May 24, 2024
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS DON’T TAKE VACATIONS I’m overwhelmed…I’m worried…I’m afraid…I’m alone. These heartbreaking words are uttered far too often by teenagers and younger children these days and we heard them a lot at a Children First mental health community...
Apr 2, 2024
In March 2024, Children First published a policy brief entitled “Optimizing Medicaid to Improve Child and Youth Mental Health in Pennsylvania.” In that brief, five specific reforms to optimize Medicaid as a sustainable funding source to improve child and adolescent...
Apr 2, 2024
Mar 22, 2024
Mar 22, 2024
Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents Doubled in 10 Years Suicide rates among U.S. adolescents has doubled in 10 years. Half of kids who take their own lives have never had access to any mental health services before making that terminal decision. These two...
Mar 19, 2024
Children are enduring unprecedented rates of anxiety and depression. In Pennsylvania, 50% of children who died by suicide in 2021 never had a prior mental health diagnosis. The social, emotional, and developmental health needs of our children are not being met. The...
