Projects

Our projects help to ensure adults, children and families in various populations have access to high-quality mental health care.

Early Childhood

Current early childhood projects focus on strengthening the early childhood systems within Texas communities for children birth to 5 years of age.

EPINET-TX

EPINET is a national learning health care system for early psychosis, linking early psychosis clinics through standard clinical measures, uniform data collection methods…

Healthy Community Collaborative

According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2017 Point in Time Count, there were 408,150 people experiencing homelessness in…

Innovative Healing Centered Project (IHCP)

The Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health was awarded funding by The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to help advance innovation…

Peer Providers

Peer providers (peer specialists, family partners, and recovery coaches) have lived experience with their own or a family member’s behavioral health…

Person-Centered Recovery Planning

Person-centered care is one of the six aims of healthcare quality established by the Institute of Medicine. While person-centered planning (PCP) is…

South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center

The purpose of the SSW-MHTTC is to build the capacity of the mental health workforce, organizations, and systems to deliver effective, evidence-based…

Texas AWARE

Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education) is a five-year pilot study designed to strengthen community and school-based supports for…

Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium

TIEMH serves a the internal evaluation team for the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium, a collaboration among the Texas health-related institutions of higher education.

Texas System of Care

Texas System of Care is a statewide effort to strengthen state and local coordination to ensure the availability of high quality mental health care that is…

Transition Age Youth

There is substantial momentum around understanding the impact of intensive early intervention treatment for young adults with serious mental health condition…

Trauma Informed Care

The Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health has supported numerous initiatives focused on implementing trauma-informed approaches to care…

Zero Suicide Framework

TIEMH is partnering with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and four Regional Suicide Care Service Centers to advance the state’s Zero Suicide goal…