Library of Publications

America’s Children: Responding to the Crisis Now with the Future in Mind

July 28, 2020

Quianta Moore and Christopher Greeley

COVID-19 has accentuated many of the challenges that children, families and communities had been confronting, upsetting any balance that existed prior to the pandemic.

Testimony in support of preserving gains in telebehavioral health

July 22, 2020

MAMH

Letter dated July 16, 2020 to legislators urging continued access to telebehavioral health after the expiration of Governor Baker’s March 15, 2020 Order expanding access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Telehealth for Families and Youth: What's Their Take?

June 29, 2020

Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL)

This 2020 report summarizes responses from 202 families and 30 youth/young adults regarding the use of telehealth to deliver mental health services.

Next Steps for Addressing Childhood Trauma: Becoming a Trauma-Informed and Responsive Commonwealth

June 26, 2020

Childhood Trauma Task Force

This report summarizes findings and recommendations from the first year of work of the Childhood Trauma Task Force, which was established by the Legislature in 2018 to explore ways to better serve youth who have experienced trauma and are involved with juvenile justice.

Protecting our Children’s Well-Being During Covid-19: Recommendations for Supporting Children and Families Who Have Experienced Trauma and Stress During the Pandemic

June 26, 2020

Childhood Trauma Task Force

This report provides findings and recommendations resulting from the Child Trauma Task Force's research on post-disaster trauma and analysis of the Commonwealth’s capacity to meet children’s mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Letter in Support of H.4531, An Act ensuring access to addiction services

June 19, 2020

Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts

Letter dated June 18, 2020 to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing urging adoption of H.4531, which would end the incarceration of patients civilly committed for substance use treatment under Section 35.

Estimated COVID-19 Behavioral Health Outcomes: Research in Perspective to Inform Action to Mitigate Morbidity and Mortality

June 18, 2020

Danna Mauch, Catia Sharp (MAMH)

In this policy brief, MAMH projects that the recession we have entered because of COVID-19 social distancing efforts will increase deaths from suicide and overdose between 12 and 60 percent in Massachusetts.

Section 8 Made Simple

June 9, 2020

Emily Cooper & Lisa Sloane, Technical Assistance Collaborative

This 2016 revision of Section 8 Made Simple focuses on how to help people with disabilities gain access to the Section 8 program.

Medicaid Supportive Housing Services Crosswalk

June 9, 2020

CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing)

This 2017 Medicaid Supportive Housing Services Crosswalk examines the extent to which New Mexico’s Medicaid program aligns with supportive housing services for adults with significant housing and service needs.

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission Year Two Findings and Recommendations

May 21, 2020

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission

This Year Two report of the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission submits findings from a planning process to design a restoration center in Middlesex County.

Inside the Adverse Childhood Experience Score: Strengths, Limitations, and Misapplications

April 24, 2020

Robert Anda, Laura Porter, and David Brown

The authors, including the co-author of the original Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, emphasize that the ACE questionnaire was designed to research—not screen—the relationship between childhood adversities and health and social outcomes.

Coronavirus Pandemic in the EU - Fundamental Rights Implications

April 17, 2020

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

The wide-ranging measures EU member governments put in place to control the spread of COVID-19 changed daily life in ways that were unthinkable at the start of 2020.