Saturday, November 23, 2024
11/23/2024
The Riverside County Department of Mental Health's Youth Hospital Intervention Program will provide a team approach to evidence based treatment for youth at risk for psychiatric hospitalization. The program seeks to assist the nearly 2,800 children who are hospitalized annually in the lOth largest populated county in the United States. Targeting children with MediCal, the program will serve these children living in both urban and rural settings stem from communities of color with severe and emerging psychiatric needs. Teams of mental health professionals will partner with parents who have lived the experience of raising a child with specialized mental health needs. This team will work to divert children from psychiatric hospitalization, assist while in the emergency room, and link to community based behavioral health programs. Mental health professionals will be trained in evidence based practices grounded in theories of trauma treatment. As the project moves forward, collaborations with community and agency partners will enhance the overall efficacy of this effort to support the decrease of children detained from emergency room in the child welfare system.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
