Latest from CLASP on Mental Health Awareness Month 

Join CLASP as we #ReframeMentalHealth during Mental Health Awareness Month! 

New Brief
This week, we released “Redefining Evidence-Based Practices: Expanding our View of Evidence.” This brief discusses the shortcomings of relying solely on Evidence-Based Practices and, instead, advocates for new standards of data-driven and community-informed program implementation and evaluation.

Instagram
Throughout the month we are profiling community leaders on Instagram. This week, we’ve featured two CLASP Mental Health Advisory Board members: Dr. Irán Barrera and Cara Page. 

Webinars
Please join us for two webinars: 

• Join us May 20 at 1:00 ET for a webinar entitled, “Listening to Young Adult Parents: The Multigenerational Making of Mental Health.” We’ll hear about qualitative reports from young parents on practice, program, and policy solutions to address their mental health needs. 

Learn more and register here!

• Join us May 27 at 3:00 ET for a webinar entitled, “How the History of Racism is Negatively Affecting our Response to the Overdose Epidemic in All Communities.” We will take a closer look at barriers in communities of color, which often lie beyond the realm of behavioral health. Our discussion will frame those historical and legislative constraints and explore how we can adapt the current response.

Learn more and register here!

Reports 

• “Looking at Life Different: Equitable Mental Health Supports for Young Adult Parents” by Nia West-Bey 
• “Between the Lines: Understanding Our Country’s Racialized Response to the Opioid Overdose Epidemic” by Isha Weerasinghe, Yesenia Jimenez, and Bruce Wilson