…But What Does BHT Impact Do?

Over the last few months, we have been so grateful for the excitement for BHT Impact!

We also love the honesty of “I love it, and I am so excited, but …. what does BHT Impact actually do?”

We love that question for us, and this article for you! We're starting off 2026 answering all of your questions about BHT Impact!

What BHT Impact Will Do

Help bring even more youth and family voices to innovators and leaders

We believe we need more youth and family voices at the table that represent a broad perspective of experiences. On our own and through partnerships, we are building a network of youth and family members who are willing to share feedback and perspectives with innovators. We are focusing on teaching innovators (ourselves included!) what it takes to build accountable, ongoing relationships and to use what youth and families say to shape programs and services and drive impact.

We will bring all of us together to share, learn, and solve.

Whether you are a non-profit, start-up, individual, health plan, funder, or anyone in-between, we will host places to solve problems together (some of them virtual, in-person, and/or annually at The Behavioral Health Tech Conference) and bring you access to experts you may not have previously. Our goal is to increase collaboration and access to the expertise that already exists across different organizations to tackle systemic issues that no single group can solve alone. These gatherings are designed to save people time, focus on practice problem-solving, shared learning, and move ideas forward accountably.

We will share clear, practical content and expertise.

We will release 5-10 pieces of content each month (articles, webinars, toolkits, etc.) to help our community learn more across three distinct topics:  Youth and Families, Medicaid, and Impact Measurement.

• Youth and Family: You will hear directly from youth and families on a variety of topics, as well as dive into how and why incorporating their voices is so important. We’ll also share examples of organizations that have done it well, common lessons learned, pitfalls, and more.

• Medicaid: Medicaid is one of the biggest drivers of access for youth mental health care, and it is also one of the hardest systems to understand and navigate. We will create content, guide you to other helpful resources, and create opportunities to interact with experts to help you make sense of the space and apply that knowledge.  Ultimately, we hope that more innovative ideas can enter the Medicaid space and serve these youth and families who deserve more solutions.

• Impact Measurement: Here’s the thing: measurement in behavioral health is complicated, and youth are not tiny adults and need special considerations. What we measure and how we measure it matters, and comes with both real challenges and real opportunity. We will talk honestly about the limits, potential, and purposes of different types of measures (e.g., outcomes, wellbeing, quality, performance, engagement, social needs, etc.), offer practical guidance about, and how to use data in ways that support you in proving impact and long-term sustainability with partners, funders, and other key stakeholders.

We will share the landscape of organizations via a public database.

With so many challenges to tackle across our space, our goal is to make it easier to see who is focusing on doing the work and to help people find each other. To facilitate, we are building a publicly facing youth and adolescent organization database that highlights all of our various organizations, companies, experts, and more. This will be a living resource that we continue to build and update over time (with your help, of course! Submit your organization here).

We don’t fully know yet and we’re learning.

Honestly, we don’t 100% know what else we will do. Like you all, we are here to listen closely to the youth, families, and all of you who are also doing this work to evolve our offerings and decide how to keep creating together. Reach out to us to share what you are doing, your feedback, and anything else!

What BHT Impact Will Not Do

We are big believers here that clarity is kindness – so here is what we DO NOT do:

We will not re-create the wheel

So many of you do amazing work in your specific areas.  We want to partner with you, share what you do, and solve problems together. We are not here to duplicate efforts (let us know if we are!) and focus on how to fill the grey space and go further together.

We will not endorse or evaluate companies or solutions.

We are not a review site, a ranking system, or an evaluation service. We do not give stamps of approval or encourage use of any one organization over another.

We are not a grant-making or funding organization.

We currently do not provide grants or funding to outside programs or projects.

We will not charge for our public content.

We do not commercialize our online resources. Everything we create (toolkits, articles, case studies, insights from youth, Medicaid content, measurement resources) will be published openly for anyone to use. No paywalls or gated content.

We are not a clinical navigation service.

We do not have a team that can help individuals find clinicians or specific services. We do hope that, over time, our CRM can help highlight resources for individuals seeking them.

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BHT Impact is a fiscally sponsored project of Moore Impact, a 501(c)3 public charity.