Funder: Massachusetts Department of Youth Services

Project Team: Gina Vincent, PhD (PI), Maryann Davis, PhD (Co-I), Rachael Perrault, MA, Morgan Rao, BA, and Kayla Carew, BA

Description: This project, with funding from SAMHSA as part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, involves an Environmental Scan of effective, feasible, and sustainable early violence intervention and crisis service programs for youth and young adults (ages 12 to 25) with serious mental illness. The Scan resulted in a full report and set of recommendations to DMH about programming that may be most appropriate for expansion or adoption in Massachusetts. The latter years of the project involve implementation support to DMH and their providers to put these practices into place.