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Kansas City Community Raises $200,000 at Lifting Spirits Bourbon Raffle for Youth Mental Health
Introduction Fore the Kids Foundation continues to raise funds to combat the ever-growing mental health crisis that the youth in our community face on a daily basis. In a Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted by the CDC, it was discovered that 20% of high school...
2024 Mid-Year Milestones with Fore the Kids Foundation
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Research: Precision dosing for mental health medication
With a goal to continue advancing research to broaden our knowledge and practice of evidence-based care that leads to data-driven treatments and innovations, this research study seeks to understand precision dosing of mental health medications to provide the right...
Emergency mental health crisis center at the Children’s Mercy Adele Hall Campus
Construction of an emergency mental health crisis center within the emergency department of Children’s Mercy will ensure families have access to the safe, healing environment they need in an acute mental health crisis. There has been a sharp increase in youth...
Camber Mental Health inpatient psychiatric campus
Set to open in late 2024, this new hospital will serve as an inpatient mental health healing campus, including 48 pediatric beds and 24 adult beds, six private courtyards, walking paths, and dining and activity space. A collaboration between Children’s Mercy and...
School‐based mental health pilot program with the Center School District in Kansas City, Mo.
This new pilot program with Center School District, Kansas City, Mo., launched in 2024 and will test a behavioral health preventative care model aimed to reduce the number of kids in mental health crisis. This first-of-its-kind shared decision-making collaborative was...
Integration of behavioral health support in primary care practices
This new pilot program embeds behavioral health clinicians in primary care practices to facilitate early intervention and improve access to treatment. Knowing that nearly 30 to 40 percent of primary care visits are for behavioral health reasons, community providers...
Children’s Mercy 2022 Mental Health Report
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Nick Timmons Endowed Professorship in Suicide Prevention Research
The past two years, through the Nick’s Voice Fund, “Fore the Kids” has devoted its resources to enhancing a school-based mental health initiative between Children’s Mercy and the Blue Valley School District as well as hosted the Nick’s Voice Community Report, a public...
Fore The Kids Founding Story
In 2005, Jordan Paden checked into Children’s Mercy at 11 years old knowing something was wrong. 4 ½ months later she was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. Jordan would end up in and out of the hospital for years to follow. The Paden family had been close with Nick and...