Thank you to Alex Putterman for drawing attention to the urgent need for sustainable funding for Connecticut's youth crisis system in this CT Insider piece:
#YouthMentalHealth #CTPolicy
#YouthMentalHealth #CTPolicy
How much do CT lawmakers still care about kids mental health?
As funding runs low for several of the state's most ambitious programs, we're about to find out.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
As funding runs low for several of the state's most ambitious programs, we're about to find out.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Kids mental health programs in CT are running out of money and at risk of shutting down
Key initiatives, such as urgent crisis centers, are at risk of closing if Connecticut's legislature doesn't find the money.
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December 17, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Thank you to Alex Putterman for drawing attention to the urgent need for sustainable funding for Connecticut's youth crisis system in this CT Insider piece:
#YouthMentalHealth #CTPolicy
#YouthMentalHealth #CTPolicy
Special thanks to the CT chapter of
@scholars.org, @uconninchip.bsky.social, and State Representatives Jaime Foster and Dominique Johnson for hosting another great conference to help bridge the gap between research and policy! 🙌
#CTPolicy #CTLegislature #ChildrensMentalHealth #ResearchtoPolicy
@scholars.org, @uconninchip.bsky.social, and State Representatives Jaime Foster and Dominique Johnson for hosting another great conference to help bridge the gap between research and policy! 🙌
#CTPolicy #CTLegislature #ChildrensMentalHealth #ResearchtoPolicy
December 13, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Special thanks to the CT chapter of
@scholars.org, @uconninchip.bsky.social, and State Representatives Jaime Foster and Dominique Johnson for hosting another great conference to help bridge the gap between research and policy! 🙌
#CTPolicy #CTLegislature #ChildrensMentalHealth #ResearchtoPolicy
@scholars.org, @uconninchip.bsky.social, and State Representatives Jaime Foster and Dominique Johnson for hosting another great conference to help bridge the gap between research and policy! 🙌
#CTPolicy #CTLegislature #ChildrensMentalHealth #ResearchtoPolicy
CEO Jeff Vanderploeg, PhD testified in Hartford this week on the need to increase #Medicaid reimbursement rates for behavioral health services so that all kids and families can access the care they need.
Learn more in our report: https://loom.ly/AddpYpk
#CTLegislature #CTPolicy #BehavioralHealth
Learn more in our report: https://loom.ly/AddpYpk
#CTLegislature #CTPolicy #BehavioralHealth
March 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM
CEO Jeff Vanderploeg, PhD testified in Hartford this week on the need to increase #Medicaid reimbursement rates for behavioral health services so that all kids and families can access the care they need.
Learn more in our report: https://loom.ly/AddpYpk
#CTLegislature #CTPolicy #BehavioralHealth
Learn more in our report: https://loom.ly/AddpYpk
#CTLegislature #CTPolicy #BehavioralHealth
The Policy Coordinator is the primary staff person for our Monthly Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call, with responsibilities that include community outreach, legislative advocacy, and community organizing in coordination with Chicks Ahoy Farm’s Community Organizer.
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Position: Chicks Ahoy Farm Policy CoordinatorSupervisor: Chicks Ahoy Farm PresidentLocation: Bloomfield and Middletown, CTPolicy Coordinator The Policy Coordinator role is ideal for someone seeking to...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The Policy Coordinator is the primary staff person for our Monthly Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call, with responsibilities that include community outreach, legislative advocacy, and community organizing in coordination with Chicks Ahoy Farm’s Community Organizer.
Daylight kidnappings expose gaps in surveillance, response time, and preventive counterterrorism.
#CounterInsurgency #SecurityGaps #CTPolicy
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#CounterInsurgency #SecurityGaps #CTPolicy
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The Abduction in Balicha - Stratheia
Militant abductions in Balochistan reveal a shift toward civilian targeting, exposing security gaps, narrative asymmetries.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Daylight kidnappings expose gaps in surveillance, response time, and preventive counterterrorism.
