When youth are given the tools to identify and address the moments they feel sad, anxious, or lonely – and recognize when those emotions are presenting at unhealthy levels and in destructive ways – they begin to heal generational patterns and develop skills that will serve them for a lifetime.

Mental health care administered in one’s native language and cultural context can often increase treatment effectiveness, improve health outcomes, and yield generational change.

Rural communities face unique challenges in accessing and adopting mental health care, but Pacific Northwest nonprofits are finding solutions that bring services directly to the people that need them.