The YSBIRT team presented the attached poster at the American College Health Association in Atlanta last month. C4BHI continues to be seen as a national exemplary model for how to engage youth and young adults into health screening and motivational … Read More
C4BHI is supporting Virginia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the University of Baltimore’s Center for Advancing Prevention Excellence in a multi-regional implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment services for youth. We are providing evaluation … Read More
Vermont’s Youth SBIRT has expanded to working with middle and high schools in Vermont. Here is an infographic from one high school that has found the process to be helpful in identifying strengths and needs among their students. Part of … Read More
We put together an infographic summarizing 4 years of screening for cannabis use in schools, community settings, and hospitals. We are excited to share what we have learned from the 14,000 screens included in this summary. Topics we describe include: … Read More
This data brief includes all data from seven sites that have participated in VT YSBIRT from October 2020 to September 2021. These seven sites include Champlain College, Northwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Northeastern … Read More
We often look at data and reports site by site and month by month to continuously improve our YSBIRT programs and see how we could be most effective. We wanted to step back a bit and look at the totals: … Read More
NBC 5 reported on our efforts in VT trying to help young Vermonters who are struggling. The piece, titled “Vermont groups pushing schools to implement mental health tool” is available for your viewing here: https://www.mynbc5.com/article/vermont-groups-pushing-schools-to-implement-mental-health-tool/36184241
A great article in the Saint Albans Messanger tells the story of our collaboration with Spectrum and interviews Jody and Win on the immense value that our system is delivering to multiple colleges, schools, and health centers. From the article: … Read More
Our most recent publication from YSBIRT is out! In Our early implementation of YSBIRT, we added a screen-time question as a health indicator. With the help of one of our colleagues, Leigh Anne Cioffredi, Jody and Win were able to … Read More
C4BHI is engaging more Vermont high schools and colleges to disseminate YSBIRT digital screening tools and intervention resources. Our current project with Twin Valley middle and high school will be doing their second universal screen with all 7th through 12th … Read More