ion on the easing of HIPAA telehealth enforcement for the COVID-19 emergency by the DHHS Office for Civil Rights.
Office of Child Care: COVID-19 Page: Shares a library of resources from the Office of Early Childhood Development at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support vaccine outreach.
SAMHSA Training and Technical Assistance Related to COVID-19: Highlights products and resources that can be useful when coping with the effects of widespread public health crises such as assisting community leaders in addressing psychosocial impacts of disasters; and supportive practices for mental health professionals during pandemic-related social distancing. Imminent webinar opportunities, published tools, guides and tip sheets, technical clinical information for prescribers and other practitioners, asynchronous on-line training curricula, and policy-related (e.g., confidentiality and privacy requirements and regulations) are among wide range of topics linked to this regularly updated collection.
State (American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief [ARP]) Plans: Provides state ARP ESSER Plan Applications as submitted by SEAs, total award amount per state, ED approval status and approved state materials (i.e. final state ESSER plan, ED approval letter) and related communications materials (e.g. state plan highlights, ED press release). Links/files posted at this site by ED’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [OESE] include many submitted by state education agencies (SEA). Should an SEA wish to update any of the links/files posted above, it should contact its State mailbox at email@example.com (e.g. firstname.lastname@example.org). ED updates links when it receives new or revised information from States; and some state-provided links take the reader to a landing page where additional steps are needed to access the data.
U.S. Department of Education Posts State Plans for Use of American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Students and the Safe and Sustained Reopening of Schools: Announces online posting of 45 plans submitted by State Education Agencies (SEAs) that describe how they intend to use American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds to support schools, students and educators.
States Address Students' Transition Back to School: Tracks state policies implementing or banning mask mandates in schools, including policies in many states that have left decisions on school mask mandates up to localities. The map-based database, developed and managed by the National Academy for State Health Policy, is part of a resource page that also includes policies states are enacting for back-to-school for 2021-22, including vaccines and mental health.
Mental Health and Substance Use State Fact Sheets: Examines national and state-level data on mental health (MH) and substance use (SUD) both before and during the coronavirus pandemic. The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that MH outcomes, access, and coverage vary from state to state. This product highlights findings from a national analysis; and presents detailed state-level data for all fifty states and the District of Columbia.
State Approaches to Addressing Student Mental Health: Highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated student mental health challenges, illustrates a common framework for student mental health services, and summarizes state legislative trends in supporting students to prevent, identify and address student mental health in schools. The Education Commission of the States developed this policy brief (May 2021).
Student Mental Health Services Ecosystem: Describes context for student mental health services spanning two major sectors (health and human services, and K-12 education), and three levels of governance, policy and funding (federal, state and local) to support decision-making and oversight for system development, maintenance and improvement. This brief by the Education Commission of the States also provides examples of coordinated efforts among those entities from six states (CO