In July 2025, the Maryland Coalition of Families and Manatt Health, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Health Behavioral Health Administration, published the The Roadmap to Strengthen Maryland’s Public Behavioral Health System for Children, Youth & Families, a statewide plan designed to improve early intervention strategies, expand crisis services, and address workforce shortages for youth.
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- Improving early intervention strategies
- Reducing emergency room and hospital visits
- Building out child and youth-specific crisis services
- Addressing workforce shortages
- Disseminating best practices across diverse disciplines
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The Roadmap reflects the voices of Maryland families who rely on the state’s public behavioral health system every day to meet the needs of their children. As we approach the one year anniversary of the Roadmap’s publication, MCF remains steadfastly committed to ensuring that family voices are represented in the rooms where decisions about our children and loved ones are being made.
Please click here to download a copy of the Roadmap.