Dr. McKenna Parnes, a postdoctoral fellow with UW Psychiatry, is leading an effort with the CARE project to conduct a review of the research literature and present findings on “non-specialist” mental health service models for youth. Findings? --> uwcolab.org/insights-refle…

We’re excited to share that we recently received funding from RWJF to study a new approach to improving child and youth behavioral #healthequity. Youth Wellness Hubs will combine 3 promising social policy tools. Thanks to RWJF & our many partners for making this project happen!

RWJF Our pilot site will be the Parkland region of Tacoma. The three approaches we’ll be combining are 1) coproduced governance; 2) service network coordination and fiscal blending; and 3) public health communications.

The Quarter Four 2022 Children’s Mental Health EBP report is now available on our website! Check it out: bit.ly/3c0oqsa

Want to know how to make the most of our recently released Supervision Guide? Join us for a live discussion on 4/21! Several experienced community-based supervisors will join us to talk through the guide and share real world examples. Register now!: washington.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Check it out! This Thursday evening, ECU Health Design Lab is hosting a Health Design Lab Showcase. Our Recovery + Renewal Co-design collaboration with OCAD University, University of Alberta, Lab4Living, & SE Research Centre will be featured! Emily Carr University of Art + Design Tix: eventbrite.ca/e/health-desig…

Ever wonder what it's like to be a #CertifiedPeerCounselor? Thanks to our wonderful CARE partner, SPARK, we recently had the opportunity to hear from several young people about their paths to becoming CPCs and what makes the work meaningful to them. bit.ly/3UwYqql

Tomorrow morning, our director Sarah Walker will join the Transforming Evidence Network (TEN) co-directors Dr. Annette Boaz and Dr. @oliver_kathryn for a webinar discussing their work! Transforming Evidence Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Check out this cool event that our partners Your Money Matters Financial Mentoring are holding on Friday, May 5th! Click this link to learn more: yourmoneymattersmentoring.org/event-details/…

Have you read ‘Integrating evidence and #PublicEngagement in policy work: an empirical examination of three UK policy organisations’ by Clemmie Hill OConnor @profkatsmith @DrEllenStu❓ doi.org/10.1332/030557… #KMb2023 #PolicyMaking #EBP

Equity in process & responding to historical inequities in education with Dr. Farley-Ripple. How do we co-design of evidence informed resources without placing burden on a single person to represent a full group #KMb2023 bit.ly/codesignequity…

Lars was also nominated for a poster award for this work at the D&I conference; awesome work!

This was an amazing event - truly cutting edge innovation in behavioral health workforce development. Kudos to Amerigroup for offering scholarships. UW CoLab for Community & Behavioral Health Policy UW Psychiatry

Happy to be working with a great group of folks on this special issue, if this is your world please consider submitting!!! frontiersin.org/research-topic… @JoeLangley_ Annette Boaz LizBaker_ UW CoLab for Community & Behavioral Health Policy EBPI

This critically impt and very little funding support exists in the U.S for this type of work

Call for international research partnerships to identify how conditions for democracy, governance & trust to flourish can be maintained, fostered, rebuilt & nurtured through a range of interventions and initiatives based on basic research, empirical evidence, or both.

PLLC Scholarship Fundraiser: tinyurl.com/mu2h5ud2 *Help us increase the BIPOC Mental Health Therapist workforce *Connect Clients of Color to Clinicians of Color by expanding provider availability *Break barriers for young Therapists to launch their practices faster #dmhs

Congrats to our amazing research assistant, Lars Almquist, on making it through a successful dissertation defense and becoming an official PhD Candidate! Go Lars! 👏🎉👏

Do you face an urgent policy decision and need a quick overview of research to boost confidence in your decision? Consult our guide to find out how to commission a Rapid Evidence Review: bit.ly/rapid-evidence… Produced for CAPE in collab with POST (UK Parliament) International Public Policy Observatory RREAL