The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $4.5 million in grants to 15 community programs aimed at bringing school-connected mental health services to all children in need, with an emphasis on those from low-income immigrant and refugee families.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $4.5 million in grants to 15 community programs aimed at bringing school-connected mental health services to all children in need, with an emphasis on those from low-income immigrant and refugee families.
Realizing the substantial mental health burdens borne by these children, the umbrella program, Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth, will offer innovative, community-based partnerships focused on getting this special population the services they need to make a healthy transition to life in the US.
According to the Foundation, children from refugee and immigrant families often face economic, social, and personal hardships that may affect their mental health and well being, but they are less likely to get the help they need. In 2002, children of immigrants totaled 13.5 millionrepresenting more than 26 percent of low-income children under age 18 in this country.
The 15 new Caring Across Communities projects are:
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