Fostering gives you a gift of seeing potential long before it has bloomed.
Helping parents understand what feelings and moods are normal and what might need a little extra attention.
Children’s Wisconsin is taking another step in our efforts to raise awareness about the mental and behavioral health crisis facing kids. We’re joining Children’s Hospital Association, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) to “Sound the Alarm for Kids” to not only raise awareness, but to urge Congress to enact legislation and increase funding to address the issue. Read about this week's declaration of a state of emergency.
Rates of childhood mental health concerns and suicide rose steadily between 2010 and 2020 and by 2018 suicide was the second leading cause of death for youth ages 10-24. The pandemic worsened this ongoing and significant crisis in children's mental health by causing disruptions in daily routine, social isolation, financial insecurity, grief for many children and families and pediatric labor shortages.
“The crisis is significant. About one in five kids in Wisconsin is struggling with a mental illness. Our kids have high rates of anxiety, depression and suicide and not enough access to care,” said Amy Herbst, MSSW, APSW, vice president, Mental and Behavioral Health, Children’s Wisconsin., “Children's Wisconsin has a vision that Wisconsin’s kids will be the healthiest kids in the nation, but we can only do this if we address their mental health.”
In November 2019, Children’s Wisconsin identified seven initiatives to address the mental and behavioral health needs of Wisconsin kids that would represent a $150 million investment. Learn more about the progress made in 2020 to detect needs sooner, improve access to services and reduce the stigma, and read about the largest donation in the history of Children's Wisconsin that will transform the delivery of integrated mental and behavioral health care at every Children’s Wisconsin primary care and urgent care locations.
Staff supporting mental and behavioral health care at Children’s Wisconsin includes experts in the fields of child and adolescent psychiatry, pediatric psychology, neuropsychology and psychotherapy.
Children’s Wisconsin has awarded State Senator Mary Felzkowsi (R-Tomahawk) and State Representative Robert Wittke (R-Racine) with the tenth annual Children’s Champion Policy Awards.
Mental health walk-in care is now available at the Children’s Wisconsin Kenosha Clinic thanks to a $3 million gift from Kohl’s.
Milwaukee is now home to one of the nation’s first institutes designed specifically to focus on the neurological needs of people from birth to old age.
Outstanding and inspiring stories were featured on our social media channels this year. Here are our top 10 stories of 2023.
The year 2023 at Children’s Wisconsin has been defined by transformation and the top news stories of the year reflect that.
As the director of Clinical Engineering at Children’s Wisconsin, Ann leads a team who supports the management of medical equipment throughout the system.
While great strides have been made the last few years, our work is not done until we have greatly reduced the number of kids who become hooked after vaping.