Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project (MO-CPAP)

Program Overview:

The Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project (MO-CPAP):

• Builds capacity in pediatric primary care settings to treat/manage mild to moderate behavioral health concerns.

• Offers primary care providers almost immediate access to child psychiatry phone consultations.

• Supplies continuing care as recommended with community-based resources such as counseling and therapy.

Services Offered:

• Telephone Consultation

• Patient Care Coordination/Resources and Referral Services

Website: https://medicine.missouri.edu/mo-cpap

Primary Contact: Wendy Ell

Email: ellw@health.missouri.edu

Year started: 2018

HRSA Awardee: Yes

Does the program provide state-wide coverage?  Yes

Funding: Private Foundation, HRSA

Program Materials:

• MO-CPAP Brochure

• MO-CPAP FAQ

• Video

Additional Programs:

Missouri also offers MO-CPAP Schools and the Maternal Health Access Project in conjunction with MO-CPAP.

MO-CPAP Schools

• Helps school professionals such as school nurses, counselors, and social workers address the behavioral and mental health needs of students and staff through a peer-support model.

The Maternal Health Access Project

• Supports providers who see perinatal and post-partum individuals in caring for the behavioral and mental health needs of their patients. MHAP provides telephonic consultations with reproductive psychiatrists, linkage and referral serves, and education and training for enrolled providers.

Last Update: June, 2024