Demand for mental health services for children has swelled as expressions of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts have increased alarmingly.
Children & Families
“Lights don’t feed kids,” one Democrat tweeted after the Governor’s Mansion was lit orange to raise awareness about hunger.
Securing the physical, emotional and informational support of doulas.
Highly valued, proven effective and undercompensated.
There is an ongoing mental health care provider shortage affecting children and young adults across the United States.
While investigating the basic needs of homeless students in Richmond County schools going unfulfilled, the I-TEAM took a closer look at the person in charge of this growing segment of the student body.
Why it's so hard for kids in crisis to access the mental health care they need in Santa Clara County
As demand skyrocketed during the pandemic, already scarce resources for youth were stretched even thinner.
The pandemic compounded barriers to accessing medical care—and many continue to delay or forgo treatment.
Community health workers are often funded with short-term grants, which can deter people from the profession and lead to shortages.
The third in a three-part series following intergenerational impacts the United States’ nearly 200 year policy of Indian boarding schools had, and continues to have, on some tribal members on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota today.