Our Scans · Youth Mental Health · Weekly Summary

• [New] California schools have been adding counselors, therapists, and psychiatrists to provide services where young people spend most of their time, making mental health treatment more accessible to kids whose families might have spent months waiting to see private therapists. KFF Health News
• [New] Grand Challenges Canada's Being Initiative provides a strategic opportunity for organizations to expand proven youth mental health solutions. fundsforNGOs - Grants and Resources for Sustainability
• Experts warn the UK risks creating a lost generation as disappearing entry-level jobs, worsening mental health and AI disruption leave more than one million young people outside work or education. Fair Play Talks
• The Fall 2024 cohort of 10 musicians each bring a music-driven community program they will develop or expand, addressing a variety of issues of social concern including: LGBTQ + representation, accessibility for artists with disabilities, youth mental health, gun violence and energy poverty. Music to Life
• The 2023 NYC Youth Agenda highlights demands from young New Yorkers for economic mobility through job placements, educational opportunities, housing supports, and mental health care access as top concerns and areas of need for themselves and their peers. CCC New York
• While a lack of social and leisure opportunities for young people aged 16-25 is a common problem in the UK, there are additional contributory factors for poor mental health that are unique to deprived coastal communities. SpringerLink
• A $6 million pledge by one of Singapore's largest private donors will provide scholarships to mental health professionals and support the work of a community agency working with troubled youth. ST
• Suicide rates among young people in the U.S. have dropped 11% below projected figures, marking an encouraging milestone in teen mental health. FOX 13 Tampa Bay
• SLGBTQ + youth are at elevated risk for mental health difficulties and suicidality compared to cisgender heterosexual peers.77% of transgender Canadians in Ontario have seriously considered suicide.45% have attempted suicide. Emotions Therapy Calgary
• The Wellcome Trust has opened a new funding opportunity for UK-based research teams to evaluate the mental health impacts of potential digital technology and social media restriction policies for children and young people. LinkedIn

Last updated: 09 July 2026