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Making It Easier For Kids To Get Help For Addiction, And Prevent Overdoses

Lesley McClurg Sarah Y Kim Laura Mitchell Juana Summers

June 12, 2023 |

NPR |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Arlington, Virginia

Students at Arlington Public Schools are being trained to carry and administer Narcan to help reduce the rising number of opioid overdose deaths, specifically among young people. Programs like this and access to treatment like Suboxone help make it easier for youth to find recovery and prevent drug overdoses.

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Save the Boys Initiative: Tackling Sexual Abuse and Providing Support for Boys

Saadatu Albashir Muzha Kucha

June 06, 2023 |

Radio Nigeria |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The Save the Boys Initiative provides counseling, group and family therapy, programming around mentorship and leadership, and other forms of assistance for boys who have experienced sexual abuse.

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In This District, Students Are Part of the Mental Health Response

Denisa R. Superville

June 05, 2023 |

Education Week |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Uhrichsville, Ohio

The Peers Uplifting Peers program works to break down the stigma surrounding mental health and normalize having conversations about getting help. The program trains rural high schoolers in mental health first aid, teaching them how to communicate with their peers who may be experiencing mental health issues and how to connect them with trusted adults and mental health resources.

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Leaders in Black community teach healthy ways of expression

Taylor Torregano

May 26, 2023 |

Spectrum News 1 SoCal |

Video |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

At the Crenshaw YMCA, Black men and youth are able to get together to play basketball as community leaders discuss mental health with those in attendance on the court, working to break centuries of stigma surrounding Black men and mental health. Playing basketball and working at the YMCA offers a sense of community and shows youth there are other ways to express their emotions besides resorting to violence.

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Virginia students learning strategies to avoid bad behavior, more suspensions

Jenna Zibton

May 10, 2023 |

WSLS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Lynchburg, Virginia

The Restorative Suspension Center provides a space for students facing suspension to work with staff to change their behavior. The Center provides mentoring and group sessions with their peers and also teaches coping skills to prevent those bad behaviors. Since starting the program, the Lynchburg City School District has seen an 86% decrease in discipline referrals.

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Educational mentorships: How to give time to children

Lex Kleren Laura Tomassini

April 27, 2023 |

Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Luxembourg

The Up Foundation sponsors a mentorship program in which adult volunteers meet with a child 21 times over a full year to provide a positive adult relationship and help them build soft skills not covered by formal education. Two children are being mentored in the pilot program so far, and their teachers report that they are more active and excited at school since joining the program.

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Youth Sports Are More Important Than Ever for Kids' Mental Health

Allison Torres Burtka

April 12, 2023 |

Global Sport Matters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

Studies have found that youth who play sports have higher levels of self-esteem and social support and lower levels of depression and loneliness. Several organizations — like Girls on the Run and DC Scores — have emerged to provide sports programming that doubles as a space to teach interpersonal skills, problem-solving and how to talk about feelings and ask for help.

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'He's never gonna be the same again' What type of support does a child need to recover from the trauma of being shot? A Kalamazoo mother is on a lonely search for that answer.

Kristie May

April 11, 2023 |

NowKalamazoo |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

The Victim of Violence Program uses hospital social workers to connect with youth in the hospital for cases of interpersonal violence by helping them cope with trauma, and any other psychosocial concerns that may arise as a result within the year that youth and their families are required to participate in the program. An individualized, holistic treatment plan is developed for each patient, whether that be helping them graduate high school, learn how to communicate better with family or manage the symptoms of their trauma. In 2021, the program had 11 patients and a 100% completion rate.

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School-based clinic offers convenient mental-health care for Battle Creek Central students

Nicole Morehouse

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Battle Creek, Michigan

Grace Health is a public health agency that has clinics in 200 schools throughout the state that offer mental health services to students, among other care like immunizations and sports physicals. This on-site mental healthcare option helps increase access among students as there’s no need to travel to a facility and the at-school care is free or significantly low-cost. In 2022 alone, Grace Health served 600 patients in 1,300 visits.

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Battling addiction and stigmas in the East African community

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

April 10, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Daryeel Youth helps East African youth on the streets, particularly those struggling with drug abuse, by providing free pizza and a chance to connect with others. At the plaza — now known as Daryeel Corner — parents can also receive education on addiction issues and how to best help their children and how to destigmatize addiction and treatment in the East African culture.

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