About Us
How to Access Services
Connecting clinicians and schools to free, timely mental health support
The Consortium increases access to mental health care for children, youth, and perinatal women across Texas. We work with the professionals they already see—helping to expand access to quality, timely care.
Our services expand access to mental health care in two primary ways:
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Supporting clinicians:
We connect physicians and other health care clinicians who care for children and families with mental health consultation, training, and resources.
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Supporting students
We provide targeted mental health services to students in coordination with their PreK–12 schools.
Parents and prenatal and postpartum women seeking mental health help should contact their doctor, health care clinician, or school counselor who can work with our programs.
For Health Care Clinicians
Texas clinicians can access mental health expertise through the Consortium’s no-cost psychiatry access programs.
Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) helps Texas clinicians serving a pediatric population with real-time access to experts—including child and adolescent psychiatrists—for consults, training, and resources. All through a simple phone call.
Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN) helps Texas clinicians serving pregnant and postpartum patients, with rapid access to experts—including reproductive psychiatrists—for consults, training, and resources. All through a simple phone call.
Services for both programs include:
Speak to a mental health expert within 5 minutes.
No call is too small.
888-901-2726
Contact your regional CPAN/PeriPAN team.
For Schools
We support schools across Texas by connecting students to free, targeted mental health services and resources.
Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) partners with school districts to help address students’ mental health needs through free, focused telehealth services.
Through TCHATT, schools can:
- Identify and assess a student’s behavioral health needs.
- Provide access to targeted mental health services delivered through telemedicine.
- Support early intervention within the school setting at no cost to schools or families.
Contact Our Regional TCHATT Teams
Are you with a school district interested in enrolling?
Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) is a five-session, evidence-based mental health education program offered at no cost to schools. Students build problem-solving skills and emotional intelligence through dialogue and role-plays. Texas clinicians serving a pediatric population with real-time access to experts—including child and adolescent psychiatrists—for consults, training, and resources. All through a simple phone call.
Through TCHATT, schools can:
- Identify and assess a student’s behavioral health needs.
- Provide access to targeted mental health services delivered through telemedicine.
- Support early intervention within the school setting at no cost to schools or families.
Learn More About Our Programs and System-Wide Initiatives
TCHMCC works through regional teams based at Texas health-related institutions of higher education across the state. Beyond our health clinician and school-focused services, we support and coordinate an interconnected network of experts who are training the next generation of behavioral health clinicians — and conducting and applying current research to mental health care.
