Youth Mental Health

Youth Forward is working to increase access to culturally-grounded mental health services for youth of color and vulnerable youth through advocating for the expansion of peer to peer approaches. We are working with the Sacramento County Office of Education, citiesRISE and with the Center at Sierra Health Foundation to develop a training series on mental health for youth development organizations. We believe that we need to expand mental health beyond a traditional medical model to include prevention, healing, arts and music and peer to peer supports.​