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Chicago Mental Health Crisis Pilot Promising, Small — and Still Using Police
This article was originally published by Bloomberg News on October 19, 2022. A Chicago pilot program that dispatches mental health clinicians and emergency medical responders to some 911 calls has connected 385 people to care…
Galena Park ISD launches ‘Handle with Care’ program to help kids coping with trauma
This article was originally published by the Houston Chronicle on October 13, 2022. Educators are teaming up with law enforcement to launch a program at a Houston-area school district that aims to quickly link students…
‘What did we know in 6th grade?’ — TEA reviewing Uvalde shooter’s school history
This article was originally published by Austin’s KXAN on June 22, 2022. The Texas Education Agency is reviewing “every aspect” of the Uvalde school shooter’s educational history, according to TEA Commissioner Mike Morath. Morath testified…
Uvalde shooter matched the profile of kids treated ‘every day,’ mental health expert testifies
This article was originally published by New York Daily News on June 22, 2022. A Texas mental health expert testified Wednesday that the symptoms attributed to the 18-year-old Uvalde school shooter matches the profiles of…
Mental health experts call for expanding student services after Uvalde massacre
This article was originally published in the Houston Chronicle on June 22, 2022. Despite growing calls for gun reform in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting, a Texas Senate committee discussing legislative responses to…
Experts say proposed federal gun safety measures might not have prevented Uvalde shooting
This article was originally published in ABC News on June 20, 2022. The federal gun safety proposal announced last week by a bipartisan group of senators in response to the attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,…
School shooters and mental health. What is Texas actually doing?
This article was originally published by the Dallas Morning News on June 5, 2022. The day after a gunman slaughtered 19 fourth-graders and two teachers at their elementary school in Uvalde, the father of one…
Galveston Celebrates New Mental Health Unit, Hurdles Remain
This article was originally published by the The Galveston Daily News on June 3, 2022. The city of Galveston on Thursday publicly committed to a bold new policing initiative that will create a unit to…
3 takeaways about teen mental health from episode of ‘Breakdown with #StephAndSteve’
This article was originally published by San Antonio’s KSAT 12 on April 14, 2022. SAN ANTONIO – The April 14 episode of “Breakdown with #StephAndSteve” focused on how the pandemic has affected teenagers’ mental health and what parents…