The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral Health Division has been awarded a continuation three-year Health resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) grant to expand tele-behavioral health services for children and youth within the state of North Dakota. North Dakota will receive $2.25 million through September 29, 2026. The PMHCA grant is designed to promote behavioral health integration into pediatric primary care by using telehealth modalities to provide high quality and timely detection, assessment, treatment and referral for children and adolescents with behavioral health conditions, using evidence-based practices and methods.
Goals:
The Behavioral Health Division has two key goals for the PMHCA grant:
- Increase the capacity of primary care providers to screen, diagnose and treat children
- Develop and create capacity for telehealth programs in community-based settings by expanding partnerships within emergency departments and schools
Collaborating child and adolescent psychiatrists are available for various behavioral health questions, including screening and diagnosis, medication management and treatment planning.
Primary Care Providers can call the toll-free phone number:
(888) 522-9654
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Providers will be asked a few brief questions to identify the nature of the call and collect critical points about the patient. The collected information will be forwarded to a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, who will then call the Primary Care Providers back to provide free consultation on the case.
Learn more at Consult Line.
Family Voices is our partnering agency providing care coordination for consultations and referrals to behavioral health providers in the patient's home community or by telehealth. Family Voices care coordination offers a host of services connecting youth and their families to many needed services throughout the state.
Project ECHO aims to increase workforce capacity by sharing knowledge. Project ECHO does not provide direct patient care. However, it provides healthcare professionals in the primary care section with expertise and support to care for their patients' complex behavioral health care needs. It also increases access to behavioral health care in or near the patient's home community.
Register here for available training sessions.
This event will share information relevant to integrated behavioral health care and pediatric mental health needs.
This service is only available to enrolled providers.
Direct client consultation for patients and families needing diagnostic clarification or treatment recommendations.
- This service is only performed as a one-time consultation for the patient, who then continues treatment with the primary care provider.
- To have a direct client consultation, the primary care provider needs to first complete a peer-to-peer consultation with a child adolescent psychiatrist on the PMHCA team. This helps ensure the referred is necessary and coordinates record requests to aid in a complete review and comprehensive psychiatric consultation.