White House Publishes Fact Sheet on Youth Mental Health, Substance Use

The Biden Administration recently published a fact sheet outlining the steps it is taking to improve access to care for youth mental health (MH) and SUD conditions. The Administration’s stated emphasis on youth MH/SUD includes: (1) Ensuring Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care; (2) Investing in Community-based Youth MH/SUD care; (3) Increasing School-based Behavioral Health Supports; and more. As a part of these efforts, the Department of Education released a new resource that provides strategies to support child and student social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs.