The new mental health programs supported include:

The new mental health programs supported include:

Caring Contacts suicide prevention intervention in Maryland’s emergency departments
Expansion of Operation Roll Call

Workforce training for Peer Recovery Specialists to help individuals in crisis

Early childhood mental health and education services for families with high-risk children

Maryland Essentials for Childhood, a statewide collective initiative focused on preventing and mitigating adverse childhood experiences

Involuntary commitment consultation

Workforce development for residential rehabilitation providers

Ask the Question training

National Suicide Prevention Hotline transition to “988”

Impact of COVID-19 Systemic Changes in Child Mental Health Services on Retention of Vulnerable Youth in Care, a program to examine how the transition to telepsychiatry affects disparities in mental healthcare retention for youth in Medicaid

The new substance abuse programs include:

Child care and recovery housing for pregnant women and women with children during withdrawal management

Training for medication-assisted treatment and trauma-informed care

Early childhood mental health and parenting programs that support the statewide expansion of targeted opioid awareness and prevention activities