Dear Friend,
We kick off Speak up for Kids, our annual public education campaign, with two new initiatives. We released the first Child Mind Institute Children's Mental Health Report this morning, and tonight we present the first Child Mind Institute Change Maker Awards.
In the Children's Mental Health Report we've gathered the best information about the scope of children's mental illness in America. The findings are staggering. More than 17 million kids have a psychiatric disorder and only 35 percent of them get help. We hope this high-impact, interactive presentation of the data will help start a vital conversation among health care providers, families, and lawmakers.
The Change Maker Awards honor people and organizations that are actively changing things for the better and improving the lives of our kids. From the First Lady of New York to a campus advocacy group, we're all working towards similar goals and helping kids who struggle with mental illness.
I hope that you'll help spread the word about the Report and the Awards among your friends and colleagues And please join me once again this May as we Speak Up for Kids, work to transform our nations understanding of childhood mental illness, and celebrate the people who are making the change.
With warmest regards,
Harold S. Koplewicz, MD
President, Child Mind Institute
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