Paying for Outcomes on Mental Health Programs
HBGI report ·
One of 51 programs in HBGI’s report Paying for Outcomes on Mental Health Programs
Run by Hawaiʻi’s Department of Education and Nebraska’s ESU 2. Every honor dated and sourced.
Fast Company lists, US education memberships, earlier honors and press, each with its year and a link to the source.
Hawaiʻi Department of Education
State department of education ·
Offers TrustCircle to all of its public school students and staff through Here to Help, its statewide prevention initiative.
Nebraska ESU 2
Regional educational service unit
One service unit bringing the daily check-in to the districts it serves, in a three-year partnership.
Classroom
Students check in
2–3 minutes, private
School
Support staff see who may need attention
The list comes to them
School
They act early
A note, a conversation
With district data
Tier 2/3 follow-through
Service plans, session logs
Named on two Fast Company lists in 2026
In US education, TrustCircle is also a SETDA partner, a CoSN member and on the EDSAFE AI Industry Council.
World Changing Ideas 2026, Education & Engagement honoree
Fast Company ·
SETDA
Partner
TrustCircle is a SETDA partner
State Educational Technology Directors Association
Honors from outside the US, from the check‑in’s first years in India to MB100 in 2026
Before Hawaiʻi and Nebraska, the check-in ran in schools in India and other countries. Most of these honors come from that work.
Why we startedMeaningful Business
Honor ·
Named to MB100 2026
Real Leaders
Honor ·
Top Impact Companies 2024, “Ones to Watch”
G20
Showcase ·
Showcased at a G20 India 2023 innovation event
UNDP
Listing ·
Listed in the UNDP Digital X Solutions Catalogue
Ashoka
Honor ·
Founder Sachin Chaudhry elected an Ashoka Fellow
Covered from Kauaʻi to the World Economic Forum
A Kauaʻi paper on Hale ʻŌpio Kauaʻi’s partnership with TrustCircle comes first. The full archive below adds newspapers in India and Kenya.
The Garden Island (Kauaʻi)
Press ·
Hale ʻŌpio Kauaʻi partners with TrustCircle
King Baudouin Foundation
Press ·
International newsletter, Summer 2023
World Economic Forum
Press ·
Article on protecting mental health during COVID-19, citing TrustCircle
The Hindu
Press ·
Article on TrustCircle’s app and how it points users to help
All press, reports and earlier honors (22)
Press
Economic Times · TechCircle
Press ·
DBS Bank India and Social Alpha partnership supporting social enterprises
India Today
Press ·
Sachin Chaudhry named an Ashoka Fellow
BW Businessworld
Press ·
Opinion piece on mental health education in schools
Wharton Magazine
Press ·
Profile of TrustCircle, Spring/Summer 2017
YourStory
Press ·
Profile of TrustCircle
Financial Times
Press
Feature on TrustCircle’s prevention approach
Forbes India
Press
Feature on mental health startups, including TrustCircle
Global Citizen
Press
Feature on tech tools for mental health in low- and middle-income countries
MobiHealthNews
Press
Feature on technology’s role in global mental health
Nation (Kenya)
Press
Report on TrustCircle’s app in Nakuru County
Real Leaders
Press
Story on TrustCircle’s work with K‑12 students
Earlier honors
Catalyst Now
Membership
Joined Catalyst Now, a global network of social innovators working toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Piramal Foundation
Partner
Past partner for student well-being in Indian schools, including remote tribal schools
UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Research
Research involving TrustCircle funded by NIHR
World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH)
Honor
Featured innovation, WISH
Mental Health Innovation Network
Honor
Listed as a mental health innovation
Reports
Kearney
Report
Featured in The Rising Tide of Cross-Border Philanthropy in Asia
Ashoka ASPIRe
Report ·
Case in Leveraging Platforms for the Good of All
Podcasts and radio
Real Leaders podcast
Podcast
Episode on TrustCircle and K‑12 student well-being
Better Leaders Better Schools
Podcast
Bonus episode with Sachin Chaudhry
BBC World Service
Radio
Interview with Sachin Chaudhry
Star 94.3 Glow
Radio ·
Interview on building emotional resilience during COVID-19
Honors are a start. See the follow-through yourself.
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- How Hawaiʻi DOE and ESU 2 run it
- What each honor recognized
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