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Agencies highlight higher behavioral-health needs among foster care youth
Summary
Presenters used the dashboard to show substantially higher rates of trauma-related diagnoses and behavioral-health treatment needs for youth in foster care, calling the data a planning tool for tailored services and prevention.
Speakers said the dashboard provides clearer numbers showing that foster care youth have markedly higher behavioral-health needs than the broader Apple Health population.
"We see about 0.25 of our young people ages 0 to 25 in foster care have a trauma or stressor related mental health diagnosis compared to 5 percent of those in Apple Health," said Bridget Poppel, summarizing chart comparisons. Vicky Ybarra of DCYF said staff use those figures in training and service planning for child-welfare teams.
Presenters emphasized the dashboard's role in prevention and early intervention planning; they said seeing subgroup differences helped regional caseworkers and program managers prioritize services for young people who have experienced trauma.
