In FY20, the OCA worked with the Department of Mental Health and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to design and launch an interactive website called “HandholdMA.” This website provides family-friendly information on helping kids build resiliency, tips on managing lower-level behavioral issues, advice on when a child needs a more intense intervention, and a guide to available state and community behavioral health resources. In FY21, the OCA and DMH partnered again on an expansion of the website, adding additional content specific to the needs of parents of infants, toddlers and adolescents and other modifications to the site to improve the user experience. The website is currently maintained and operated by DMH.
The website, which is available in multiple languages, can be found on the Handhold website.
This page provides information about the interactive website "HandholdMA".