31/05/2024
This Legal-Mental Health partnership with Project Libertad has helped countless youth and their families over the past 4 years. The partnership improves access to the mental health support they need while also connecting with free legal aid to support their rights as immigrants. 💛💛💛
Our collaboration with Immigrant Psychology Network increases access to critical mental health services for newcomer youth!
Migrant children often arrive in the United States with extensive prior trauma before facing additional stressors in the US, like the threat of deportation, a lack of legal counsel, difficult family dynamics, academic challenges, and more. These challenges can exacerbate existing mental health problems. As a result, newcomer youth are more likely to struggle in isolation with symptoms of PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression.
Yet, these children often cannot access mental health support due to multiple barriers, including financial barriers, cultural and linguistic barriers, survival needs, and the stigma attached to mental illness. Further, few mental health providers with the clinical expertise and cultural and linguistic competence to treat this population exist, particularly in rural areas.
Recognizing the dire gap in mental health services for immigrant youth in the Greater Philadelphia Area, Project Libertad partnered with the Immigrant Psychology Network in 2020 to launch a Legal-Mental Health Partnership in order to increase awareness and access to mental health services for immigrant youth.
Project Libertad and Immigrant Psychology Network collaborate on a variety of initiatives, including Know Your Rights Mental Health presentations, mental health evaluations, bilingual therapy, professional development, consultation, and more!
Learn more: https://ow.ly/EWkT50S2UBj
