Enhancing healthcare and support for military-connected youth with mental health, emotional, developmental, and/or behavioral needs
The Vision
Military-connected youth with mental health, emotional, developmental, and/or behavioral needs receive the right care or support at the right time, delivered by the right people.
The Challenge
Military-connected youth with developmental and behavioral health needs require specialized care and support. Accessing this care and necessary provider expertise can be difficult as families experience deployments and frequent relocations, impacting family well-being and military readiness.
About The Collaboratory
The DoD Child Collaboratory employs a collective impact framework to:
- Bring together a powerful network of more than 125 collaborators across sectors
- Increase access to behavioral health and developmental resources for families and providers
- Identify innovative telehealth and technology-based solutions for care and support
- Amplify the voices of military-connected youth, families, and providers.
Components of the Collaboratory
- Collaboration: Bringing key partners together to solve systemic issues.
- Training: Enhancing capacity for military and civilian youth providers, professionals, military parents/caregivers and youth.
- Research Coordination: Aligning efforts to build a more complete picture of military youth experiences and needs.
- Implementation: Dissemination of training materials, service models, and research findings to the right people at the right time.
- Digital Health Solutions: Leveraging innovation and technology to accelerate the development and dissemination of evidence-based care and support.