Across the nation, young adults living in poverty experience serious threats to their mental health. To inform efforts to improve public policies, CLASP conducted an in-depth scan and analysis of how selected states and localities are addressing young adult mental health. Our findings, analysis, and…

Across the nation, young adults living in poverty experience serious threats to their mental health. This brief, Barriers to Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Young Adults, is the second of the three-part Policy for Transformed Lives series and it describes cross-cutting challenges and barriers to effectively supporting the mental…

Across the nation, young adults living in poverty experience serious threats to their mental health. This brief, State Opportunities for Young Adult Mental Health Policy and Systems Change, is the third of the three-part Policy for Transformed Lives series and it describes transformational action steps for policy makers.

This is an overview of our Moving on Maternal Depression (MOMD) initiative. Through MOMD, CLASP is collaborating with states to advance policies that improve maternal depression prevention, screening, and treatment among mothers with young children.

Three million Americans living in poverty are either a mother who has experienced depression or a young adult who has experienced serious psychological distress. Untreated mental health needs have significant consequences for mothers and young adults as well as their families.