Post the Sandy Hook shooting in which 20 children and six teachers died state officials held a series of hearings on solutions — including devoting more resources and money to mental health. What Magaly did is shine a light on a little-known program, the Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services which acts as a SWAT team, providing mental health services to children in need: at their school, at their home, or in their community. This story was featured on our website and was published in 15 newspapers (and their websites) in CT (part of our content-sharing agreement). The result was more calls to EMPS for services in the last year.
