‘We Must Act Quickly’: MN Sen. Tina Smith Urges Federal Gov’t To Provide Mental Health Resources For Native Youth During Pandemic

From CBS Minnesota:

July 28, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) has sent a letter to federal education and health officials, demanding accessible, comprehensive and culturally-competent mental health care for Indigenous youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the letter, Smith and several of her Senate colleagues say that Native American and Alaska native youth already faced mental and behavioral health challenges before the pandemic and may have an especially hard time finding care right now, during the pandemic.

Smith says that, due to so many seeking care at school, the federal administration needs to work to find solutions to reach these students while schools are closed.

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