President Donald Trump's campaign promise to carry out the largest-ever "domestic deportation" operation in the U.S. prompted New Jersey school districts to contact advocacy groups and relief organizations for advice on how to support families facing deportation risks.
Many grieving children lack support, risking mental health and academic struggles. Efforts are growing to expand grief resources and connect kids to care.
Lack of mental health resources traps Henry Gaymon in cycles of jail, brief treatment, and homelessness, as Louisiana jails struggle to care for mentally ill inmates due to deinstitutionalization.
As part of a yearlong reporting project on how schools are using artificial intelligence to identify students with mental health issues, The Enquirer heard from nearly 100 people in the Cincinnati community.
Hoping to comply with federal law, the state committed more than $200 million to overhaul a children’s behavioral health system that ranked last in the nation.
Last year, Sonoma County got state funding to expand one of their existing mobile support teams so that their crisis responders could operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But such crisis intervention isn’t always what you’d expect.
Sonoma County’s Mobile Support Team aids crisis cases, but systemic gaps leave issues unresolved. Without stronger social services, crisis teams provide only temporary relief.
At the 2025 Ethnic Media Collaborative symposium in Los Angeles last week, panelists pointed to gaps in the current mental health care system and the need for care that better serves California’s diverse populations.
A reporter grapples with the challenge of getting accurate details and stories from sources in the face of unexpected reporting twists and turns.
In the other 49 states, long-term disability benefit claims for physical ailments are assessed differently than mental health issues.
