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Create an estimateAsk your school
to fund IMPACT.
Want to use IMPACT without paying out of pocket? Ask your school to invest in your counseling program! I’d love to help you get the resources and support you need.
Use the email template, estimate builder, and W-9 below to ask your administrator for funding. I’ve also included talking points to help you explain how IMPACT can support your students.
Already have approval? Here’s what to do next.
Here’s what to send your administrator.
Create an estimate and download our W-9, then attach both to the email template below. Personalize the email for your school and send it to your administrator to ask for approval.
Download our W-9
Your school may need a W-9 to set up Bright Futures Counseling as a vendor. Open our signed W-9 and use the download button to save a copy to attach.
Get the W-9Send your request
Copy the email template below and make it your own. It explains what IMPACT includes and why it’s a worthwhile investment in your counseling program.
Go to the email templateHelp them see the value for your school.
Your administrator wants to know how this investment will help students. Connect your request to your school’s goals, explain how you’ll use the curriculum, and share how you’ll track progress. Here are a few things you can bring up.
Start with what your students need.
Think about what you’re seeing in referrals, teacher feedback, or your needs assessment. Explain which skills you want to help students develop and how that connects to a school goal, such as attendance, classroom engagement, or peer relationships.
Highlight the research-based curriculum.
Let your administrator know that IMPACT provides research-based classroom, small-group, and individual resources. The curriculum is created by school counselors and gives you a consistent approach to supporting students across Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3.
Connect it to the ASCA National Model.
Explain that IMPACT is built around the ASCA National Model and ASCA Student Standards, with many resources supporting CASEL competencies. That framework can help you plan services across grade levels and show how your counseling program fits within your school’s MTSS approach.
Explain how you’ll measure student progress.
Show your administrator how you’ll use IMPACT’s pre- and post-assessments and progress-monitoring tools to check what students are learning. Offer to share those results in a program update so they can see what’s working and where students need more support.
Show how the school can track its investment.
Utilization reports are available to show how often licensed staff access IMPACT and how many resources they download. Alongside the student progress data you collect, these reports help your administrator see how the curriculum is being used.
Connect planning time to student support.
Help your administrator see what having lessons, activities, and data tools ready would make possible in your schedule. Could you offer another small group or reach more classrooms? IMPACT also includes monthly professional development to support you as you implement the curriculum.
Show them what you’ll use! Before you meet, browse the curriculum and choose a lesson or small group that fits a need at your school. It’s easier to explain the value when you can show how you’d use it with your students.
Ask your administrator to fund IMPACT.
Copy this email, add your administrator’s name and your signature, and include a sentence about how you plan to use IMPACT at your school. Attach your estimate and our W-9 before sending. The email already links to the administrator overview so they can learn more.
Subject: Request for Funding: IMPACT School Counseling Curriculum
Hi [Administrator’s Name],
I am requesting school funding to add the IMPACT School Counseling Curriculum to our counseling program.
IMPACT is a research-based PK-8 school counseling curriculum built around the ASCA National Model and ASCA Student Standards, with many resources supporting CASEL competencies. It includes classroom lessons, small group curricula and individual counseling resources for all three tiers of our MTSS framework, plus pre- and post-assessments and progress-monitoring tools so we can track student growth and share results. It also includes monthly professional development with certificates.
IMPACT would give our counseling program one consistent curriculum across grade levels. It would also cut down the time I spend creating lessons and groups from scratch, so I can spend more of my time working with students.
A license is $390 for 12 months of access. If more than one counselor at our school will use it, the School Team license covers up to three counselors for $590 a year. I have attached an estimate and the W-9 from Bright Futures Counseling.
Please let me know your thoughts, or if you need any additional information. Here is the link to create an estimate and see the steps for a purchase order.
Best,
[Counselor’s Name]
[Title]
[School Name]
For a team or multi-year request, include the details from your estimate.
What counselors are saying.
“I am spending less time planning and more time supporting students in real time.”
I’m here to help with what comes next.
Your school approved it!
Send your approved purchase order to payments@brightfutures-counseling.com and I’ll help you get started. If your purchasing office needs a vendor form or any other information, send that along too.
Your admin has questions.
Send them the administrator overview for details about the curriculum, standards, and reporting. If there’s something else they need to know, email me. I’m happy to help you advocate for your program.
There isn’t room in the budget yet.
Ask when you can submit a request for the next budget cycle. You can also ask your administrator whether a counseling, curriculum, or PTA/PTO budget could help cover the cost.
Can I ask my school to pay if I already have IMPACT?
Absolutely! Once you have an approved purchase order, send it to payments@brightfutures-counseling.com and let me know you already have IMPACT. I’ll make sure your current plan is paused as your school-funded access begins so you aren’t double billed. I’ll also make sure you keep all of your credit toward IMPACT milestones!
Does creating an estimate place an order?
No, creating an estimate doesn’t place an order or charge you anything. It gives your administrator the cost to review. Once you have an approved purchase order, email it to payments@brightfutures-counseling.com.
Can my school purchase IMPACT for more than one staff member?
Yes! Your school can purchase licenses for counselors, special education staff, or other team members who will use the resources. Each person needs their own access. The School Team license covers up to three counselors at one school for $590 a year, and larger orders get district pricing. Enter the number of licenses and years in the estimate builder to see your price.
My school needs a vendor form. Can you help?
Of course! Send the form and any instructions from your purchasing office to rachel@brightfutures-counseling.com. I’ll help you get the paperwork your school needs.
Let’s ask your school to invest in your program.
Personalize your email, attach your estimate and W-9, and send it to your administrator.