Explore how Children’s Hospital Association and our members are improving behavioral health care amid a crisis.

The Helping Kids Cope Act would invest in critical areas of youth mental health infrastructure.

CHA has submitted a statement for a Senate HELP Committee on improving community-based access to care and prevention for mental health and substance use disorders.

Key themes include a focus on school-based services, plans to address workforce shortages and investments in Medicaid support for behavioral health services.

The legislation would invest in critical areas of youth mental health infrastructure.

Local, state and federal action is necessary to expand access to mental and behavioral health care

Heidi Baskfield, seasoned public affairs expert, will lead Speak Our Minds in advocating to end the youth mental health crisis.

As the children’s behavioral health crisis persists, there is an increased focus on addressing youth mental health through state-level programs.

This detailed summary of the FY 2023 Omnibus focuses on those provisions of most interest to children’s hospitals.