Category: Behavioral Health Care

Preschoolers and mental health: How to help children during the pandemic

By Nancy Osborn, Ph.D. on August 13, 2020
Psychologist/Trainer
KC Healthy Kids

The COVID-19 crisis has brought concerns for mental health issues to the forefront for almost everyone. However, one group that is often overlooked is the very young. Often it is difficult for parents, child care providers, and other caregivers to realize that even preschoolers can meet the diagnostic criteria for certain mental health disorders. For […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care, Pandemic Impact

Your Story: Sunflower House responds to COVID-19

By Michelle Herman on July 16, 2020
President/CEO
Sunflower House

While we all know that our community is dealing with many repercussions from the COVID-19 pandemic — astronomical unemployment rates, families struggling to make ends meet, higher grocery prices, and inability to find basic cleaning supplies in our local grocery stores, perhaps the repercussion that hit all of us with a vengeance is the stay-at-home […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care, Pandemic Impact

Your Story: Center for Developmentally Disabled responds to COVID-19

By Sarah Mudd on July 9, 2020
President/CEO
Center for Developmentally Disabled

Center for Developmentally Disabled (CDD) provides housing and life-skill supports, day programming, and community integration services to 180 adults with developmental disabilities in the greater Kansas City metro area. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the people we work with in several ways. Gone are the community outings, social gatherings, and visits from family and friends. […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care, Pandemic Impact

Your Story: Sheffield Place responds to COVID-19

By David Hanzlick, PhD, CFRE on May 28, 2020
Program and Development Director
Sheffield Place

The COVID-19 crisis has cast a dark shadow of uncertainty around the world and on the doorstep of Sheffield Place over the past few months.  The mothers worry about their health, the health of their children, their ability to stay clean and sober amidst the anxiety, and their ability to earn a living. The staff […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care, Pandemic Impact

‘Getting settled’: how a KC organization helped a homeless man find a home

By Christy McMurphy on February 14, 2020
Executive Director
Kim Wilson Housing Inc.

At Kim Wilson Housing (KWH), we have three guiding principles:  Housing is the foundation for good health.  Housing vulnerable people requires diverse, community-based collaborations and support services.  Housing is cost-effective. Homelessness is not.  Last fall, as the holidays approached, each of these principles came into play when a woman called to see if we could […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care, Safety Net

MOCSA publishes treatment guide based on groundbreaking work

By Josh King on October 2, 2019
Director of Grant Development
Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)

Rene McCreary
Director of Counseling, Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)

Every so often, a wealth of expertise finds its culmination in a body of work. With the help of Health Forward Foundation, MOCSA is proud to report that, in early 2019, Rene McCreary, MOCSA’s Director of Counseling, did precisely this. After years of dedicated work, Rene has completed a handbook for mental health providers titled […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care

Children’s Mercy offers medical home for children discovering their gender identity

By Christine Moser, PsyD on February 21, 2019
Clinical Psychologist
Children’s Mercy

When Alex was three years old, he knew that he didn’t fit the body he’d been born with. Alex and his mother eloquently describe their journey with gender dysphoria and ultimately his gender transition in Season 3 of Inside Pediatrics.   My colleague Dr. Jill Jacobson and I founded the Gender Pathways Services Clinic (GPS) […]

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Applicant Defined Grants, Behavioral Health Care, Health Care, Mental Health Care

New MO HealthNet policy enhances access to behavioral health services in school settings

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By Jasmine Burris on July 11, 2018
Program Quality and Outreach Manager
Show-Me School-Based Health Alliance

Schools have a new opportunity to meet students’ behavioral health needs, thanks to the advocacy efforts of Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA) School-Based Health Center Task Force and the continuing efforts of the emerging state affiliate of national School-Based Health Alliance: Show-Me School-Based Health (SMSBH). MSBA started convening school districts, community providers, and state agencies […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care

Health Forward responds to family separation and detention border policies

By Bridget McCandless, MD on June 28, 2018
President and CEO
Health Forward Foundation

Our focus at Health Forward has always been to advocate for the health of those in our community who are most in need. It was a promise we made at the inception of the organization in 2003. It is not only our obligation to do this, but our privilege. Over the years, we have supported […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Health Forward, Mental Health Care, Policy

District sees students succeed through school-based health services

By Allyson Klos, MS, LPC on November 16, 2017
School-based Therapist
Pathways Community Health

Eight years ago, we debuted the ACCESS program, a partnership between Pathways Community Health and Belton School District. The program started with much anticipation during the 2010-2011 school year and was implemented in all 10 schools in the district. All of the schools offer the same individual and family therapy support provided by the five […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care, Policy


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