Pennsylvania Planning Family Navigator Pilot For Children With Serious Emotional Disturbance

The Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) and the University of Pittsburgh’s Youth and Family Training Institute (YFTI) are developing a two-year pilot to test family navigator services for children and young adults (ages 5 to 21 years) with serious emotional disturbance (SED). The pilot will take place at up to six sites. The selected sites will define, develop, implement, and evaluate a family navigator model that promotes early access, engagement, coordination, and optimization of mental health treatment and services for a child with SED.

For the pilot, YFTI is collaborating with the OMHSAS . . .