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Library of Publications

Massachusetts Spending Plan to Promote COVID-19 Recovery: Impact on People with Behavioral Health Conditions

December 22, 2021

MAMH

This analysis of H.4269, An Act Relative to Immediate COVID-19 Recovery Needs (Chapter 102 of the Acts of 2021), describes Massachusetts' plan to allocate nearly $4 billion in federal and state funding.

Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory

December 13, 2021

U.S. Surgeon General

A Surgeon General’s Advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health, released in December 2021, outlines a series of recommendations to improve youth mental health and empower youth to recognize, manage, and learn from difficult emotions.

A Consensus Approach and Recommendations for the Creation of a Comprehensive Crisis Response System

November 18, 2021

CEO Collaborative

MAMH joined 14 other mental health professional organizations, advocacy groups, and funders in releasing a consensus plan to guide implementation of 988, a new crisis hotline scheduled to go online nationwide in July 2022.

Role of Peer Supporters in Housing

September 30, 2021

MAMH

This report summarizes findings from a statewide workgroup on the role of peer supporters in helping people find and keep housing.

Fiscal Year 2022 State Budget Brief Analysis

July 29, 2021

MAMH

An analysis of the FY2022 Massachusetts State Budget and its implications for people with behavioral health conditions and their families.

Behavioral Health Crisis and Diversion from the Criminal Justice System: A Model for Effective Community Response

June 16, 2021

Bren Manaugh

Involvement in the criminal justice system compounds the challenges faced by people with behavioral health issues, interrupting access to benefits, treatment relationships and routines and other sources of support and stability, and making them vulnerable to trauma.

Criminal Legal System Diversion: Creating a Behavioral Health Emergency Response System

May 13, 2021

MAMH

We know that the involvement of police can escalate a behavioral health crisis, causing fear or triggering trauma reactions. Yet individuals experiencing a crisis and their families often find themselves with nowhere to turn but 911.

Building Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Employment Outcomes for Individuals With Substance Use Disorders

April 28, 2021

Karin Martinson, Doug McDonald, Amy Berninger, and Kyla Wasserman

This paper explores both the critical need for and promise of strategies that integrate employment and substance use services, as well as the limited evidence on which to build future programming.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Massachusetts Health Care System (Interim Report)

April 25, 2021

Massachusetts Health Policy Commission

This legislatively-mandated interim report focuses on health care utilization and market impacts to date, with a primary focus on calendar year 2020 and the impact of COVID-19.

Fact Sheet: Restoration Center, Creating a behavioral health crisis and urgent care center

April 21, 2021

MAMH

This brief document outlines details on creating a behavioral health crisis and urgent care center, and the corresponding line items/sections of the 2022 budget that would fund this center.

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission Year Three Findings and Recommendations

April 13, 2021

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission

This Year Three report of the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission provides a plan for accomplishing the task of piloting a Restoration Center in Middlesex County and legislative recommendations for Year Four of the Commission.

MAMH FY22 Budget Priorities

April 12, 2021

MAMH

MAMH's FY22 budget priorities.