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MAMH to implement new partnership-based behavioral health urgent care model for K-12 students

October 3, 2022

MAMH and Mass General Brigham, have awarded grants to five community behavioral health centers and partnering schools' to implement behavioral health urgent care model for K-12 students

MAMH to help lead pediatric behavioral health urgent care pilot

October 29, 2021

As part of a $50 million investment in community partners by Mass General Brigham, MAMH will develop and administer a pilot program to provide students with access to pediatric behavioral health urgent care.

WCVB Channel 5 Boston Promotes #JustAsk

June 15, 2021

WCVB's Mental Health & Well Being Day of Awareness linked young adults to the resources and information available through MAMH's #JustAsk campaign.

In the news

Children with mental illness need an advocate

July 17, 2019

Boston Globe

This Boston Globe editorial supporting a new state position for a children's mental health ombudsman cites the Children's Mental Health Campaign's Urgent Care Report, authored by MAMH.

Mass. DOC is making a mockery of new solitary confinement regulations

July 15, 2019

Boston Globe

This Boston Globe editorial opposes new rules that would limit the role of the MA Department of Corrections Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee, on which MAMH participates.

Lawmakers hear calls to update curriculum

July 9, 2019

Boston Globe, The Lowell Sun

The MA Joint Committee on Education held a hearing on July 9, 2019 for updating school curriculum. Danna Mauch's testimony on mental health education in Massachusetts K-12 schools is mentioned.

Lawmakers urge schools to teach about mental health

July 9, 2019

Worcester Telegram

The MA Joint Committee on Education held a hearing on July 9, 2019 for updating school curriculum. Danna Mauch's testimony on mental health education in Massachusetts K-12 schools is mentioned.

Rules would place ‘gag order’ on committee overseeing solitary confinement in Massachusetts jails and prisons

July 8, 2019

masslive.com

MAMH and other members of the Department of Correction's Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee are concerned that proposed new regulations that would limit members’ ability to visit prisons and bar them from speaking to the press.

Helping Older Adults Keep the Right to Make their Own Decisions About their Care

May 1, 2019

Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care

The April 2019 edition of the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care newsletter focuses on Supported Decision Making as an alternative to guardianship, as well as MAMH's work to promote independence for older adults with mental health conditions.