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Reports

Find reports generated by and for the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG).

General information

Languages spoken at behavioral health agencies serving children and youth in Washington state report
Supporting resilience in black families: Advancing racial equity in early childhood mental health Policy (National Black Child Development Institute, 2021)
Children and youth behavioral health workgroup recommendations, 2016-2020 (CYBHWG, 2021)
Behavioral health consultation and referral service annual report (Health Care Authority, December 2020)
Access to behavioral health services for children (Health Care Authority, December 2020)
Findings and recommendations to the Office of the Insurance Commissioner related to access to behavioral health services (University of Washington, 2019)
Children's Regional Behavioral Health Pilot Program (Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, January 2020)
Rights of Youth and Young Adults in Residential Programs (Office of Homeless Youth (January 2020)
Partnership Access Line (PAL) funding recommendations (December 2019)
Access to Behavioral Health Services for Children (December 2019)
Expansion of trauma-informed child care in Washington State (Department of Children, Youth and Families, March 2019)
2019 Budget Brief: Expand Access to Outpatient Mental Health Services (Washington State Hospital Association) (January 2019)
A Way Home Report: From Inpatient Treatment to Homelessness (December 2018)
Partnership access line (PAL) plus program (Health Care Authority, December 2018)

Prenatal through five relational health

Expansion of trauma-informed child care in Washington state (Department of Children, Youth and Families, March 2019)
Arizona’s smart support evaluation report: The first four years (Eva Marie Shivers, 2015)
Brief: The case for school mental health (UW SMART Center, 2020)
Staffing enrichment work group recommendations (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2019)
Children's regional behavioral health pilot program (Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, January 2020)

School-based youth behavioral health and suicide prevention

Brief: The case for school mental health (UW SMART Center, 2020)
Staffing enrichment work group recommendations (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2019)
Children's regional behavioral health pilot program (Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, January 2020)

Youth and young adult continuum of care

New Journeys: Coordinated Specialty Care for first episode psychosis (Health Care Authority (January 2021)
Rights of youth and young adults in residential programs (Office of Homeless Youth (January 2020)
A Way Home report: From inpatient treatment to homelessness (December 2018)
Family initiated treatment (FIT) expansion (Health Care Authority, November 2020)

Workforce and rates

Provider needs assessment (Behavioral Health Institute, 2020)
Washington’s behavioral health workforce: Barriers and solutions – Phase II report and recommendations (Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board and the UW Center for Health Workforce Studies, December 2020)

Behavioral health integration

Five-year outcomes of behavioral health integration in primary care (pediatrics July, 2019)

Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (CYBHWG)