The past 18 months have been challenging for kids. They’ve navigated months to a year or more of virtual learning, including live and self-guided instruction. Many have experienced isolation, loneliness, and unsurprisingly, since kids were at home day after day with family members for a good chunk of the Covid
In the summer of 2020, Los Angeles—like the rest of the United States—was knee-deep in the Covid pandemic. Amid the disaster, day after day, tens of thousands of protesters gathered throughout the city, distraught and outraged by another plague upon our nation: racism. Protests were sparked by the killing of
Rebecca Boss says a crisis response may be the first and only chance to help a person experiencing a substance use disorder. “Not only to affect the outcome of the immediate crisis but also a person’s overall recovery process,” she says. Boss is a senior consultant at the Technical Assistance
As communities explore ways to divert behavioral health and quality of life crises from law enforcement, they’re also asking when and how to best collaborate with police in the safest and least restrictive way for people in distress. This shift is necessary for people overall, says Dr. Margie Balfour, chief
Whether they wanted it or not, the Covid pandemic and corresponding physical distancing requirements thrust behavioral healthcare providers into telehealth. Some providers celebrated the sudden regulatory and policy changes that removed service delivery barriers. Others, says Kristin Neylon, senior project associate at NRI, were far more skeptical. “They were wary
It took just two short weeks for the team at Oxford Health NHS Trust Foundation to set up a dedicated helpline in response to people experiencing mental distress as a result of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. It was late March-early April 2020 when the Urgent Care Services teams and colleagues in the
As the remaining time narrows before 988 must be live on July 16, 2022, states are scrambling to close labor gaps in behavioral healthcare. Workforce scarcity in the field has long been an issue, and it’s projected to continue. Thought leaders have come up with short- and long-term solutions that
Washington State is creating a 988 tribal behavioral health and suicide prevention line, which includes $1 million in funding to develop and operate the line and a tribal 988 subcommittee. The new legislation states the subcommittee will “examine and make recommendations concerning the needs of tribes related to the 988
Emergency medical services in the United States have been shaped by the pioneering 1960s-‘70s Freedom House, a professional Black-run ambulance service that replaced law enforcement and funeral homes in the role of emergency transport, many of whom refused to go into Black neighborhoods, and helped establish the national standards for
In Maryland, the Health Services Cost Review Commission, an independent state agency, plays a vital role in health reform innovation and implementation. The agency regulates the quality and costs of hospital services. “Ultimately, our goal is to ensure everyone in the state has equitable access to high-quality hospital care,” says
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