September 3, 2020
California, CCY Docs, Policy Alerts, Youth Voices
We are looking for Youth with lived experience with homelessness to please take our survey. Your responses, and any identifying data you provide, will remain anonymous and your participation is an opportunity to maximize current and future investments into resources and services that can help you and other youth remain resilient and reach your full potential. As an added bonus, if you are one of the first 300 youth (age 12-24) participants to take our survey you will receive a $20 Visa eGift Card. Please click on the image below and complete the survey.
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August 25, 2020
California, CCY Docs, Youth Voices
The following is a Practical Guide for Financing Social, Emotional, and Mental Health in Schools, put together by the California Children’s Trust Organization and Breaking Barriers. Even Before COVID-19, there was a youth mental health crisis. In the decade prior, children and youth ages 5-19 in the U.S. experienced a 52% increase in mental health hospitalizations, and suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people ages 15 to 24. This guide will present a five different ways school districts can partner with state or county-level agencies to access Medi-Cal and expand billable mental health services for their students. This guide will also address the steps that district leaders can take to utilize untapped Medi-Cal funds to help create an integrated, coordinated, and sustainable system of social, emotional, and mental health support for students.
>>>Click here to download the full pdf of the “Practical Guide for Financing Social, Emotional, and Mental Health in Schools.”
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August 19, 2020
CYCL Article, CYCL News, Podcast
Part 2 of 2 Bianca and Kelsey from the Sacramento LGBT Center have a conversation about issues surrounding the LGBTQIA+ youth.
August 19, 2020
CYCL Article, Podcast
Part 1 of 2 Bianca and Logan have an honest talk about issues surrounding the LGBTQIAA+ youth.
Last month we published our 