CMHACY (California Mental Health Advocates for Children & Youth)

2022 Conference: “Not Business as Usual: From Conversation to Action”

The Mothers on the Frontline Children’s Mental Health Justice Framework

Presented by Dionne Bensonsmith, Tammy Nyden, and Angela Riccio

This workshop aims to bring together individuals (parents, caregivers, professionals) who have lived experience with children’s and youth mental health and mental health systems to brainstorm and share information about children and youth mental health care and mental health justice. Members of Mothers on the Frontline will introduce their Children’s Mental Health Justice Framework and Wisdom Collective Methodology and discuss how they utilize them for holistic policies and practices that center the well-being of children, families, caregivers, and communities.