#CounterInsurgency #SecurityGaps #CTPolicy
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#CounterInsurgency #SecurityGaps #CTPolicy
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This week, CHDI's Jeana Bracey urged CT legislators to restore full funding for the CT School-Based Diversion Initiative (SBDI), which works with schools statewide to reduce student arrests, suspensions, and expulsions. Watch here: https://loom.ly/Yb1KtDU
#CTPolicy #CTSchools #SchoolMentalHealth
#CTPolicy #CTSchools #SchoolMentalHealth
February 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM
This week, CHDI's Jeana Bracey urged CT legislators to restore full funding for the CT School-Based Diversion Initiative (SBDI), which works with schools statewide to reduce student arrests, suspensions, and expulsions. Watch here: https://loom.ly/Yb1KtDU
#CTPolicy #CTSchools #SchoolMentalHealth
#CTPolicy #CTSchools #SchoolMentalHealth
Our latest issue brief identifies strategies to expand the impact of youth and family peer support services within Connecticut's behavioral health system for children and families:: https://loom.ly/q7SuPJY
#PeerSupport #ChildrensMentalHealth #CTPolicy
#PeerSupport #ChildrensMentalHealth #CTPolicy
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Our latest issue brief identifies strategies to expand the impact of youth and family peer support services within Connecticut's behavioral health system for children and families:: https://loom.ly/q7SuPJY
#PeerSupport #ChildrensMentalHealth #CTPolicy
#PeerSupport #ChildrensMentalHealth #CTPolicy
CHDI Associate VP of School + Community Initiatives Jeana Bracey was interviewed for an article published in today's CT Insider on challenges facing schools as federal funds for student mental health come to an end: https://loom.ly/VAfyMK4
#SchoolMentalHealth #CTBudget #CTSchools #CTPolicy
#SchoolMentalHealth #CTBudget #CTSchools #CTPolicy
![Graphic with a quote from Jeana Bracey, CHDI Associate VP of School and Community Initiatives, as quoted in CT Insider article on 10/20/25, which reads, "Providing reliable, longer term funding to enable schools to really invest sustainably in high quality [mental health] services - that's always a need."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u34fqva4o6y4nbcegp5e6sf2/bafkreif4qbjxb7owamuho6tkzpu4jwxuwxnc5soavxxjp3zykb7uzxkdji)
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
CHDI Associate VP of School + Community Initiatives Jeana Bracey was interviewed for an article published in today's CT Insider on challenges facing schools as federal funds for student mental health come to an end: https://loom.ly/VAfyMK4
#SchoolMentalHealth #CTBudget #CTSchools #CTPolicy
#SchoolMentalHealth #CTBudget #CTSchools #CTPolicy
Read the Strategic Plan to Strengthen Connecticut's Behavioral Health Workforce they discussed in this morning's Institute here:
#CTPolicy #ChildrensMentalHealth #MentalHealthPolicy #BehavioralHealthWorkforce #ResearchtoPolicy
#CTPolicy #ChildrensMentalHealth #MentalHealthPolicy #BehavioralHealthWorkforce #ResearchtoPolicy
Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce for Children, Youth, and Families
Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce for Children, Youth, and Families: A Strategic Plan for Connecticut identifies best practices and innovative solutions from across the nation that will he...
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July 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Read the Strategic Plan to Strengthen Connecticut's Behavioral Health Workforce they discussed in this morning's Institute here:
#CTPolicy #ChildrensMentalHealth #MentalHealthPolicy #BehavioralHealthWorkforce #ResearchtoPolicy
#CTPolicy #ChildrensMentalHealth #MentalHealthPolicy #BehavioralHealthWorkforce #ResearchtoPolicy
The piece also highlights the need to sustainably fund youth crisis services + quotes CHDI staff discussing a new system-level data dashboard we're developing with the state advisory board.
