CMHC Advocacy in FY26
The Children’s Mental Health Campaign welcomes you to join us for a series of virtual Lunch & Learns to learn more about our efforts to advocate for policy, systems, and practice solutions to ensure all children in Massachusetts have access to resources to prevent, diagnose, and treat mental health issues in a timely, effective, and compassionate way.
FY26 Legislative and Budget Priorities
Attendees joined Campaign members to learn more about the Campaign’s legislative priorities for FY26 as we headed into the new legislative session.
Youth at the Crossroads: The Complexity of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mental Health in Massachusetts
The Campaign was awarded a one-year planning grant from the Peter and Elizabeth Tower Foundation to identify need areas and barriers to care for children and youth with co-occurring Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and mental health concerns, identify a range of potential solutions, and devise a set of strategies and actions to improve access to necessary services and supports. Attendees joined us to learn more about our work and to participate in interactive discussions to help us refine a set of actionable, high-impact recommendations.
Overview of the Children’s Behavioral Health System of Care
This Lunch & Learn featured a panel of Campaign members and other experts and provided an in-depth exploration of the complexities of the children‘s behavioral health system in Massachusetts and the pending legislation that will shape it.
Advancing School-Based Behavioral Health
The Children’s Mental Health Campaign welcomes you to join us for a series of virtual Lunch & Learns to learn more about our efforts to advance school-based behavioral health across the Commonwealth, and how you can take action to ensure students have the resources and support they need to thrive. Each session focused on 1 of our 3 priority bills that we hoped to see reported favorably out of their respective Committees this legislative session.
An Act establishing a child and adolescent behavioral health implementation coordinating council (H.1979)
An Act relative to the promotion of mental health education (H.497/S.240)
An Act relative to MassHealth reimbursement for schools (S.794)