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Leveraging a Public–Public Partnership in Los Angeles County to Address COVID-19 for Children, Youth, and Families in Underresourced Communities

Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Roya;
Harrison, Domenique;
Kelman, Alex;
Kataoka, Sheryl;
Langley, Audra K;
Ramos, Natalia;
Cugley, Gita Murthy;
Alquijay, Marta A;
Tate, Kanchana;
Lester, Patricia;
Mogil, Catherine;
Franke, Todd Michael;
Bath, Eraka

UCLA Previously Published Works (2020)

There is growing concern about the mental health and social impact of COVID-19 on underresourced children, youth, and families given widespread social disruption, school closures, economic impact, and loss of lives. In this commentary we describe how an existing public-public partnership between a large county mental health department and a state university responded to COVID-19. This partnership, originally designed to address workforce needs, rapidly pivoted to support providers through a trauma- and resilience-informed approach to mitigating adverse mental health effects among youth and families in Los Angeles County. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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