The Center for Law and Social Policy’s (CLASP) youth and young adult mental health framework calls for policies that increase access to healing, transformative mental health supports for this population. Through our Policy Advancing Transformation and Healing (PATH) initiative, CLASP has collaborated with partners over 2019 and 2020 to test this framework, advancing systems and policy changes supporting well-being for transition-age youth (ages 16-17) and young adults (ages 18-25). We identified a set of policy options with broad applicability and strong potential to increase access to transformation and healing for economically marginalized young people. This series, by Nia West Bey and Kayla Tawa, explains state and local policy options targeting community-based care, confidentiality, and cost.

Read the Executive Summary

READ REPORT: Community-Based Care Policy Options for Youth and Young Adults

READ REPORT: Confidentiality Policy Options for Accessible Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Care

READ REPORT: Cost Policy Options for Accessible Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Care