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Opinion: What California can do to improve children’s mental health Original
California’s children are struggling. Unprecedented levels of toxic stress and trauma stemming from the pandemic have exacerbated a pre-existing crisis in children’s mental health. Even before the pandemic began, rates of adolescent suicide and self-harm were on the rise. Now, nearly two years into the pandemic, social isolation, emotional disconnection, economic stress and COVID’s physical impact have taken a toll on our youth and exacerbated an already critical problem.
Opinion: What California can do to improve children’s mental health
California’s children are struggling. Unprecedented levels of toxic stress and trauma stemming from the pandemic have exacerbated a pre-existing crisis in children’s mental health. Even before the pandemic began, rates of adolescent suicide and self-harm were on the rise. Now, nearly two years into the pandemic, social isolation, emotional disconnection, economic stress and COVID’s physical impact have taken a toll on our youth and exacerbated an already critical problem.
What California can do to improve children’s mental health Original
California’s children are struggling. Unprecedented levels of toxic stress and trauma stemming from the pandemic have exacerbated a pre-existing crisis in children’s mental health. Even before the pandemic began, rates of adolescent suicide and self-harm were on the rise. Now, nearly two years into the pandemic, social isolation, emotional disconnection, economic stress and COVID’s physical impact have taken a toll on our youth and exacerbated an already critical problem.
GUEST COMMENTARY; What California can do to improve children’s mental health; Under California’s system for supporting children’s mental health, the state needs to first tackle the system’s deficiencies.
Published on Thursday, 06 January 2022 15:03 Written by Pedro Nava, Sean Varner and David Beier January 06, 2022 By Pedro Nava, Sean Varner and David Beier Contributing Writers California’s children are struggling. Unprecedented levels of toxic stress and trauma stemming from the pandemic have exacerbated a pre-existing crisis in children’s mental health. Even before the pandemic began, rates of adolescent suicide and self-harm were on the rise.
California must address impact of COVID-19 on children’s mental health Original
A resurgence of COVID-19 is not the only crisis facing children this school year. As kids across California head back to classrooms this month, they face another equally dangerous threat to their well-being: a crisis of mental health. California’s children were already in the midst of a mental health emergency before the pandemic began.
California must address impact of COVID-19 on children’s mental health
A resurgence of COVID-19 is not the only crisis facing children this school year. As kids across California head back to classrooms this month, they face another equally dangerous threat to their well-being: a crisis of mental health. California’s children were already in the midst of a mental health emergency before the pandemic began.
What California must do to ensure employment recovers from the pandemic
For some of the 1.5 million Californians now out of work due to COVID, the disruption of the pandemic recession will become a permanent loss: Their jobs will never come back. To help them, California must strengthen and streamline its training system so that for the many workers now not receiving a paycheck, better training can lead to better jobs. The crisis is acute. More Californians are now out of work than at the depths of the Great Recession.
My Turn: Action needed to preserve small business
By Pedro Nava, Sean Varner, and David Beier, Special to CalMatters On Nov. 20, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the launch of a key program to support small businesses devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic – the California Rebuilding Fund. While we commend this strong start, the state must marshal more resources to address the pandemic’s impact on our small business communities.
My Turn: Action needed to preserve small business
By Pedro Nava, Sean Varner, and David Beier, Special to CalMatters On Nov. 20, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the launch of a key program to support small businesses devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic – the California Rebuilding Fund. While we commend this strong start, the state must marshal more resources to address the pandemic’s impact on our small business communities.
Column: Beyond Newsom’s Rebuilding Fund, more action is needed to save small businesses
On Nov. 20, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the launch of a key program to support small businesses devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic — the California Rebuilding Fund. While we commend this strong start, the state must marshal more resources to address the pandemic’s impact on our small business communities.
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