The Jewish Chronicle Publishes JHF Op-Ed on the Need for Investment in the Mental Health System

The pandemic's effects on youth mental health and the need for increased services and supports was recently highlighted in a Jewish Chronicle op-ed "The time is now to invest in the mental health system" by Jewish Healthcare Foundation Policy Associate Sarah Pesi, MSPPM. In the op-ed, Pesi discusses: Youth interest in increasing peer support and student-led initiatives; how the new BH Fellows program was established as a response to workforce needs; and how community initiatives like the Teen Mental Health Collaborative, Friendship Circle's The Beacon, and JFCS' UpStreet formed as a response to a current crisis. Read the op-ed.