CLASP Mental Health Awareness Month Roundup 

Throughout Mental Health Awareness Month CLASP worked to #ReframeMentalHealth, beginning with a Twitter chat on May 6th. 

New Publications 
Throughout the month, we released three new briefs focused on improving mental health care for youth and young adults.

• "Ten Core Competencies for Youth and Young Adult Centered Mental Health Systems" outlines core competencies for providing adolescent-focused health care, addressing existing gaps in youth- and adult-centered mental health systems.
• "Unlocking Transformation and Healing: Overview of Policy Options for Accessible Youth and Young Adult Mental Healthcare" is the executive summary of our Unlocking Transformation and Healing brief series. This series overviews policy options for accessible youth and young adult mental health care. Throughout June, we will release three new briefs in the series on community-based care, confidentiality, and cost. 
• “Redefining Evidence-Based Practices: Expanding our View of Evidence” discusses the shortcomings of relying solely on Evidence-Based Practices, instead advocating for new standards of data-driven and community-informed program implementation and evaluation.

Instagram Profiles 
Throughout the month we profiled community leaders on Instagram: 

• Dr. Irán Barrera, member of CLASP's Mental Health Advisory Board; 
• Cara Page, member of CLASP's Mental Health Advisory Board;   
• Daejanae Day, Chair of Prince George's County, Maryland Youth Action Board;  
• Jazmine Wildcat, 2020 Champion for Change with the Center for Native American Youth; and  
• Irina Ventura, Director of Public Health Initiatives at the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey.  

Webinars
We hosted two webinars, one on young parent mental health and the other on how the history of racism is impacting the response to the opioid overdose epidemic.   

• “Listening to Young Adult Parents: The Multigenerational Making of Mental Health.”
• “How the History of Racism is Negatively Affecting our Response to the Overdose Epidemic in All Communities.”

Upcoming in June!   

• Brief: "Unlocking Transformation and Healing: Community-based Care Policy Options for Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Care" 
• Brief: "Unlocking Transformation and Healing: Confidential Care Policy Options for Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Care" 
• Brief: "Unlocking Transformation and Healing: Cost Policy Options for Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Care"