Advancing Child and Youth Health Care System Transformation: A Workshop Series

Workshop

Digital Tools for Youth Mental Health Summit

November 17, 2025

9:30 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)

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Technology is rapidly transforming how we support youth mental health. From AI-enabled counseling tools and peer support platforms to innovative apps for substance use treatment, digital solutions are creating unprecedented opportunities to reach and serve young people. At the same time, realizing this potential requires navigating complex questions and forging new partnerships across sectors.

This Summit will convene leaders from technology, healthcare, payers, philanthropy, government, education, research, and youth organizations for a highly interactive program focused on solutions, partnerships, and action.

Guiding Questions

How can we build sustainable payment models and market signals for effective youth mental health technology?
What does the emerging evidence tell us about what works, and how can we accelerate adoption of proven interventions?
What regulatory and evidence standards are needed to ensure digital tools for youth are safe, responsive, and accessible?
How do we meaningfully engage young people as co-designers, testers, and implementers of new solutions?
What models of public-private partnership can speed innovation, reduce duplication, and ensure access at scale?

What Makes This Summit Different

Rather than traditional panels, the format emphasizes collaboration and real-world problem-solving:

Hackathon-style small-group sessions tackling pressing challenges
Curated case studies, co-selected with youth, that surface practical lessons
A pre-summit youth design sprint to shape priorities
A closing commitments session identifying tangible next steps

Youth Leadership at the Center

Youth leaders will play a central role throughout the program, ensuring that lived experience and authentic partnership inform every discussion.

Outcomes

Participants will leave with:

New cross-sector partnerships and collaboration models
Actionable strategies to advance youth mental health through technology
Policy-relevant insights to inform future practice, research, and funding

Looking Ahead

This Summit will be the first in a series of planned National Academies activities on youth behavioral health technology. Early participation offers a unique opportunity to help shape the direction of this emerging field and build connections that will continue beyond the meeting.

Contact

Molly Checksfield Dorries

MDorries@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Summit

The Business of Flourishing: Innovative Investments in Children and Youth

May 19, 2025

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (ET)

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There is growing momentum around public-private partnerships as a promising path to improve child and youth well-being. From local collaborations to statewide initiatives, new financial models are being tested to fund upstream, preventive solutions that can improve outcomes for children and families while creating long-term value for communities.

At the same time, these efforts face real challenges—including the difficulty of bridging sectors that don’t typically work together, the “wrong pocket” problem, and the long time horizon for seeing return on investment in early-life prevention. This summit will bring together leaders from philanthropy, policy, finance, research, health care, and community organizations—actors who need to understand each other’s language, constraints, and goals in order to move this work forward.

Together, we’ll explore a range of innovative investment strategies and local partnership models, surface common challenges, and identify practical solutions. Participants will leave with new insights, stronger cross-sector connections, and ideas they can apply in their own work—whether framing a grant for private funders, partnering with a local business, or shaping a statewide strategy.

The day featured:

Panel discussions exploring the business case for investing in children and youth, including both social and financial returns
Case presentations from initiatives testing bold new approaches to upstream investment
Facilitated small-group sessions for peer learning and candid problem-solving
Opportunities to connect across sectors and share lessons, questions, and emerging strategies

Contact

Emma Moore

emoore@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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