IMPORTANT LESSONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN SEASON The race for the White House is especially chaotic this year and older children and teenagers are not immune to the developments unfolding on the national stage. What lessons can we teach them to help process what...
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...
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...
