The program helps troubled young people throughout the state.
The Senate and House are aligned on the question of putting more than $1.6 million into Flagler Hospital’s Be Resilient and Voice Emotions (BRAVE) program, which will help to ensure that young people in Florida with mental health struggles continue to have resources for help.
Legislators have funded this initiative before. This year, Republican Sen. Jay Trumbull and Republican Rep. Josie Tomkow carried the requests.
Flagler says the program “supports families throughout the treatment process by helping them find timely and appropriate care through offering telephonic assistance.”
BRAVE screens families for behavioral health services that fit their needs, then links families to partners for services, offering support through treatment that includes at least eight visits. The model is designed to address a recurring problem in youth behavioral health: families seeking help often run aground at the referral stage, with appointments booked weeks out, providers that do not take their insurance, or screening conversations that route them to services that do not fit the child’s needs.
The legislative request endeavors to keep no-show rates below 7%, meaning that there is an effort for follow-through to ensure that help is provided.
