Mainstream Mental Health

Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T. is the Executive Director and Founder of Celia Center, a support center that meets the critical needs of all those connected by Foster Care and Adoption. She is also the clinical director of Yoffe TherapyWebsite: https://www.yoffetherapy.com/ Speaking Points:1. Mental and behavioral health is the largest unmet health need for children and teens in foster care and is a public health crisis.2. Foster Care Statistics:In 2017, about 442,995 children were placed in foster care. Nearly 1/3 of them lived with relatives.b. Recent studies suggest that up to 80% of children in foster care have significant mental health issues.c. According to a national study by the Urban Institute, foster children had higher levels of emotional and behavior problems, more often had physical, learning, or mental health conditions that limited their psychosocial functioning, and were less engaged in school and more likely to have been expelled. d. Of the children in foster care, just 23% of those in care for