PMHCA Project: Family & Student Resources

What is PMHCA?

The Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Program is funded through the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to promote behavioral health integration into pediatric primary care by using telehealth to provide quality and timely detection, assessment, treatment, and referral for children and adolescents, with behavioral health conditions, using evidence-based practices and methods. NYSBHA has been fortunate enough to partner with the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Child Health on this program to expand the capacity of school-based health centers (SBHCs) to utilize telehealth as a service model for mental health services.

NYSBHA PMHCA Webinar! 

PMHCA Workshop Series with 
Christian Milaster 

Hello SBHC clinicians and administrators,

A few weeks back we shared information about the upcoming workshop series.

We now would like to invite you to register for the first session of our Telehealth for School-Based Mental Health workshop series, supported by an HRSA grant administered by the New York Department of Health’s Bureau of Child Health.

To help you to get the most value for your student’s mental health out of integrating video visits, we are offering you the workshop on Thursday April 3 at 2:00 PM. 

In this workshop, facilitated by experienced school-based telehealth implementation experts, we will cover the following topics:

   Workshop 1 – April 3, 2025, 2 PM: Hallmarks of Excellent TBH for SBHCs

   Workshop 2 – April 24, 2025, 2 PM: Optimizing your SBCH TBH Services

   Workshop 3 – May 15, 2025, 2 PM: (Re-)Launching SBHC TBH Services

In addition to best practices, you will also hear success stories from your colleagues at SBHCs that are successfully leveraging video visits into their mental health services.

 

Register for the workshop on April 3, at 2:00 PM here:

NYSBHA Workshop on Using Telehealth to Enhance Mental Health Services in SBHCs

You can also register for workshops 2 and 3 using the links above.

We are looking forward to seeing you on April 3rd!

 

  


About Christian Milaster

Christian Milaster optimizes Telehealth Services for health systems and physician practices as the interim Telehealth Program Director. He serves as a Digital Health & Telehealth Advisor to startups and established Health IT firms. Christian is a Master Builder of Digital Health and Telehealth Programs and the Founder and President of Ingenium Digital Health Advisors, a boutique consultancy focused on enabling the effective delivery of extraordinary care through workflow optimization and the judicious use of technology. Born, raised, and educated as an Engineer in Germany, Christian started his career at IBM Global Services before joining the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where he worked for 12 years in various roles before launching Ingenium in 2012.

Resources for School-Based Health Centers

Resources for Families

Translated Resources from the SETRC – includes Patient Telehealth Toolkits in the following languages:

Project Teach NY Parent & Family Resources – articles on mental wellness, ADHD, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, racism, trauma, and more.

Family Voices Telehealth – Family Resources: contains checklists, barrier busters, definitions, infographics and more – all done in a culturally competent and health literate manner.

Resources for Youth

Family Voices Telehealth – Excellent resource for adolescents that includes videos on understanding telehealth, caring for your mental health, and more.

For More Information About  

NYSBHA’s PMHCA Project: Contact nysbha@gmail.com

PMHCA in NYS: Contact Claire Drake, Health Program Coordinator for the NYSDOH Bureau of Child Health: claire.drake3@health.ny.gov 

Project Teach: Contact info@projectteachny.org