Community Mental Health at the Crossroads

On this week’s podcast, we feature an online conversation hosted by Fostering Media Connection about community mental health services for youth in New York State. Sandy Santana, executive director of Children’s Rights, talks about the lawsuit his organization has filed against New York for failing to meet its commitments under Medicaid law when it comes to community mental health services. 

Jose Perez and Amal Kharoufi, both of whom work on the YouthNPower project for the Children’s Defense Fund-New York, spoke to the broader idea of what community mental health should include and how the limitations around mental health services impacts youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

Reading Room

Lawsuit: C.K. v. Bassett
http://bit.ly/3zl3Ivp

It is Time to Prioritize Young People’s Mental Health
http://bit.ly/3zlDRDl