Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog examines the problem of child abuse in residential youth treatment facilities and what lawmakers are doing about it. Plus we report on how the American Rescue Plan deliberately addressed racial and income inequity. Finally, we check out a White House forum on youth mental health issues. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
Survivors, children's advocates speak out about abuse in youth treatment facilities
May 24
Alex was just 13 years old when he was transported at 4:23 a.m. to wilderness therapy, having no clue where he was going, or who was bringing him. The child believed he was kidnapped. At the simplest definition of the term, he was. Following the “abduction” as Alex calls it, he did not have access to a shower for 27 days. He was stripped of his basic human rights and humiliated: put into isolation for lashing out. He was a hurting child who needed love, instead, he got traumatized. READ MORE »
How the American Rescue Plan created a more just America
May 26
The Biden Administration this week released a detailed report laying out not just how the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) helped the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the pandemic-related recession, but also took historic steps to promote racial and income equity. READ MORE »
White House forum explores growing youth mental health crisis
May 27
Eva Long’s mother was overseas when she got a call saying her daughter had committed suicide while away at college. "I was just in shock. I said, 'This can't be real. This can't be true,'" Long said. "That cry of a mother when they've lost their child is a pretty wicked one, and I couldn't stop it." READ MORE »
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