Tag: Child and Youth
Excellence In Community Service Award 2023 Award Winner
This article was published by the Texas Hospital Association on February 15, 2024. Children’s Health was awarded THA’s Excellence in Community Service Award for their Behavioral Health Integration and Guidance (BHIG) Initiative, a proactive program…
Lessons from Uvalde: Meadows Institute Leaders Share Advice, Learnings at Congressional Roundtable Discussion
Today, on the one-year anniversary of the school shooting that occurred at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, Meadows Institute leaders participated in a roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill about the importance of school safety and…
Resources, Relationships, & Vulnerability: A Convening of the Trellis Foundation Postsecondary Mental Health & Wellbeing Learning Community
Last summer, Trellis Foundation and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute launched the Trellis Foundation Postsecondary Mental Health and Wellbeing Learning Community as part of an innovative strategy to strengthen support for student mental health…
North Texas kids need mental health support. A new initiative is closing the gaps
This article was published by KERA News on May 2, 2023. Since it began in 2022, a partnership between Children’s Health and Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute has trained 75 health professionals in Dallas-Fort Worth…
Texas House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety – HB 1537
SUMMARY - On April 17, Chief Medical Officer Roshni Koli, MD, provided invited testimony before the House Select Committee on Youth Health and Safety in support of House Bill 1537. HB 1537, by Representative...
Texas House Appropriations Committee
SUMMARY - On February 15, President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, provided invited testimony before the Texas House Appropriations Committee in a hearing on behavioral health funding for the 2024-25 biennium.
Texas Senate Finance Committee
SUMMARY – On June 28, President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, provided invited testimony before the Senate Finance Committee as the committee reviewed opportunities for additional mental health investments in advance of the 88th...
Texas Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans
SUMMARY – On June 22, President and CEO Andy Keller, PhD, provided invited testimony before the Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans in the wake of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde.