Join us for a critical countywide convening focused on strengthening how we support children’s mental health across Miami-Dade.

Advancing Children’s Mental Health Access in Miami-Dade County
Mental Health Resource Guide Launch & Provider Convening
📅 May 29, 2026
🕘 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Miami Dade College – Padrón Campus ExCEL Room

Across sectors, professionals working with children are encountering the same challenge:
When a child needs help, it’s often unclear where to send them.

This event is designed to close that gap.

Bringing together healthcare providers, educators, nonprofit leaders, juvenile services, and community partners, this convening will introduce the Miami-Dade Children’s Mental Health Resource Guide—a tool created to simplify referrals, improve coordination, and ensure children and families receive timely, appropriate support, from infancy through adolescence.

More than a launch, this is a working session for professionals to:

Connect directly with service providers across sectors and ages served

Understand the low- or no-cost mental health resources in Miami-Dade County

Strengthen referral pathways and collaboration

Align efforts to better serve children and families in our community

Together, we move from fragmentation to connection.

Hosted by:

Vanessa Bedoya and Dr. Christine Hughes, IMH-E®, Co-Chairs

ACEs Special Committee

Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Children’s Commission

Miami-Dade County Children's Mental Health Resource Guide Launch

an initiative of the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Commission ACEs Special Committee