State of Mental Health in America - Focus on ILLINOIS
With the rise in suicides and mental health issues nationally, the newly released report, The State of Mental Health in America, provides a snapshot of mental health status among youth and adults for policy and program planning, analysis, and evaluation. Illinois is a strong state for youth mental health care. It has proven to be a strong state for mental health care coming in 15th out of all 50 states overall and #4 for youth with a low prevalence of mental illness and higher rates of access to care.
iCARE4 Adoptive and Foster Families would like to highlight three points that directly affect mental health support in Illinois schools:
- Support for children and their families leads to resilience and better outcomes.
- Support of mental health through a formal IEP process should be considered.
- Effective support for mental health cannot occur without ensuring quality of care.
It is our firm belief that Illinois can continue their leadership and better support kids through implementation of NTI School-based Mental Health Training. For more information, please see the full report at:
