Key Facts and Statistics

Include these key points in your messaging to demonstrate the importance of prioritizing conversations about the mental health needs of children and youth in foster care and their caregivers.


Statistics

View these statistics to learn about the higher rates in which children and youth in foster care experience mental health challenges. They also present the systemic barriers that Black, Indigenous, and other children and youth of color as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) populations face in receiving culturally appropriate mental health services and supports.


Key Facts

Use these facts to learn how child welfare professionals can view mental health services with a lens that includes a consideration of the culture, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and disability of the recipient and take a holistic and culturally responsive approach to supporting the mental health needs of children and youth in foster care and their caregivers.

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