Our nation’s current youth mental health crisis demands action. The Coalition is doing just that. In 2024 alone, the Coalition . . .
- Organized a 2-part training for local early childhood educators on creative trauma sensitive/compassionate classrooms
- Worked with local RI legislators to pass bills requiring commercial insurance coverage of Community Health Worker and youth mobile crisis services
- Launched The Greatest 8™ Text Messaging Service in Spanish
- Taught teenMental Health First Aid to the entire sophomore class at Narragansett High School
- Partnered with Thundermist Health Center & Narragansett School System to provide teleBehavioral Health Services to middle & high school students during the school day
- Conducted 10 focus groups documenting the reflections of local youth about the factors impacting their mental wellness
- Convened a 13-member Youth Advisory Council to develop the region’s first youth-driven ACTION PLAN for mental wellness
- Held a Youth Mental Health Summit in May 2024 to unveil the youth ACTION PLAN and rally support for its implementation
See our 2024 Annual Report below for more more details. Our work would not be possible without our many partners, volunteers, and donors.
