I am the founder of Raw Uncut Woman. Our organization is based in Detroit, MI in the heart of the city. My role is to facilitate focus groups and collaborate with other local non-profits to provide resources for women, such as peer support from women…
Mental health is a huge part of individual wellbeing. Systemic barriers like racism and stigma have blocked many people with low incomes and people of color from high-quality mental health care. Unaddressed mental health challenges undermine their ability to learn, work, and thrive. That’s why…
CLASP's Policy Advancing Transformation and Healing (PATH): A Young Adult Mental Health Policy and Systems Change Initiative Framework outlines CLASP's young adult mental health project.
This report describes the lived experiences of marginalized youth and young adults living in poverty. It's based on findings from our focus groups in "small and hard-to-reach" communities.
CLASP's Moving on Maternal Depression (MOMD) Policy and Systems Change Framework outlines CLASP's definition of maternal depression, the MOMD project goals, and the project's points of intervention.
To help guide CLASP's works and technical assistance efforts in mental and behavioral health, the team asked a number of experts in many fields, including mental and behavioral health, federal Medicaid policy, racial justice, youth workforce development, including voices from impacted communities, to be a…
The discussion of our maternal mortality crisis is often focused on physical causes of death. But mental health is important, too. The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act is a good step toward learning more about, and preventing, maternal deaths.
Across the nation, young adults living in poverty experience serious threats to their mental health. This brief, State and Local Efforts to Support Young Adult Mental Health, is the first of the three-part Policy for Transformed Lives series and it summarizes our methodology, provides an overview…