I am pleased to share that our project was awarded the grant and we have gotten started on our workplan. The focus of our activities for this new award will be to further our efforts in training, technical assistance, and telemental health. As a part of our plans, we are to form a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) which will include representatives from various stakeholders across Maryland who will provide input and feedback on our initiatives. Our goal is to ensure that the services and projects we are working on are in line with the needs and preferences of stakeholders.

I’m writing as we would appreciate your recommendation of 1-3 members of the Physician Assistants in Maryland that would be interested in serving on the PAC. If possible, we would love to have members who represent different regions/communities (e.g., Eastern Shore vs Western MD, urban vs rural practice settings). It is a volunteer position and meetings will be held quarterly. Once we have a group of interested folks, we will be polling the potential members about their schedule availability so that we can propose a day and time that works for the majority.

For more information on this project or to volunteer, reach out to:

Meghan Crosby Budinger, LCPC 

Program Director, Maryland BHIPP

Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

University of Maryland School of Medicine

737 W. Lombard St.

Baltimore, MD 21201

mcrosbybudinger@som.umaryland.edu