Webinar: What can Western MA Do To Promote Youth Mental Health
December 7, 2023
Watch the recording from the December 6, 2023 webinar, What Can Western Massachusetts Do To Promote Youth Mental Health? Learn about three bills, currently before the MA Legislature, that could support youth mental health: An Act establishing a child and adolescent behavioral health implementation coordinating council (H.1979); An Act relative to MassHealth reimbursement to schools (S.794); and An Act relative to mental health education (H.497/S.240). These bills are included in the policy recommendations of the Youth Mental Health Roadmap for Western MA.
Guest Speakers:
- Courtney Chelo, Assistant Director of Government Relations with the MA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) and Coordinator of the Children’s Mental Health Campaign.
- MA State Senator John Velis, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use & Recovery
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