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Jan 11, 2021 | Report/Brief | Isha Weerasinghe

Core Principles to Reframe Mental and Behavioral Health Policy

CLASP's mental health work advances systems and policy change with an explicit focus on how a person's race and ethnicity affects how they interact with the health system. Without a direct understanding of how mental health and wellbeing are seen by those who are living in poverty, we cannot create effective policy solutions. 

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Dec 10, 2020 | Report/Brief | Isha Weerasinghe

PATH and MOMD: Lessons for Mental Health Systems and Policy Change

Jul 29, 2020 | Blog Post | Nia West-Bey

Unlocking Transformation and Healing: Policy Options for Accessible Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Care

Jul 23, 2020 | Event | CLASP

Protest, Movement Building, and Mental Health: A Conversation with Young Leaders

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Low-income youth are disproportionately exposed to structural disadvantage and trauma with lasting implications for their mental health. In many cases, systemic barriers prevent them from accessing formal behavioral health services. As a result, youth frequently rely on informal support systems as they work to complete education and career pathways that lead to economic security. Together with youth advocates, mental health experts, and community leaders, CLASP advocates for policy reform and community innovations that reduce the prevalence of adverse experiences, increase access to needed behavioral health supports, and move young people towards wellbeing.
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Nia West-Bey

Nia West-Bey

Senior Policy Analyst, Youth

Young Adult Behavioral Health

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February 4, 2021 | Press Release | Children, Youth & Families
Young Leaders Call on Biden Administration, Congress to Support A New Deal for Youth, Counter COVID Impacts on America's Young Adults
February 2, 2021 | Blog Post | Young Men and Women of Color
[VIDEO] Why We Can't Wait: A New Deal for Youth
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Young Adults Grapple with Trauma
Young adults living in poverty experience trauma and structural disadvantage that has lifelong consequences. Moreover, they struggle to access formal mental health supports. They have to rely on peer networks and community-based programs to cope.
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"Everybody Got Their Go Throughs": A Report on Young Adults' Mental Health Challenges

Publications  Fact Sheets | Presentations | Journal Articles | Reports/Briefs | Testimony/Comments

Fact Sheet | February 9, 2021
Prioritize Young People's Mental Health with $7.5 Billion Investment
Report/Brief | January 11, 2021
Core Principles to Reframe Mental and Behavioral Health Policy
Testimony/Comments | December 18, 2020
CLASP's Letter on Improving Mental Health Outcomes Among Minority and Health Disparity Populations
Report/Brief | December 10, 2020
PATH and MOMD: Lessons for Mental Health Systems and Policy Change
Presentation/Webinar | November 12, 2020
Criminalization to Healing: Reimagining Safety in Schools

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Isha Weerasinghe
Isha Weerasinghe
Senior Policy Analyst, Mental Health
Kayla Tawa
Research Assistant, Youth Policy
Nia West-Bey
Nia West-Bey
Senior Policy Analyst, Youth
Whitney Bunts
Whitney Bunts
Policy Analyst, Youth
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