Shine Through
Creating solutions for mental and behavioral health
Wisconsin kids are facing a mental health crisis. In every corner of our state — every county, town and neighborhood — a family is struggling to help their child. These are our kids, and this is our crisis. Children’s Wisconsin is leveraging our deep expertise, extensive community partnerships and unmatched reach, and we won’t stop until every child and teen has access to mental and behavioral health care when they need it.
The power of Shine Through
A stigma no more
We are reducing the stigma around mental health challenges, which shifts how kids and families perceive services and normalizes care.
No health without mental health
Children’s Wisconsin has expanded our definition of health — believing that mental and behavioral health is just as important as physical and social health.
Setting the national standard
Mental and behavioral services and support are integrated across our footprint and throughout our community so we set a national standard.
How does Shine Through fuel our mission?
In 2019, Children’s Wisconsin put a stake in the ground for mental and behavioral health, announcing a commitment to address the growing crisis Wisconsin kids are facing. We have placed child and adolescent mental and behavioral health providers in primary, specialty and urgent care offices, as well as in spaces where we find kids and families the most — at home, at school and in the community.
Our mental and behavioral health work aims to create a gold standard and a future where kids and families have seamless access to the care they need in the neighborhoods where they live, learn, work and play.
A hospital and so much more
Thanks to your generosity, Children’s Wisconsin is a hospital and so much more. Your continued support will help ensure that all kids can shine through — navigating past anything that stands in their way to live happy, healthy and full lives.
Your support. Our impact.
33,767
The number of connections our pediatricians and behavioral health consultants had in 2023 with kids and families
13,937
The number of kids screened in 2023 for suicidal thoughts and ideation in our Emergency Department and Trauma Center
32
The number of psychologists on our pediatric psychology and developmental medicine team who are serving kids and families around the state, including at the newly opened Center for Child Development for kids with autism and other developmental disorders
Stories of impact
Mightier than ever: Carson’s story
Braver than ever: Quinones & Cameron's story
