Youth co-design:
Students have played a big role in Maro's screening and intervention roadmap. They help ensure screening is intuitive, consents are clear and follow ups are appropriate, timely and well-received.

Maro

Maro is a digital platform that simplifies universal mental health screening. Maro's platform makes early identification scalable and efficient. Maro removes common barriers to school-based screening through digital planning tools, electronic consent collection, validated screener libraries, and easy-to-navigate workflows for documentation and follow-up.
Product specs
  • Student mental health focus: Equip Staff and Students to Recognize and Respond to Distress, Ensure Student Access to Effective Mental Health Treatment, Promote Social and School Connectedness, Develop life and character-building skills
  • Product category: Screening/assessment, Crisis intervention, Check-ins, Curriculum/lessons
  • Grade levels: 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade
  • End user(s): Parents, Students, Administrators, Clinical Team
  • Tiers of intervention: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3
  • District experience: 50,001-100,000 students, 20,001-50,000 students, 5,001-20,000 students, 1,000-5,000 students, <1,000 students
  • Free version available?: Free version is available nationwide.
  • Detail about availability: Maro is available nationwide for a fee, and for free in select regions in Illinois.
Impact
  • Intended outcomes: Maro helps schools spot student mental health needs early through universal screening, making it easier to support students, engage families, allocate resources, and reduce crises—improving well-being, academic success, and access to care. See a case study here.
  • Demonstrated outcomes: Maro drives real impact: high student participation, low parent opt-outs, and fast follow-up for at-risk students. Schools report earlier identification, better access to care, stronger family engagement, and smarter, data-driven support—all leading to measurable gains in student well-being and equity.
Privacy & Safety
  • Privacy & Security: Maro is COPPA compliant and supports the efforts of any school they work with to comply with FERPA.
  • Crisis protocols: District protocols are documented in Maro's system as a part of onboarding.
Data provided to school/district

Maro gives schools real-time data and dashboards to track screenings, follow-ups, consent, and trends. Districts get clear insights on student needs, equity gaps, and program impact to guide smarter decisions.

Accessibility
  • Web accessibility: Maro can provide a Voluntary Product Accessibility (VPAT) report that outlines accessibility the platform's measures. Maro fully supports the efforts of any school they work with to comply with WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.
  • Language accessibility: All assessments and consents are available in English and Spanish. As Maro scales to new districts, they add additional languages to meet students and families where they're at. They also offer audio/read-aloud options to drive greater accessibility and usability of the platform.
Youth co-design:
Students have played a big role in Maro's screening and intervention roadmap. They help ensure screening is intuitive, consents are clear and follow ups are appropriate, timely and well-received.

Note

All information was provided by the company in June 2025. We encourage you to ask for up-to-date information as well as any additional information needed, when considering products.  

Disclosure: This company was a member of the Headstream Residency Program.

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