“Youth mental health: What Works?” is the Local News Network’s deep dive into the youth mental health crisis in Maryland and beyond, focusing on solutions that have proved to help troubled young people.
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How one Maryland school district turned around student behavior with ‘restorative practices’
District officials in Worcester County credit restorative practices with creating an atmosphere that led to a 28% drop in violent incidents across all schools in the past year.
State youth mental health grants in Queen Anne’s County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 –issued four grants totaling $1.4 million in Queen Anne’s County.
State youth mental health grants in Worcester County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 –issued four grants totaling $2.22 million in Worcester County.
State youth mental health grants in Somerset County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 — issued two grants totaling $945,000 in Somerset County.
Maryland spent big on youth mental health — but then the budget crisis hit
Thrive Behavioral Health won state funding to work with students with severe behavioral issues in five school districts to keep the youths from being removed from school — and the agency said its tactics are working.
State youth mental health grants in Harford County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 –issued seven grants totaling $4.54 million in Harford County.
State youth mental health grants in Anne Arundel County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 — issued eight grants worth a total of $11.12 million in Anne Arundel County.
State youth mental health grants in Frederick County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 — issued 12 grants totaling $7.64 million in Frederick County.
State youth mental health grants in St. Mary’s County
The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports — which issued $111 million in grants to address youth mental health in 2024 –issued two grants totaling $2.02 million in St. Mary’s County.