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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

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

SS/HS provided the opportunity for school districts in Michigan to reduce silos and partner and collaborate with families, schools, and community partners.

Behavioral Health/Mental Health | Capacity Building/Workforce Development | Connecting Schools and Communities | Evidence Based/Informed | Family Strengthening/Family Engagement | Parent Skills Training | System Change

Provides a range of information on mental health including a section focused on positive mental health and how to promote resiliencefor adolescents.

Connecting Schools and Communities | Behavioral Health/Mental Health

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