Our Mission
Youth Minds Alliance is a youth-led mental health organization that aims to educate, advocate, and ultimately influence policymakers and the public on youth mental health issues.
Our Purpose
To increase accessibility to mental health resources among youth and adolescents.
Our Methods
Connecting with communities through workshops, interactive events, and resources along with reaching out to those with similar values for collaboration. Youth Minds Alliance is well established in California state policy, seeking to provide a voice for youth and adolescents to promote mental health programs that fit their best interests.
With these methods, some of our accomplishments include the following:
→ 70+ members nationwide ranging from the East to West coast.
→ Suicide Intervention & Prevention Campaign was recognized by U.S. Congress Representatives and California State Senate.
→ Works with the CA Children's Trust to make peer-to-peer mental health support programs 1 in 14 allowable expenses under the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI) of $4.4 billion.
→Provides recommendations to the CA Department of Health Care Services & other state leaders to advance youth mental health initiatives.
Youth Minds Alliance plans to soon expand its policy reach beyond California so that we can expand our services across the United States.
Our Values
Direct connection with communities
Increasing accessibility of mental health resources
Self-compassion
Self-development