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March 12, 2024

Apply Now: Northeast Texas Advancing School Safety and Student Wellness Learning Community

Apply between April 1 and April 12 for this premier learning experience to advance school safety and student wellness in your district! Our Challenge Districts are seeing a variety of concerning trends, including: Increases in…

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February 27, 2024

Apply Now: San Antonio Advancing School Safety and Student Wellness Learning Community

Apply between March 5 and April 12 for this premier learning experience to advance school safety and student wellness in your district. Our Challenge Districts are seeing a variety of concerning trends, including: Increases in…

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February 22, 2024

Apply Now: Tarrant County Advancing School Safety and Student Wellness Learning Community

Apply between March 19 and April 8 for this premier learning experience to advance school safety and student wellness in your district Our Challenge Districts are seeing a variety of concerning trends, including: Increases in…

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February 21, 2024

Texas Juvenile Justice Department granted $825K to help reduce youth incarceration

This article was published by Austin’s KXAN on February 21, 2024. AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Juvenile Justice Department will receive a grant of nearly $1 million to help reduce youth incarceration rates, according to…

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February 16, 2024

Extending the Clinical Impact of Behavioral Health Prescribing Clinicians Using the Collaborative Care Model

For years, the prevalence of behavioral health conditions has been increasing in the United States, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating this troubling trend. The demand for behavioral health treatment currently far outpaces the supply due…

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November 30, 2023

North Texas School Mental Health Executive Learning Community

Apply between January 15 – 29 for this premier learning experience to advance school mental health in your district Our Challenge School districts are overwhelmed as they work to meet the needs of students and…

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October 12, 2023

Uvalde Region Mental Health Needs Assessment

SUMMARY - In the wake of a deadly school shooting that rocked the community of Uvalde, Texas and the entire country on May 24, 2022, Uvalde has demonstrated remarkable courage and resilience. However, the...

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August 11, 2023

Improving Outcomes for Former Foster Children

SUMMARY - Young people formerly in foster care are diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at four times the rate of the general adult population and often struggle in school. The Meadows Institute worked to...

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August 7, 2023

Meadows Institute leads integrated behavioral health care discussion at APA’s annual convention

The Institute’s Vice President of Health System Integration Andrew Carlo, MD moderated a discussion on the application and sustainability of pediatric integrated care models such as the Collaborative Care Model Aug. 5 at the American…

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August 7, 2023

Behavioral Health Integration and Guidance Initiative

SUMMARY - The Meadows Institute partnered with Children’s Health, a top-rated children’s hospital in North Texas, to train pediatric health care providers to detect and treat mild-to-moderate behavioral health conditions such as anxiety, stress...

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July 27, 2023

Specialized Therapy Team Launches To Support At-Risk Youth in Hays County

This article was published by San Marcos Record on July 27, 2023. A specialized response team was recently introduced to support at-risk youth in need of intensive assistance in Uvalde, Comal and Hays Counties. According…

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July 26, 2023

Pediatric and Adolescent Collaborative Care Roundtable

The nation is facing a critical youth and mental health crisis. Half of all mental health conditions manifest by age 14, and yet children and youth are waiting an average of eight to 10 years…

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July 26, 2023

Specialized Therapy Team Launches to Support At-Risk Youth in Uvalde, Comal, & Hays Counties

NEW BRAUNFELS – A specialized response team was introduced today to support at-risk youth in need of intensive assistance in Uvalde, Comal, and Hays Counties. The new Multisystemic Therapy (MST) team was funded as part of the state’s…

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July 20, 2023

New Study Finds Grief Therapy May Reduce Violent Behavior Among Incarcerated Youth

A new research study published in the American Psychological Association’s journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and co-authored by Dr. Julie Kaplow, executive director of the Trauma and Grief Center at the Meadows Mental…

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June 30, 2023

88th Texas Legislature Regular Session Wrap Up

SUMMARY – The 88th Legislature delivered a record $11.68 billion for behavioral health, an increase of more than 30% from the previous session. Senator Joan Huffman, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, called it...

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June 12, 2023

Meadows Institute Takes to Capitol Hill in Support of Collaborative Care Expansion

More than 70 congressional health care staffers, federal agency officials, business innovators and leaders from mental health advocacy and professional associations crowded into a meeting room at the United States Capitol Visitor Center June 7…

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June 12, 2023

Mental health issues are soaring among Texas children, here’s how doctors are helping

This article was published by The Dallas Morning News on June 12, 2023.  Abigail McGowan went numb the day after the music stopped. The drum major and French horn player helped lead the Anna High…

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June 7, 2023

Improving Behavioral Health Care for Youth Through Collaborative Care Expansion

The country is in the midst of an ongoing and worsening youth mental health crisis. Nearly half of all U.S. teenagers report that they struggle with persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness. Eleven percent of…

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May 30, 2023

Near-Term Policy Solutions to Bolster Youth Mental Health Workforce through Digital Technology

In partnership with Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech and with funding from The Commonwealth Fund, the Meadows Institute conducted research with key leaders across the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, Medicaid and Medicaid Managed…

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May 3, 2023

San Antonio School Mental Health Executive Learning Community

SUMMARY - A year-long learning community for leaders in seven San Antonio school districts. Members have access to expert-facilitated group learning experiences and cultivated workshops anchored in evidence-based practices to accelerate their ability to...

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