➡️Read our recent Policy Brief on sustaining CT's #YouthCrisis system: loom.ly/xXlB7Nw
#CTPolicy
➡️Read our recent Policy Brief on sustaining CT's #YouthCrisis system: loom.ly/xXlB7Nw
#CTPolicy
Policy Brief: Caring for the Urgent Behavioral Health Needs of Youth
This policy brief provides an overview of Connecticut's best practice youth crisis services and identifies the resources required to sustain each one into the future as federal ARPA funds expire. The ...
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July 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The piece also highlights the need to sustainably fund youth crisis services + quotes CHDI staff discussing a new system-level data dashboard we're developing with the state advisory board.
➡️Read our recent Policy Brief on sustaining CT's #YouthCrisis system: loom.ly/xXlB7Nw
#CTPolicy
➡️Read our recent Policy Brief on sustaining CT's #YouthCrisis system: loom.ly/xXlB7Nw
#CTPolicy
This @ctnewsjunkie.bsky.social article recaps progress on #ChildrensBehavioralHealth during the 2025 CT legislative session, including new legislation strengthening #MentalHealthParity enforcement, something CHDI has long supported: loom.ly/k5gYOkU
#CTPolicy #CTLeg
#CTPolicy #CTLeg
Behavioral Health Board Reviews 2025 Legislative Wins, Outlines Next Steps | CT News Junkie
Among the most celebrated achievements was the passage of Public Act 25-94, a long-awaited overhaul of mental health parity enforcement.
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July 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This @ctnewsjunkie.bsky.social article recaps progress on #ChildrensBehavioralHealth during the 2025 CT legislative session, including new legislation strengthening #MentalHealthParity enforcement, something CHDI has long supported: loom.ly/k5gYOkU
#CTPolicy #CTLeg
#CTPolicy #CTLeg
CT has developed one of the best #YouthCrisis systems in the US - a model for other states. But as this CT Insider article explains, all this progress is at risk without sustainable funding:
#CTPolicy #CTSpecialSession #YouthMentalHealth #Medicaid #ARPA
#CTPolicy #CTSpecialSession #YouthMentalHealth #Medicaid #ARPA
CT passed 'historic' kids mental health legislation. Three years later, not much has changed
Advocates question whether the 2022 bills have truly fulfilled their promise.
www.ctinsider.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
CT has developed one of the best #YouthCrisis systems in the US - a model for other states. But as this CT Insider article explains, all this progress is at risk without sustainable funding:
#CTPolicy #CTSpecialSession #YouthMentalHealth #Medicaid #ARPA
#CTPolicy #CTSpecialSession #YouthMentalHealth #Medicaid #ARPA
The State of #Connecticut Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee (TCB) is seeking youth, parents + community members with lived experience in CT's #ChildrensBehavioralHealth system to join the Community Voices Workgroup (CVW)! Stipend offered!
Apply 👇
#CTPolicy
Apply 👇
#CTPolicy
Transforming Children’s Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee (TCB): Community Voices Workgroup (CVW) Individual Application
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June 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The State of #Connecticut Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee (TCB) is seeking youth, parents + community members with lived experience in CT's #ChildrensBehavioralHealth system to join the Community Voices Workgroup (CVW)! Stipend offered!
Apply 👇
#CTPolicy
Apply 👇
#CTPolicy
CHDI's April newsletter has landed in inboxes! Read it here: conta.cc/4iDq0g5
#BehavioralHealth #SchoolMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MHAM2025 #CTPolicy #Connecticut #CTSchools
#BehavioralHealth #SchoolMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MHAM2025 #CTPolicy #Connecticut #CTSchools
April 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
CHDI's April newsletter has landed in inboxes! Read it here: conta.cc/4iDq0g5
#BehavioralHealth #SchoolMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MHAM2025 #CTPolicy #Connecticut #CTSchools
#BehavioralHealth #SchoolMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MHAM2025 #CTPolicy #Connecticut #CTSchools
CHDI President & CEO Jeff Vanderploeg, PhD recently testified before the CGA Appropriations Committee to urge legislators to increase #Medicaid reimbursement rates + funding for #BehavioralHealth providers in the next biennial budget.
