PMHCA Awardees

Dear PMHCA and MMHSUD Awardees, 

You are invited to participate in the third MCHB TA Innovation Center Quarterly Meeting (Webinar) scheduled for Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET. 

HRSA and the MCHB TA Innovation Center will provide updates to awardees during the session. Additionally, Nicole White from the Department of Education (DoE) will present on the work of the Mental Health Service Professionals Grant Program recipients. Wendy Davis from Postpartum Support International (PSI) will follow with a comprehensive overview of their training, services, Hotline, and warmline. Subsequently, the presentations by DoE and PSI will lead into an interactive conversation, delving into potential areas for collaboration among awardees. This segment promises valuable insights and networking opportunities for all participants.

Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

Thank you and we look forward to you attending our quarterly webinar meeting!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

Dear PMHCA and MMHSUD Awardees, 

You are invited to participate in the second MCHB TA Innovation Center Quarterly Meeting (webinar) scheduled for Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET. 

During this webinar, updates will be shared by HRSA and the TA Innovation Center, followed by introductions from the new awardees regarding their individual projects. 

Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

Thank you and we look forward to you attending our quarterly webinar meeting!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

EIIC is excited to announce its Year 2 grant continuation. During this orientation, we will recap our Year 1 work and share our Year 2 vision. You will hear from Oklahoma and Michigan PMHCA awardees on their progress and discuss new technical assistance opportunities for teams.

We are also recruiting new teams to participate as a learning community to join us and learn more about EIIC’s grant, focus groups, and discuss new technical assistance opportunities for PMHCA programs.

The MCHB TA Innovation Center will be offering a peer-to-peer sharing session for PMHCA and MMHSUD awardees on 
Messaging and Marketing PMHCA/MMHSUD to your Provider Network. 
Co-facilitators: Susan Griffin, LICSW (Director of PATHS, Birmingham AL) and 
Dr. Uruj Haider (Medical Director of Consultative Services for MCPAP for Moms)
Session Moderator: Liz Carr


This session is scheduled for 
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Eastern


This facilitated session will follow a small group discussion format that allows for rich interaction among peer awardees to share challenges, lessons learned, and innovative solutions that have been successful. This session will include opportunities to discuss strategies for messaging and marketing the program to providers, based on the group’s interest and priorities.
 

Please reach out to us at the email below if you have specific topics you would like to have included. 
 

Questions to Guide the Discussion

1. What challenges have there been with marketing PMHCA/MMHSUD programs within your provider community? 
2. What modes of marketing have been most successful? Which have been least successful? 
3. How has your marketing/messaging changed over the course of program development? 
4. How have you engaged with state and/or national professional associations to improve marketing your program to providers?   
   • How have you marketed your program while attending conferences, workgroups, symposiums etc.?
5. Once a provider has been enrolled in the program, what messaging has been helpful to encourage them to engage and utilize the support?  
6. How have you engaged providers to encourage provider to provider marketing/sharing? 

Please feel free to forward this email to members of your project team and/or partners who may benefit from participation. You can contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com with any questions or feedback.

We look forward to connecting with you on November 8th!

Thank you,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

Dear PMHCA and MMHSUD Awardees, 

You are invited to participate in the first MCHB TA Innovation Center Quarterly Meeting (webinar) in collaboration with the REACH Institute scheduled for Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET. 

This webinar will offer updates from HRSA, the MCHB TA Innovation Center, and a presentation by the REACH Institute. The REACH Institute provides training for primary care providers, therapists, and other professionals to diagnose and treat mental health issues.

Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

Thank you and we look forward to you attending our first quarterly webinar meeting!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

 

The MCHB TA Innovation Center is offering the fourth session of hands-on office hours to assist PMHCA and MDRBD program staff in areas of local program data collection and management. Subject matter experts from Windrose Vision are prepared to support you in the planning, design, and implementation of your local program operations with guidance on evaluation tools and strategies ranging from basic to complex. A sampling of the areas of TA being offered include:

Spreadsheet development and data tracking - Selecting primary program evaluation questions - Selecting measures and instruments to align with program goals - Identifying available data - Collecting new data - Power and sampling strategies - Data analysis

This is an exciting opportunity for you to explore ideas and find solutions to your data collection challenges, as well as methods to measure outcomes for your program. Our local Technical Assistance (TA) office hours have proven to be a resounding success. This collaborative environment allows grantees to share insights, learn from their peers and experts, and receive real-time guidance and advice. We strongly encourage you to participate and bring your unique challenges to the table for discussion and problem-solving.

We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

About the Speaker: 

Dr. Charles Macias is the Division Chief for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Chief Quality Officer, and Vice Chair of Quality for University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of Stanford University, Southwestern Medical School, and the UT School of Public Health and is a Tenured Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.

Drop by and chat over cold coffee or tea with Dr. Kate Remick, Co-Director for National EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC). This chat will provide a space to discuss timely topics related to mental health and the ongoing work of the EIIC including the development of the Toolkit for PMHCAs.

This webinar will provide an overview of HIPAA and FERPA, the two federal privacy laws that are most often implicated when it comes to confidential information in schools and SBHCs. Using case examples, this webinar will address some common questions such as how to know whether records are subject to HIPAA or FERPA and when a release is necessary for information sharing under each law. The webinar will explain the role of state confidentiality and consent laws in answering these questions and provide guidance on how to think through confidentiality and information-sharing questions. It will explore best practices in information sharing and confidentiality designed to maximize the benefits of health care programs, consistent with legal requirements.

Learning Objectives: Participants of this webinar will be able to

• Describe the federal privacy laws that most frequently apply to youth’s health and mental health information in the setting of school-based health centers
• Analyze the intersection of federal health privacy laws, state health privacy laws, and state minor consent laws.
• Explain how the relevant federal and state laws apply to information sharing among the individuals and entities involved in the delivery of health services to students in schools.

Facilitator:

• Katy Stinchfield, MS, LPC, School-Based Health Alliance

Presenters: 

• Abigail English JD, National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)
• Rebecca Gudeman, JD, MPA, National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)

AMCHP and the American Academy of Pediatrics are hosting a virtual learning café series to increase awareness of community-based mental health supports that are available to children/youth and families. Each learning café will include a short didactic presentation, followed by peer-to-peer discussion and questions. Presenters will include staff from MCH Title V programs who have ongoing mental health programs that involve Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) programs and/or pediatric primary care professionals.