Helping organizations care for millions of children and adults. Delivering behavioral health and disability services DRIVEN BY PURPOSE. DEFINED BY IMPACT. When a child or an adult desperately requires mental healthcare, where do they turn? What about anyone with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or those struggling with addiction? These are especially crucial questions when individuals and families don’t have the financial means to connect with the services they need—support that often determines their very survival. At Guidehouse, we’re dedicated to improving lives by helping health and human services organizations expand access to high-quality, affordable care and modernize behavioral health and disability services across the United States. Our strategic collaborations tackle pressing challenges, from reducing opioid-related deaths to enhancing access to top-tier services for families whose children are living with disabilities or behavioral health issues. Our innovative efforts are sowing the seeds of change in communities and cultivating a healthier, more resilient world. California invests in student behavioral health access Following a national increase in mental health hospitalizations, death by suicide, and overdose deaths in children and youth, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is leading a transformative effort to help students from transitional kindergarten to grade 12 access and receive the behavioral health services they are entitled to—the first time, and every time, they seek care. The state allocated $389 million to create the Student Behavioral Health Incentive Program (SBHIP) under the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative. DHCS partnered with local educational and behavioral health entities to provide incentive payments for Medi-Cal managed care plans and revolutionize youth access to intervention services. California selected Guidehouse to help implement SBHIP and coordinate strategies at both the state and local levels. Our team is assessing program requirements, analyzing program deliverables to better understand individual communities’ student behavioral health needs, monitoring progress, and demonstrating the program’s impact. We’re also increasing stakeholder engagement and fostering collaborative partnerships among schools, county behavioral health departments, and county offices of education. The impact of these efforts is profound, with 147 school-based interventions underway to improve behavioral healthcare for students, including wellness programs, telehealth, screenings, referrals, and parenting and family services. The interventions increased access to behavioral health services for 1.3 million students, provided training to teachers and administrators, and facilitated the opening of new wellness centers and spaces. Early identification and treatment through school-affiliated behavioral health services can reduce emergency room visits, crisis situations, and inpatient stays, according to DHCS. It can also help avoid transferring youth to high-cost special education settings and out-of-home placement. Many of these interventions include new services that weren’t previously provided by counties. For instance, one rural county is using SBHIP funds for a mobile behavioral health wellness center offering preventive care for local students, while another is partnering with universities to staff wellness centers with social work interns from graduate programs. 2024 Public and Charter Schools Public and charter schools 2.7K 2024 Behavioral Health Dept County behavioral health departments 38 2024 Medi Cal Medi-Cal managed care plans 22 California behavioral health partners Other behavioral health and disabilities initiatives Montana Designed models in Montana to serve people with behavioral health conditions and intellectual and developmental disabilities, reducing reliance on state care facilities Alternative care models Georgia AIR-Web-Images-Georgia-Behavioral-Health-Carousel-Images-420x280 (1) Advised Georgia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities on addressing the needs of 7.4k individuals Enhancing disability services Staffing in Arkansas Bolstered workforce numbers at residential and rehabilitative centers in Arkansas supporting 1,000 clients with intellectual disabilities and severe mental health issues Stronger staffing in Arkansas Children with Disabilities AIR-Web-Images-Caring-for-Children-Carousel-Images-420x280 (1) Working with U.S. states, territories, and tribes to help families access high-quality, affordable childcare services—including support for children with disabilities Specialized childcare support Prescription Drugs AIR-Web-Images-Medication-Adherence-Carousel-Images-420x280 (1) Recommended best practices for implementing AI at a pharmaceutical company's patient call center to increase medication adherence of patients with schizophrenia Improving medication adherence Suicide and Opioid AIR-Web-Images-Addressing-Addiction-Carousel-Images-420x280 (1) Collaborated with scientists, federal program leaders, and policymakers on evidence-based insights and tools for reducing opioid-related deaths and preventing suicide Reducing opioid addiction