MA non-profits receive grants for youth mental health
Youth and adolescents across the country often suffer and struggle mentally in silence.
Health New England, a non-profit Massachusetts-based health insurance company, has decided to help its community by allocating more than $80,000 to aid youth mental health and wellness in Western Massachusetts.
The insurance company’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging grant was inspired after a Springfield Public Schools’ Youth Health Survey revealed that nearly four in 10 students surveyed at the eighth grade level have felt hopeless for weeks.
“The results of the many studies that point to the worsening of overall health and well-being of our youth are extremely concerning,” said Richard S...
