Behavioral health resource library
In response to the rising wave of mental health needs of our students due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting education and daily life, the Foundation seeks to improve and expand behavioral health capacity across the sector.
Funding for this program is sponsored by the New York State Health Foundation and the New York Community Trust.
How Do We Talk to Students About Suicide Rates in the Black Community?
Reducing Black suicide rates means discussing Black mental health. Learn more about suicide rates in the Black community.
Mental Health for Black and African American Students
Black and African American college students experience disparities in mental health care. Read this guide to find support, including online resources.
Why Black Women’s Mental Health Is More Important Than Ever Before
Learn about why mental health is important to Black women, and gather mental health resources.
Resources on mental health equity
Back to School resources
Back to School Outreach Toolkit
Mental Health America (MHA) created each of these resources for both the adult – parent, caregiver, teacher, coach, school administrator – and the child. Topics addressed include coping with hard home life, losing someone, fitting in with peers, and dealing with the pressures and temptations of social media. In this toolkit, MHA delves into a variety of feelings and behaviors and offer suggestions to help young people thrive.
Supporting Students, Staff, Families, & Communities Impacted by Violence
resources for sbhcs and providers
Urgent. Related. Preventable.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), overdose, & suicide are urgent public health challenges. This resource provides resources on understanding ACEs, overdoses, and suicidal ideation.
Trauma screening is a crucial first step towards connecting children & families who have experienced trauma with support and appropriate services.
Mental Health Association of New York's (MHANY) Upcoming Events and Webinars
As part of May's Mental Health Awareness Month 2022, MHANYS is offering a series of free webinars that are open to everyone.
Project TEACH (Training & Education for the Advancement of Children's Health)
Project TEACH is a program funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health. This June they hosted a provider call, the recording can be found HERE and their slides on the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Grant (PMHCA) can be accessed HERE.
Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, and Suicidal Ideation Among School Nurses
This study reviews what workplace stressors and supports affect school nurse mental health. The findings can inform supportive policies and practices to reduce workplace stressors and increase workplace supports for school nurses.
How to get mental health help in NYC public schools
-Chalkbeat
Chalkbeat, THE CITY, and ProPublica, have been examining how public schools are a de facto mental health system for many families. To help explain what services are available school-by-school, they tracked dozens of data points related to mental health resources, and talked to families, educators, & experts about navigating the system and compiled resources in this article.
Family Education Webinar Series
-School Mental Health Resource Training Center
The School Mental Health Resource & Training Center provides monthly educational webinars for families and caregivers. Join them live to ask questions, or watch from our complete list of recorded webinars on their website above.
School-Based Mental Health Practitioners: A Resource Guide for Educational Leaders
-Journal of School Mental Health
This guide is designed to enhance the capacity of educational leaders to make informed hiring, contracting, & role assignment decisions that best fit school & student needs regarding school mental health services.
Resources for schools, families, and caregivers
Research on Behavioral Health trends in children
Five-Year Trends in US Children’s Health and Well-being, 2016-2020 -JAMA Pediatrics
The study found that between 2016 and 2020, there were significant increases in children’s diagnosed anxiety and depression, decreases in physical activity, and decreases in caregiver mental and emotional well-being and coping with parenting demands.
As Teen Mental Health Worsens, Schools Learn How to Help
-PEW
This article gives an overview of the growing mental health crisis among children and youth, and provides information on mental health training programs, such as Mental Health First Aid, For SBHCs, this resource can be used in its entirety or extrapolated for Talking Points and statistics when receiving buy-ins from School Community.
behavioral health in the news
"Mental Health in Schools: Moving Stigma Out in the Open"
-Behavioral Health News
‘"The Best Tool We Have’ for Self-Harming and Suicidal Teens"
-NY Times
"Montefiore School Health Program helps students address mental health issues"
-Spectrum News 1
"The Mystifying Rise of Child Suicide"
-The New Yorker
"New York students face anxiety and fear as they continue to navigate pandemic schooling"
-City & State NY
"How New York education officials are addressing mental health in schools"
-Spectrum News 1
"To Meet Children’s Mental Health Crisis, Support Our Social Workers"
-Gotham Gazette
"‘I have feelings:’ How Denver schools prioritize social-emotional learning"
-Chalkbeat
Bolstering the Youth Behavioral Health System: Innovative State Policies to Address Access & Parity
-Health Management Associates (HMA) Weekly Roundup
The brief examines policies aiming to advance access and availability of behavioral health services (encompassing mental health and substance use disorders) for youth.
March 24, 2022
March 01, 2022
Statement of HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson on President Biden's National Mental Health Strategy
behavioral health Policy
