confirms who handles urgent concerns. Check-ins are reviewed during school hours; TrustCircle is not a crisis service. If a student is in immediate danger, call 911, or call or text 988.

District IT
Connect rostering
Google sign-in, Clever, ClassLink/OneRoster, PowerSchool or Infinite Campus.
District
Designate support staff
Your district names its support staff: counselors, behavioral health specialists or others. Only designated support staff see a student’s check‑ins. Administrators, principals, teachers and parents can’t.
School
Train staff
A session for support staff, and a short walkthrough of the daily routine for teachers.
Classroom
Start check‑ins
We agree the start date with you. From then on, it’s 2–3 minutes a day.

Privacy review. Student records are handled under FERPA, and schools consent on families’ behalf under TrustCircle’s COPPA policy. Details on How it works.

Where districts and agencies look for prevention funding

Our guide explains Medicaid school-based services, CYBHI in California, ESSA Titles I, II and IV-A, and state pathways. Whether any of it applies depends on your state and your plan.

Read the funding guide

Funding guide

For districts and agencies

Medicaid school-based services: Many states let schools bill Medicaid for some health services delivered at school. Rules vary by state.
CYBHI (California): The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative funds school-linked behavioral health services.
ESSA Titles I, II and IV-A: Federal funds districts already use for staff and student well‑being.
State pathways: Grants and set-asides that differ by state. The guide lists where to look.

See how a rollout would work for your district or agency

We’ll map the rollout to your district or agency: who signs, who sets up, and when each school starts.

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In your demo

How a rollout would run for you
Rostering, designation and training
Where your funding could come from

Planning the budget?How districts fund prevention