Accessing Mental Health Services & Supports: Families’ Experiences
COVID has had a negative impact on all of us. For families of children with mental health needs, the impact has been profound. Families have always had to work hard…
Loss, COVID & Families
We are facing a quiet epidemic of grief in children. More than 140,000 children lost someone close to them due to a COVID-related death in this country. Many more were…
Support Needs of Justice-Involved Families
Families of youth who are justice-involved rely on help from PPAL family support specialists. PPAL has collected data from these families, which clearly shows the challenges they face. Some of…
Talk It Out: What Youth and Young Adults Say About Getting Mental Health and Substance Use Information
In 2018, Youth MOVE Massachusetts, working with Parent/Parent Professional Advocacy League surveyed 140 youth and young adults on how they got information about mental health and substance use. The young…