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All children deserve access to behavioral health care, and they deserve access to a level of care that is appropriate for their needs. An upcoming summit will bring together experts from across Minnesota to create solutions for issues facing the state’s behavioral health system for youth.
The Children’s Summit will take place virtually Jan. 11 through Jan. 14, 2022. Portions of the summit will be open to the public, while the working sessions will be open to select experts and leaders who have been invited to participate. Their charge will be to create immediate, actionable solutions for the urgent problems facing the behavioral health system of care for Minnesota’s youth.
The publicly available portions of the summit on Jan. 11 include presentations on equity, breaking down silos between systems, and the vision forward for children’s behavioral health care in Minnesota. In addition, a youth presenter will share their perspective on supports that their peers need.
The invite-only work sessions on Jan. 12 will identify the most pressing needs of the children’s behavioral health system. Participants will share their results during public presentations on Jan. 13, before heading back into work sessions to develop solutions to identified issues. During the final public sessions on Jan. 14, participants will share their detailed plans to remove barriers, build infrastructure, and ensure equitable access to behavioral health services for all Minnesota youth.
Minnesotans are invited to attend the public sessions for the summit, and links to the meetings will be shared closer to the event through email and social media, and on the Minnesota Department of Human Services public participation webpage.
Participants in the work sessions of the summit will include experts and leaders from a variety of children-serving servings in Minnesota, including leaders in the fields of health, education, child protection, child development, corrections, and more.
The Children’s Summit is being hosted by the Minnesota Department of Human Services and the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet. Together, DHS, the Children’s Cabinet and their partners will work with youth, families and regional experts to explore gaps in Minnesota’s current continuum of care and identify new approaches to build the road to health and resiliency for children.
If you need reasonable accommodations to access the publicly available portions of the Children’s Summit, please send an email to neerja.singh@state.mn.us by Dec. 29, 2021.
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