California Youth
Mental Health Needs
Physical & Mental Health Access
Physical & Mental Health Utilization
Racial Disproportionality/Disparities
100

Race/ethnic group belonging to HALF of all children and youth in California

What is Latino/Hispanic?

100

Most common type of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) for California children/youth

What is parent/guardian divorce/separation?

100

Pathway most children/youth become eligible for Medi-Cal

What is income?

100

California's ranking out of 51 in addressing youth mental health and access

What is 33rd?

100

Over 60% of these youth come from single-parent households

What is Black youth?

200

Health insurance for 40% of California youth and over 80% of impoverished youth

What is Medi-cal/CHIP?

200

Economic stability, adequate housing, education, health care and what other factor are recognized as social determinants of overall child well-being

What is food security?

200

Over 90% of Medi-cal children/youth receive services via this delivery system

What is managed care?

200

Medi-Cal children/youth across all race/ethnicity groups faced a disparity in receiving this health service

What is developmental screenings?

200

Disproportionate share of these 2 groups among youth in foster care

What is Black and Native American youth?

300

Percentage of California children/youth living in poverty

What is 20%?

300

Percentage of California students considered socially disadvantaged

What is over 60%?

300
Medi-cal expansion that includes children and youth with low to moderate incomes

What is Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)?

300

Less than half of Medi-Cal children/youth on antipsychotics received this required health service

What is metabolic monitoring?
300
Youth that make up 5% of the youth population in California but 20% of juvenile arrests

What is Black youth?

400

California children/youth in foster care

What is 60,000?

400

Youth that are 4 times more likely to have a mental health condition than general youth

What is foster youth?

400

Statue that entitles children/youth on Medi-Cal/CHIP to mental health services

What is the Early Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) statute?

400

Percentage of all children/youth receiving at least 1 specialty mental health service (SMHS)

What is 4%

400

Share of Hispanic/Latino California youth impoverished

What is 1 in 4?

500

Children/youth detained daily in county facilities

What is 4,000?

500

Over 75% of these youth experienced childhood trauma

What is juvenile justice youth?

500

Medi-Cal children and youth receive these 2 types of mental health services

Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) and non-SMHS

500

Percentage of foster youth receiving at least 1 specialty mental health service (SMHS)

What is 50%

500

Less than a third of these youth are considered college ready

What is Native American youth?