Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network

is conducting a needs assessment and needs your help! MHTTCN is currently surveying people working in behavioral health in the Region 10 States of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The results will guide educational, training, and technical assistance for their upcoming year of operations. Please consider providing your perspective and sharing the survey link with your networks. No individual participant names or identifiers will be recorded or shared; responses are anonymous. All data will be securely stored and results will be presented in aggregate form making it impossible to identify responses.

Job posting

Children and Youth Multisystem Care Coordinator, this role will serve as a state lead addressing complex cases on children and youth in crisis. Working in collaboration with the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), Health Care Authority (HCA), Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and the Office of Financial Management (OFM), this position will also recommend the best and most appropriate use of state resources to accomplish this critical mission. For more information, please see the recruitment for this position in the Governor’s Office: Children and Youth Multisystem Care Coordinator. Closing date 10/29/2023

Call for Nominations:

HELP NAMI WASHINGTON HONOR MENTAL HEALTH CHAMPIONS! Many people throughout the State of Washington labor long hours, in a variety of ways, with little recognition to further the mission of NAMI.  While it is nearly impossible to single out only a few stars from our band of dedicated volunteers, advocates, and supporters, we would like your help in finding some stellar folks to honor. Using our linked nomination form, please be detailed in why you think your nominee should be honored with a state-wide award! The NAMI Washington Award Ceremony will be held virtually on December 14, 2023. Nomination form can be found here.

UW SMART Center – Seeking Mental Health Clinicians:

UW SMART Center is seeking school-based mental health clinicians working with diverse youth. The University of Washington’s School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center is recruiting school-based mental health clinicians to participate in a research project about equitable delivery of evidence-based services for Black and/or Latinx youth in middle and/or high school. Participating clinicians will receive free trainings and consultation, earn CE credits, and up to $450 in study incentives. For more information and to find out if you or your school-based program is eligible, click here: https://redcap.link/vibrantenrollment

Elementary School Staff –  Input needed!

OSPI and UW Forefront Suicide Prevention (Forefront) are collaborating to learn more about mental health supports for elementary-age students. Recognizing diverse needs across the state, OSPI and Forefront are seeking valuable input from elementary school staff. Participating in the survey will help provide insight into existing supports and barriers to accessing mental health services. If you’re interested in providing information about your experiences, please take the survey by October 20^th, 2023. Take the Survey Here: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7350261/ES-Suicide-Prevention-Needs-Assessment-Survey

WRAP-EM is conducting an initiative to address the ongoing crisis of youth mental health surge within emergency departments.

This initiative is focused on providing support to emergency departments (and associated partners) in their mitigation and management of the significant mental health surge from pediatric populations.  These would include, but not be limited to, topics of mental health boarders who have a broad category of issues leading to mental health crises, including acute trauma, suicidal ideation, and attempts, neurological or developmental disorders, significant disruptive and aggressive behaviors, and the kids with “nowhere else to go”.  This initiative will include both a listening session (September 26th) and a solution-focused webinar (November 8th) which will feature subject matter experts across the country to address specific challenges, provide tools and resources, and answer questions from attendees. This will take a broad perspective, to include the continuum of care leading up to referral to the emergency department (ED), the ED experience, and ED disposition – in addition to addressing this challenge via insights and tools from policy, strategic/systems, and clinical lenses. Register for the November 8^th webinar from 8am-5pm by emailing trevor@proteanpreparedness.consulting.

Live Data:

Suicide Prevention Resource center encourages you to utilize the regularly updated data on the magnitude and patterns of suicidal behavior by race, mental health condition, sex, geography, age, ideation vs attempts, and more here.