School Pilot

Beginning in July of 2007, MCPAP conducted a pilot project offering six (6) public schools in Western Massachusetts the opportunity to become afilliated with the Baystate MCPAP team. The pilot was designed to explore the use of MCPAP to improve access to mental health services for children through collaboration with schools. These six schools had access to the MCPAP hotline, and the MCPAP team provided telephone consultation, care coordination, and face-to-face consultation.

Staff members at participating schools included principals, adjustment counselors, school nurses, and guidance counselors. They were very pleased to be enrolled in the pilot program, and the analysis of encounter data with the pilot suggested that the service was feasible, cost effective, and clinically valuable.