Watch Jeff's testimony + see his recommendations ⬇️
#CTPolicy
Watch Jeff's testimony + see his recommendations ⬇️
#CTPolicy
CHDI testifies on funding needs of children's behavioral health system in Connecticut
Jeff Vanderploeg testified to the CGA Appropriations Committee about the funding needs of the children's behavioral health system in Connecticut, encouraging increased provider funding and investment ...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
CHDI President & CEO Jeff Vanderploeg, PhD recently testified before the CGA Appropriations Committee to urge legislators to increase #Medicaid reimbursement rates + funding for #BehavioralHealth providers in the next biennial budget.
Watch Jeff's testimony + see his recommendations ⬇️
#CTPolicy
Watch Jeff's testimony + see his recommendations ⬇️
#CTPolicy
CHDI's February newsletter is here: conta.cc/3D0swhL
#ChildrensMentalHealth #CTPolicy #SchoolMentalHealth #MobileCrisis #CrisisServices
#ChildrensMentalHealth #CTPolicy #SchoolMentalHealth #MobileCrisis #CrisisServices
February 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CHDI's February newsletter is here: conta.cc/3D0swhL
#ChildrensMentalHealth #CTPolicy #SchoolMentalHealth #MobileCrisis #CrisisServices
#ChildrensMentalHealth #CTPolicy #SchoolMentalHealth #MobileCrisis #CrisisServices
At a public hearing yesterday, CHDI President & CEO Jeff Vanderploeg, PhD urged the Children's Committee to fully fund Connecticut's #MobileCrisis program, urgent crisis centers, and other effective, cost-effective youth behavioral health #CrisisServices.
Learn more: bit.ly/41rSp3p
#CTPolicy
Learn more: bit.ly/41rSp3p
#CTPolicy
February 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
At a public hearing yesterday, CHDI President & CEO Jeff Vanderploeg, PhD urged the Children's Committee to fully fund Connecticut's #MobileCrisis program, urgent crisis centers, and other effective, cost-effective youth behavioral health #CrisisServices.
Learn more: bit.ly/41rSp3p
#CTPolicy
Learn more: bit.ly/41rSp3p
#CTPolicy
Our CEO Jeff Vanderploeg is presenting at the Capitol with colleagues today on ways to sustain CT's #YouthCrisis System at the 2nd Annual #ResearchtoPolicy Conference hosted by @ctscholarsnetwork.bsky.social, inCHIP, and Rep. Jaime Foster.
Watch the conference live on CT-N:
#CTLeg #CTPolicy
Watch the conference live on CT-N:
#CTLeg #CTPolicy
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December 12, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Our CEO Jeff Vanderploeg is presenting at the Capitol with colleagues today on ways to sustain CT's #YouthCrisis System at the 2nd Annual #ResearchtoPolicy Conference hosted by @ctscholarsnetwork.bsky.social, inCHIP, and Rep. Jaime Foster.
Watch the conference live on CT-N:
#CTLeg #CTPolicy
Watch the conference live on CT-N:
#CTLeg #CTPolicy
New report: Connecticut’s early childhood system is evolving, but instability remains.
Providers face low wages & families navigate a fragmented system.
2028: Free child care for families earning under $100K.
#EarlyEd #ChildCare #CTPolicy
Providers face low wages & families navigate a fragmented system.
2028: Free child care for families earning under $100K.
#EarlyEd #ChildCare #CTPolicy
Report: CT early childhood education needs more improvement
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November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
New report: Connecticut’s early childhood system is evolving, but instability remains.
Providers face low wages & families navigate a fragmented system.
2028: Free child care for families earning under $100K.
#EarlyEd #ChildCare #CTPolicy
Providers face low wages & families navigate a fragmented system.
2028: Free child care for families earning under $100K.
#EarlyEd #ChildCare #CTPolicy