IECMH Statewide Tour report reveals new priorities

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February 12, 2024

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IECMH Statewide Tour report reveals new priorities

The Infant-early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Statewide Tour report has arrived. Dive into its pages to uncover the discoveries from the IECMH Statewide tour and explore Health Care Authority's (HCA) new IECMH priorities.

Read the executive summary

Read the full report

What did the IECMH Statewide Tour uncover in its report?

In the summer and fall of 2023, HCA’s IECMH team had 10 listening sessions with 96 behavioral health providers across the state to better understand challenges and solutions for improving access to IECMH services.

Providers shared seven main themes:

IECMH workforce
Mental Health assessment for young children
Mental Health treatment for young children
Services in home and community settings
Caregiver engagement
Allied professional collaboration
IECMH funding

Providers shared best practices and challenges for each theme, and many are supported by evidence. HCA used these findings to create IECMH priorities and next steps.

Want to learn more?

Register to attend the presentation, where HCA staff will share about the report and answer questions. This presentation will be recorded.

Date: March 20
Time: 11 to 12:30 p.m.

Register today!

About the Health Care Authority (HCA)

Functioning as both the state's largest health care purchaser and its behavioral health authority, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is a leader in ensuring Washington residents have the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

There are three pillars of our work: Apple Health (Medicaid); the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) programs; and behavioral health and recovery. Under these pillars, HCA purchases health care, including behavioral health treatment for more than 2.7 million Washington residents and provides behavioral health prevention, crisis, and recovery supports to all Washington residents.

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