Funding now is about a fifth lower than 2002.
I am so pleased to see in the President's initiative funding to train mental health professionals.
But what you would see, though, with young men of color, this becomes a pipeline from the cradle to the prison because majority of them neve...
I want to support and make sure all of the President's initiatives are fully funded.
Any program that sees a reduction means it is less that we can do for the communities in America.
There are young people who die every day on the streets of our cities who are disproportionately, in many cases, people of color because of ...
Young African-American and Latino boys, they are being suspended and kicked out of school for a variety of reasons.
I am a trained clinical social worker by profession. My background is mental health.
I hope that we are able to discuss what can be done to reach more children with undiagnosed and untreated mental health challenges.
when we fail to address mental illness, when people cannot access services and there is nowhere for them to go, the outcomes are not positiv...
The recent mass shootings, including those in Connecticut, Colorado, and Arizona, have launched a real national discussion about mental heal...
the digital divide is still very real in many parts of the country in many of our communities
I just hate to see and to hear all of the, I say, assaults that you are under and attacks.
It is extremely important that we know that we have to have trained mental health counselors.
I hope to discuss how to make our schools a safer learning environment without turning them into armed camps.
there is an overwhelming need now. It is the resources that, inexcusably, are lacking.
I am really worried about what is taking place.
I appreciate it. And I thank all of you for your testimony.
