In this report for federal, state, and local government entities, we offer examples of states that have created good mental health mobile response systems
We urge Congress to prioritze young people's healing and wellbeing by making a targeted $7.5 billion investment -- over and above the $4 billion already proposed -- in the mental health of youth ages 16-25.
As the 117th Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration begin their terms, they must identify why the current mental and behavioral health infrastructure does and will not work to meet the needs of millions, and push innovative and bold ideas that put people’s well-being first.
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…
Breaking systemic barriers in mental health involves innovative approaches, and diversified funding streams and infrastructures. Learn more about what CLASP's advisors and partners have been working on to fund innovations.
The Center for Law and Social Policy’s (CLASP) youth and young adult mental health framework calls for policies that increase access to healing, transformative mental health supports for this population.6 Through our Policy Advancing Transformatio
The Center for Law and Social Policy’s (CLASP) youth and young adult mental health framework calls for policies that increase access to healing, transformative mental health supports for this population. Through our Policy Advancing Transformation
The ten core competencies outlined in the report could address existing gaps in youth- and young-adult-centered mental health systems, and they reflect values that translate into skills, attitudes, knowledge, and abilities of system participants.
This executive summary, by Nia West Bey and Kayla Tawa, overviews state and local policy options targeting cost, confidentiality, and community-based care