Expanding culturally responsive mental health care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Adolescents of color and LGBTQ+ youth face significant barriers to accessing mental health care. The Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health was created to address this need by providing resources to organizations serving these populations.

The Upswing Fund aims to support a more integrated and higher quality adolescent mental health system for adolescents of color and LGBTQ+ youth by providing direct resources to organizations serving these populations.

Collectively, our grants are impacting the adolescent mental health community by:

• Empowering care and service providers to continue providing impactful and culturally responsive mental health interventions, as well as expand care quality, reach, and services to deepen long-term impact.
• Integrating technological innovations, such as telehealth and mobile apps, with care systems and services in order to more effectively reach adolescents.
• Read more about our impact in 2022.