Resource Catalog

Reports and resources related to children’s behavioral health in the District of Columbia.
Updated June 2023.

DCPS Mental Health Website (2023)

DC Health Matters Community Health Dashboard (2023)

A Path Forward: Transforming the Public Behavioral Health System for Children, Youth, and their Families in the District of Columbia by Children’s Law Center, Children’s National Hospital, the District of Columbia Behavioral Health Association, Early Childhood Innovation Network, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Parent Watch, and Total Family Care Coalition (2021)

COVID-19 & Behavioral Health in the District of Columbia: Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security for the Office of the D.C. Auditor (2023)

Recommendations to Decolonize and Decarcerate School Mental Health by The Akoma Project, DC Child Justice Coalition (2023)

State of D.C. Schools, 2021-22: In-Person Learning, Measuring Outcomes, and Work on Recovery by DC Policy Center (2023)

Leveraging the Expertise of the Community: A Case for Expansion of a Peer Workforce in Child, Adolescent, and Family Mental Health Robertson et al (2023)

DBH Healthy Futures Program Flier by DC Department of Behavioral Health (January 2023)

PAVE Parent Priorities for School-Based Mental Health Supports in DC (2022)

Advancing Antiracism in Community-Based Research Practices in Early Childhood and Family Mental Health by Ambrose Lane, Jr. et al (January 2022)

Promoting Positive Protective Factors and Trauma-Informed Support: Healthy Together Medical-Legal Partnership to Improve Health in DC by Enhancing Community Resilience by CLC, DC Health, CNH (2022)

Growing Up Stronger: The Impact of Neighborhood Conditions on Child Opportunity by Children's National Hospital & HSC Health Care System (2022)

DC Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) 2022 by DC Health Matters Collaborative (2022)

Autism Resource Guide for Community Providers by DC Autism Collaborative (2022)

Strengthening the DC School Behavioral Health System and Enhancing Equity by The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, SLC (2022)

DBH Evidence Based Practice Fact Sheet by Department of Behavioral Health (2022)

Using Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation to Facilitate the Social–Emotional Competence and School Readiness of Preschool Children in Marginalized Communities by Mathis et al (January 2022)

Improvements to Behavioral Health Integration and Service Provision in D.C.: Listening to our Behavioral Health Workforce and Youth by DC Health Matters Collaborative (2021)

Community-Based Intervention Services (CBI) and Evidence-Based Practices by Department of Behavioral Health (2022)

Navigating Behavioral Health in DC Schools by DC CoP, Office of the Student Advocate (2021)

COVID-19 and Children’s Behavioral Health in the District of Columbia: The Pandemic’s Impact on Child Behavioral Health Outcomes and the Behavioral Health Care System by Community Mental Health CORE (Collaboration, Outreach, Research, Equity) Child Health Advocacy Institute, Children’s National Hospital (June 2021)

Behavioral Health Transformation in the District of Columbia: Perspectives and Recommendations from Children’s National Hospital and the Early Childhood Innovation Network by Children’s National Hospital, ECIN (June 2021)

Current Landscape of Behavioral Health Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Insured by Medicaid in Washington, D.C. by Community Mental Health CORE, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Children’s National Hospital (March 2021)

Don’t Cut DC’s Lifeline to Mental Health: Community-Based Services Matter in DC by DC Health Matters Collaborative (June 2020)

DC Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) 2019 by DC Health Matters Collaborative (2019)

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