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The State and community leaders partnered to develop the Healthy Schools and Communities Resource Team.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Connecting Schools and Communities | Family Strengthening/Family Engagement | Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care | Substance Use Prevention | System Change | Youth Violence Prevention

Greene County Educational Service Center (ESC) developed the ECMHC program to promote young children’s social and emotional development, to address challenging behaviors, and to assist parents/caregivers of young children in the region who have experienced high levels of trauma or toxic stress....

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Early Childhood | Family Driven | Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care | Parent Skills Training | Social and Emotional Well-Being | System Change | Trauma Informed/Response

Approximately 20% of all children have some sort of mental health issue and only one third of those receive services.  Of those students who do receive mental health services, 70% get them in the school setting.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Connecting Schools and Communities | Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care | Policy | System Change | Vulnerable Populations

Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) has been the “guiding light” for citywide collaboration, supporting an improved relationship between the Rochester School District (RSD) and the City of Rochester. The Rochester Recreation Department (RRD) is a key partner in this collaboration, which directl...

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Connecting Schools and Communities | Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care | Vulnerable Populations

The Family Center in Concord School District (CSD) is a district-wide early child development program focused on strengthening the home-school connection for Concord families with young children.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Developmentally Appropriate | Disparities/Disproportionalities | Early Childhood | Family Driven | Family Strengthening/Family Engagement | Parent Skills Training | Social and Emotional Well-Being | Vulnerable Populations

Pennsylvania is integrating five previously discrete SAMHSA-sponsored initiatives to create a comprehensive system of care for families, children, and youth with behavioral health needs from birth to adulthood.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Capacity Building/Workforce Development | Connecting Schools and Communities | Family Driven | Youth Guided

Pennsylvania has administered a statewide Student Assistance Program (SAP) across all the Commonwealth’s 500 school districts since 1985. SAP aims to develop and maintain mental health wellness and a safe and drug-free environment in schools and communities.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Connecting Schools and Communities | Evidence Based/Informed | Parent Skills Training | Substance Use Prevention

Pennsylvania’s SS/HS initiative has developed a protocol to guide community-level teams in identifying and selecting well-founded programs and practices to address salient student and school needs that fit the local circumstances and context.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Evidence Based/Informed | Family Driven | Youth Guided

Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) implementation within Pennsylvania’s overarching system of care partnership is creating numerous new opportunities for schools at the center of their communities. This strategy is generating great benefits for comprehensive approaches to address the consequen...

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Connecting Schools and Communities | Family Strengthening/Family Engagement | Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care | Juvenile Justice/System Involved Youth | System Change | Trauma Informed/Response

School professionals and students across all seventeen school districts in York County, Pennsylvania formed an active student-led Youth Mental Health Alliance (Alliance) that serves as a catalyst “to end the stigma of mental illness, and to ensure that mental-health resources are available to eve...

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Connecting Schools and Communities | Family Driven | Family Strengthening/Family Engagement | System Change | Vulnerable Populations | Youth Guided

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