BRYT

August 18, 2020

Following the Foundation’s initial investments into the national scaling of the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health’s innovative BRYT program, this proven school initiative is attracting substantial additional investments from public and private donors to fuel the continued expansion.  The program is now available to 140 schools on the East Coast, and in a year will be accessible to all 260,000 public school students in Massachusetts.    

BRYT has been shown to increase graduation rates for students struggling with mental health challenges while stabilizing students at risk of developing serious mental health conditions. A multi-year evaluation published in Psychology in the Schools in 2017 showed that students in BRYT programs made clinical progress and improved their day-to-day functioning.