For Immediate Release
September 10, 2026
BEDFORD, Mass. – The Edinburg Center announced today that, as part of its collaboration with the Massachusetts Psychosis Prevention Partnership (M3P), it has received a new four-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to continue and expand efforts to improve early identification and intervention for children, adolescents, and young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) across Massachusetts.
M3P is a statewide initiative led by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) and funded through a combination of state and federal resources. The partnership brings together specialized programs and organizations from across the Commonwealth to strengthen the system of care for young people who may be at clinical high risk for developing psychosis.
In addition to The Edinburg Center, the partnership includes the Center for Early Detection Assessment and Response to Risk (CEDAR) at the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health; the Developmental Neuropsychiatry & Psychosis Program at Boston Children’s Hospital; RISE at Cambridge Health Alliance; STAR at McLean Hospital; RE-SET at Massachusetts General Hospital; and the Psychosis Early Action Team (PEAT) at River Valley Counseling Center/ServiceNet.
The award represents a continuation of the federal support that helped launch M3P in 2022. Through the initial SAMHSA grant, Massachusetts developed a statewide infrastructure for CHR-P care, bringing programs together to improve early identification, specialized assessment, referral pathways, workforce training, and access to evidence-based care.
Since 2022, M3P has helped expand both the number and geographic reach of specialized CHR-P programs while building a statewide learning network where programs can share expertise, training, data, and approaches to improving care.
The new four-year grant will allow the partnership to build upon that foundation and continue expanding its impact. M3P’s goal is to help identify young people earlier, connect them with the right level of support at the right time, and help them remain engaged in school, work, relationships, family, and their goals for the future.
“With so much funding going away, we did not think we would be able to continue this program,” said Catherine Klapatch, Assistant Director of Outpatient Services for The Edinburg Center. “This grant will allow us to not only continue the program, but to expand it. To be able to bring together so many agencies to work together on this serious issue is really wonderful.”
“Each group focuses on a different area of expertise, and together we can provide that early care to hopefully avoid a first episode of psychosis from occurring,” Klapatch added. “We are grateful to be part of this group.”
The continued SAMHSA support provides valuable resources to help coordinate and advance this important work. At the same time, the progress M3P has made since 2022, and its ability to continue building a stronger system of early psychosis care, depends on the statewide partnership of programs, providers, young people, families, and organizations committed to this work.
By strengthening collaboration and expanding access to specialized care, M3P and its partners are working toward a future in which more young people receive support early, before symptoms become more severe and disruptive to their lives.
The Edinburg Center is proud to continue its work as part of this innovative statewide collaboration and looks forward to helping expand access to early identification, intervention, and support for young people and families across Massachusetts.