{"id":14027,"date":"2021-08-30T23:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T23:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?p=14027"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:19:54","slug":"with-community-support-kids-mental-health-pierce-county-grows-access-to-pediatric-mental-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/with-community-support-kids-mental-health-pierce-county-grows-access-to-pediatric-mental-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"With community support, Kids\u2019 Mental Health Pierce County grows access to pediatric mental health care","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Several years ago, thanks to community donations through Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Foundation<\/a>, staff at Mary Bridge Children\u2019s<\/a> convened with more than 70 community service organizations to identify and address the challenges they were seeing in the delivery of pediatric mental health services in Pierce County.<\/p>\n

That \u201csummit\u201d resulted in the creation of Kids\u2019 Mental Health Pierce County (KMHPC), a collaborative of community organizations that share a few common goals: to improve access and care coordination to mental health services, bolster youth mobile crisis services, and eventually develop a family wellness center for local families and youth.<\/p>\n

Today, KMHPC includes 800 members representing over 60 community agencies and stakeholders.<\/p>\n

In 2020, KMHPC was named National Alliance on Mental Illness-Washington\u2019s Youth Community Program of the Year. Thanks to the collaborative, 670 kids have received help from a behavioral health navigator. Someone who works with patients and families to connect them with necessary services and resources in Mary Bridge Children\u2019s Emergency Department. Plus, 1,150 community members attended a webinar hosted by the group on topics such as racism, social justice and managing school stress.<\/p>\n

MultiCare Behavioral Health Network Chief Clinical Officer Chris Ladish, PhD, and Kids\u2019 Mental Health Pierce County Program Coordinator Ashley Mangum discuss how philanthropy and community support have allowed for this collaboration to grow. With donor funding, Kids\u2019 Mental Health Pierce County is able to help more children who need mental health services.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhilanthropy has been the backbone of the work we\u2019ve done,\u201d Ladish says.\u00a0 \u201cWe couldn\u2019t do the work we are doing out in the community without it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more at kidsmentalhealth.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Support these efforts at give.multicare.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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