Bowen Recommendations
The Solutions
Recommendation One
Keep a finger on the pulse of school-based behavioral health
Implement a system to collect comprehensive data on Indiana’s school-based behavioral health workforce. This information will support informed policy decisions and planning to expand critical mental health services for Hoosier youth in educational settings.
What Could Be
Potential Impacts
Healthy Youth. Healthier Future.
Students in Indiana schools have access to behavioral health care services when they need it. Schools are sufficiently resourced to support the behavioral health needs of students and families. School behavioral health professionals focus on proactively identifying students in need and providing appropriate services at the school. Robust connections between the school-based and community-based behavioral health workforce result in seamless referral. Teachers and administrators focus on educating youth. Policymakers have the information they need to ensure informed decision-making.
