Funding Opportunity

The TEAM UP Center launches a Request for Applications to Implement the TEAM UP Model^TM– get ready to transform your practice!

TEAM UP is thrilled to announce the launch of a Request for Applications (RFA), offering an exceptional funding opportunity for Massachusetts-based primary care practices serving children and adolescents to partner with the TEAM UP Center in advancing integrated pediatric behavioral health care. Apply for our newest cohort!

Learn more about the RFA

The TEAM UP Center invites Massachusetts-based primary care practices serving children and adolescents to apply to join the next cohort to implement the TEAM UP model. The TEAM UP Center will provide practices with financial, technical, and operational support that includes in-depth clinical training, practice transformation support, and customized, data-driven technical assistance. 

What is TEAM UP: Timely and Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare for Children
TEAM UP equips pediatric practices to deliver comprehensive behavioral health services to patients from birth to young adulthood. The TEAM UP model is a team-based approach to integrating behavioral health into pediatric primary care. Developed with pediatric practices, the model includes a fully integrated multidisciplinary care team—Behavioral Health Clinicians (BHCs), Community Health Workers (CHWs), and Primary Care Providers (PCPs)—to promote healthy development and ensure early identification of behavioral health issues. 

TEAM UP: A Proven Model of Care
Nearly a decade of evidence demonstrates that TEAM UP works. TEAM UP practices see first-hand the success of integrating mental and physical healthcare in a single, convenient setting. TEAM UP has been shown to have a positive impact on children and families, the behavioral health workforce, and the broader healthcare system. TEAM UP has trained over 400 professionals and engaged more than 15 practices to implement the TEAM UP model or build capacity for IBH care.  

Eligibility Criteria  

• Pediatric primary care or family medicine practice  
• Located in Massachusetts
• Demonstrated intent to staff a minimum of 1.0 FTE BHC and 1.0 FTE CHW per 3,000 pediatric patients. Staffing expectations scale proportionally with patient volume.
• Commitment to participate in all implementation and evaluation activities

Financial and Infrastructure Support 

• Scaled funding ranging from $100,000 to $400,000 based on the size and demonstrated need of the patient population, as well as the staffing and infrastructure support needs of the practice. Funding will be disbursed through six milestone-based payments over 30 months to support practice investments, such as staffing, protected time to engage in training and implementation efforts, and evaluation related activities.
• Participation in TEAM UP includes access to implementation support, the Learning Community, and data resources that represent a meaningful investment in practice transformation. The TEAM UP Center will work with each practice to establish an approach for data collection to support continuous improvement and evaluation. Depending on the solution selected by the site, this may include data tools that enable performance monitoring and inform integrated behavioral health delivery. All data shared with the TEAM UP Center will comply with applicable privacy and security requirements.

Key Dates

Please email Recruitment.TEAMUPCenter@bmc.org with questions.
Practices not ready for full implementation are encouraged to complete the interest form and explore additional pathways for engagement.