Program: STAND at ELAC Demonstration Project

STAND at ELAC was the Depression Grand Challenge’s first implementation of the STAND system of care outside UCLA. The two-year demonstration project was made possible by funding received in Sept. 2020 from the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health as part of the DMH + UCLA Public Partnership for Wellbeing.

The project enrolled its first participants in Spring 2021 with an upgraded and expanded version of STAND, STAND 2.0. The program received a third year of funding in 2022, to explore new features including: a screening and referral service for psychosis symptoms, a screening and referral service for substance use disorder, a new telemental health provider, and the option for students to enroll in research studies operated under the UCLA STAND for Community Colleges Innovation Center (funded by the NIMH).

While the funding for the demonstration project ended following Summer 2023, UCLA remains involved with ELAC, offering students the opportunity to enroll in the STAND at ELAC Research Program and the entire ELAC community to enroll in STAND for All.