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Surgeon General issues warning of youth mental health crisis. Here's what you can do

The pain is all around us, persistent and often hard to see. But a youth mental health crisis demands “a swift and coordinated response” to a pandemic that has “exacerbated the unprecedented stresses young people already faced,” says the U.S. Surgeon General.

Dealt a hard hand: Here's how First Call, LINCWorks are lifting up families in crisis

First, breathe. This is where the training began in First Call’s recent work with LINCWorks case manager-life coaches. The advice goes both to a parent anxious over the welfare of their hungry child, or the case manager anxious over how to help them rise. You have to connect yourself to life’s oxygen mask.