Working to improve the health &
well-being of children & youth

The Evidence-Based Practice Institute (EBPI) is a partnership between the University of Washington and the Washington State Healthcare Authority (HCA), housed at CoLab. The EBPI was founded in 2008 to promote high quality services in public mental health care for children, youth and families. In 2026, the EBPI shifted its resources to directly support policy development and learning health infrastructure for Washington Thriving, a joint legislative and executive effort to improve mental and behavioral health for prenatal through age 25 populations.

We will be posting more about our work with Washington Thriving in the future. For now, you can see our initial collaboration with the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a plan for statewide Training and Technical Assistance to promote student behavioral health in schools.

Past reports from the EBPI can be found at the links below.