In March 2023, Jose Perez and Amal Kharoufi from YouthNPower: Transforming Care joined Sandy Santana from Children’s Rights to discuss the intersection of mental health, child welfare and the youth justice system in New York. Listen to the podcast from the Imprint here. 

It is Time to Prioritize Young People’s Mental Health. In February 2023, Amal Kharoufi published this OpEd in The Imprint on the need for youth-led solutions to mental health in the foster care system, and her vision for transformation with the passage of the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.