The impact of the drastic measures the state has implemented to isolate people from one another is reverberating across Connecticut – with the repercussions likely to fall the hardest on the state’s most vulnerable children. READ MORE.
Weston-based PlayBall For All and Norwalk-Based The Factory, hosted a clinic in baseball fundamentals for 35 children. READ MORE
Dr. Alice Forrester, Executive Director at Clifford Beers Clinic in New Haven, will be on hand for the open-to-the-public screening and discussion. LEARN MORE HERE
National data indicates the mental health of our youth is getting worse, not better. Major depression in youth has increased 4.35 percent over the last 6 years - meaning over 2 million youth have severe depression. Nationwide, 60 percent of youth with major depression do not receive any mental health treatment. READ MORE AT MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA
In 2019, 952 unaccompanied minors fleeing violence in their countries of origin, were picked up by federal authorities released in Connecticut to relatives, friends or other sponsors, according to federal data. Many of these children, mostly teenagers and some younger siblings, have little to eat along their journey north, traveling thousands of miles by bus and on foot, crossing rivers and hiking through the desert in the middle of the night. Many of children are beaten, robbed or raped along the way. READ MORE AT CT MIRROR
Norwalk’s newly-appointed Chief of Community Services Lamond Daniels expressed the critical need of immigrant students for mental and emotional support services. READ MORE AT NANCY ON NORWALK.
