PMHCA Awardees

This 60-minute webinar, featuring subject matter expert presenters Laura Hurwitz, LCSW; Sarah Rosadini, B.A.; Rebecca Gostlin, LPC; and Petra Steinbuchel, M.D.; explores the benefits of collaboration between PMHCA programs and SBHCs and offers insights into building sustainable partnerships. Viewers will learn valuable lessons from the field and discover how two states, California and Colorado, each at different stages of partnership, are approaching collaboration between their PMHCA programs and SBHCs.

Webinar Recording

This is a brief two-page document that highlights lessons learned and recommendations for moving forward with collaboration between PMHCAs and SBHCs.

This guide explains what information each law protects, when information can be disclosed, how the laws are similar and different, and how they interact with state privacy laws.

PMHCA programs partnering with SBHCs and/or schools can improve their support and consultation to SBHCs and schools by understanding which confidentiality laws apply to information related to students about whom they are consulting. Depending on the type of information and who initiated and controls it, different federal laws may apply. A critical question is whether the information is subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.

This document describes best practices and opportunities for PMHCA programs to deliver training and education to school and district teams. The playbook provides a series of steps to develop or adapt training and education for school audiences and offers training formats, topics, and audiences.

This document provides an overview of the current school mental health landscape, highlights opportunities for collaboration between PMHCA programs and schools, and offers guidelines and considerations for programs exploring expansion into schools.

This document summarizes lessons, insights, and innovation from PMHCA programs that are establishing partnerships with SBHCs. With input from an advisory group of diverse PMHCA program champions with established connections to SBHCs, this is a first-of-its-kind resource for PMHCA programs that are considering expanding to SBHCs, as well as those that are already collaborating with SBHCs and want to enhance their services.

This document for SBHCs describe the common and complementary characteristics of PMHCA programs and SBHCs, what can be accomplished through partnership, and the steps to initiate a partnership.

This document for PMHCA programs describe the common and complementary characteristics of PMHCA programs and SBHCs, what can be accomplished through partnership, and the steps to initiate a partnership.