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When veterans return to civilian life their primary goal is to find employment but according to a new report from RAND, there are very few programs dedicated to helping them do that.   The report finds that 94% of the $13 billion in federal funding for veteran transitions is allotted for education programs. At the Foundation we are aligned with RAND’s recommendation to refocus transition support to better help veterans find and keep civilian jobs. After a decade of funding organizations like American Corporate Partners (ACP), Hire Heroes USA, VetJobs, and Onward to Opportunity, we know programs like these work.   Read the full RAND report funded by The Heinz Endowments: https://lnkd.in/gtfxKHKy

Interested in a mental health career and curious about where to even begin? The newly launched Youth Mental Health Corps offers three on-ramps to behavioral health careers for 18-24 year-olds.    ➡️  Be a Navigator. On the school-based pathway, members will earn stackable credentials and/or credits toward a higher education program as they serve in schools, out-of-school-time programs, and community-based youth organizations in communities with limited access to mental health services.   ➡️  Be a Recovery Specialist. Members who have lived experience with mental health challenges and/or substance use disorder will support peers and near-peers along their recovery journey while getting the training and experience required to earn a peer support/recovery specialist state certification.   ➡️  Be a Community Health Worker. Members will have the opportunity to serve youth and young adults in communities where access to mental health resources is limited, all while receiving the training, support, and experience to earn a community health worker state certification.    We’re so proud to partner with Pinterest and AmeriCorps to leverage the power of national service, addressing the youth mental health crisis while creating onramps for young people to enter the behavioral health workforce.      Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gtZshz6t

45% of students are experiencing persistent feelings of hopelessness. At the same time, the country has a shortage of mental health providers. To help communities experiencing shortages and to build on-ramps to behavioral health careers for our future mental health providers, these four states will begin implementing the Youth Mental Health Corps this year! · OneStar  · Michigan Community Service Commission · Serve Colorado  · ServeMinnesota    We’re so proud to partner with Pinterest and AmeriCorps to leverage the power of national service, addressing the youth mental health crisis while creating onramps for young people to enter the behavioral health workforce.      Learn more at https://lnkd.in/d2uQm3SJ 

The work of the newly launched Youth Mental Health Corps is critical. Leveraging the power of partnership between philanthropy, business, government, and non-profits, we launched the Youth Mental Health Corps with Pinterest and AmeriCorps to address the youth mental health crisis. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e_uSNrJU Thank you Emily Tate Sullivan and EdSurge for bringing attention to this program!

When our co-founder and chair Sheri Schultz challenged us to leverage the power of national service to address the youth mental health crisis, we were excited to step up to the challenge. In partnership with Pinterest and AmeriCorps, we launched the Youth Mental Health Corps. The Corps is an initiative where young people can build skills, earn credentials, and receive a stipend as they help their peers in schools and communities across the country.   Learn more about the Youth Mental Health Corps at: https://lnkd.in/d2uQm3SJ Photos by: Tierney L. Cross

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Demi Lovato is a courageously candid advocate committed to raising awareness about mental health. Their message in this video is a powerful example of our greatest strengths to address America’s youth mental health crisis: kindness, compassion, teamwork, urgency and action.   The entire team at the Schultz Family Foundation is enormously grateful that Demi used their platform to spread the word about the country’s first Youth Mental Health Corps – a new program we created with Pinterest and AmeriCorps. Learn more and apply at https://lnkd.in/gJ4qFhwf

So proud to see the Youth Mental Health Corps and AmeriCorps members like Nelly Grosso receiving recognition from Teen Vogue today!   The Youth Mental Health Corps is a first of its kind initiative launched in partnership with the Foundation and Pinterest to address the youth mental health crisis while providing onramps to behavioral health careers for young people.    We encourage you to read the article: https://lnkd.in/ekP5QHyP

ICYMI: U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks on the power of philanthropy, business and government teaming up to address America’s teen mental health crisis at the Axios event this morning.

ICYMI: This morning our co-founder and chair Sheri Schultz took the stage with The U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, Pinterest’s Wanji Walcott and AmeriCorps’ Michael Smith to discuss the state of youth mental health today and solutions to address this crisis like the newly launched Youth Mental Health Corps.