Spotlight on State Innovation: How Nevada Leveraged Medicaid for Community-Based Youth Mental Health Services

This issue brief shares a model about a collaboration between Nevada Department of Health and Human Services and Boys and Girls Club (BCG) to pilot behavioral and mental health services for youth in grades 1-12 participating in 13 out-of-school programs. This model used initial SAMSHA funding to bring 2 counselors as well as graduate practicum students into the BGC to provide social-emotional learning, behavioral, and mental health services and to train staff on trauma-informed care, suicide, substance abuse response, and how to make referrals. These supports will be sustained as they fast-tracked the process of Medicaid credentialing. This resource supports equity.

Publisher
The Forum for Youth Investment, The Wallace Foundation
Author
The Forum for Youth Investment
Resource Type
Issue brief
Length
20 pages
Publication Date
Archive Status
Unarchived