Children

Mental health needs among all age groups, especially youth, are skyrocketing. All too often, the stigma, cost, and accessibility of seeking care keep kids from getting the support they need. However since 2018, Growing Community Connections, the South Sioux City Schools, and Heartland Counseling Services have partnered to overcome these barriers by putting therapists in every elementary, middle, and high school in the district, training every school staff member in mental health first aid, and connecting students and families with community resources that ease stress-inducing burdens.

Listen to Sarah Enright as she recommends What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster.

This is Jennifer Havlik with the Sioux City Public Library, and you’re listening to Check It Out. Today I’m recommending All the Children are Home by…

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This is Jenn Delperdang with the Sioux City Public Library and you’re listening to Check It Out. Today, I’m recommending Nothing to See Here by Kevin…

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050119 504Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill today that creates a children’s mental health system in Iowa.Reynolds said that today marks a major…

050119 404Iowa’s mental health regions have until next April to figure out how to fill the gaps in mental health services available to children. But they…

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