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How Legal Changes in Response to COVID-19 Can Improve Access to Community Behavioral Health

Executive Summary:

The COVID-19 pandemic has created immense challenges for California’s community-based behavioral health care system and the people it serves. Traditional in-person service models for mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs)

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data Summary & Trends Report: 2009-2019

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report uses YRBS data from 2009 to 2019 to focus on four priority focus areas associated with STDs, including HIV, and unintended teen pregnancy:

• Sexual Behavior
• High-Risk Substance Use
• Experienci

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Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Model

The goals of the InCK Model are to improve child health, reduce avoidable inpatient stays and out of home placement, and create sustainable Alternative Payment Models (APMs). The InCK Model will support states and local providers to conduct early ide

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The Academy: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) created the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (the Academy) to respond to the recognized need for a national resource and coordinating center for those interested in behav

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