August 1, 2022
WILMINGTON, Del. — In the present day, Monday, August 1, 2022, Nemours Youngsters’s Well being hosted U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies Secretary Xavier Becerra on the Nemours Property in Wilmington, Delaware for a discussion board on enhancing youngsters’s psychological and behavioral well being. Members of the discussion board included Nemours Youngsters’s management and households, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Delaware Lieutenant Governor Bethany Corridor-Lengthy, Delaware Secretary of Well being and Social Companies Molly Magarik, group leaders, enterprise leaders, and native and state officers.
R. LAWRENCE MOSS, MD, FACS, FAAP, President & CEO of Nemours Youngsters’s Well being offers remarks throughout a Youngsters’s Psychological Well being Discussion board Monday, Aug 01, 2022, at Nemours Youngsters’s Well being Heart in Wilmington, DE. Photograph By Saquan Stimpson
“In the present day’s Pediatric Psychological Well being Roundtables are an instance of how we will come collectively on the crucial subject of kid and youth psychological well being, be taught from each other, and develop real-world options,” mentioned R. Lawrence Moss, MD, FACS, FAAP, President & CEO of Nemours Youngsters’s Well being. “We have to meet the youth psychological well being disaster with motion and Nemours Youngsters’s is working to extend entry for Delaware’s youngsters. We sit up for working with our state and federal leaders on insurance policies and laws that can assist Nemours and different suppliers create the healthiest generations of youngsters.”
U.S. Division of Well being and Human Companies Secretary XAVIER BECERRA offers remarks throughout a Youngsters’s Psychological Well being Discussion board Monday, Aug 01, 2022, at Nemours Youngsters’s Well being Heart in Wilmington, DE. Photograph By Saquan Stimpson
“I had a fantastic dialogue at Nemours Youngsters’s Well being to learn the way Nemours and Delaware’s Congressional delegation are working to deal with the psychological and behavioral well being wants of youngsters throughout the state,” mentioned HHS Secretary Becerra. “As a part of the HHS Nationwide Tour to Strengthen Psychological Well being, I’ve had the prospect to journey throughout the nation and listen to tales from folks from all walks of life, and so they all say the identical factor: ‘we’d like assist.’ The Biden-Harris Administration has prioritized addressing our nation’s psychological well being disaster by making historic investments to assist youngsters’s behavioral well being wants. And on the Division of Well being and Human Companies, now we have made a Division-wide dedication to rethink and reimagine how we reply to and deal with psychological well being on this nation, and whereas we’ve made nice strides, the work continues.”
U.S. Senator TOM CARPER (D-Del.) offers remarks throughout a Youngsters’s Psychological Well being Discussion board Monday, Aug 01, 2022, at Nemours Youngsters’s Well being Heart in Wilmington, DE. Photograph By Saquan Stimpson
“I’m so proud that Secretary Becerra was in a position to come to Delaware and see first-hand how we’re implementing good public coverage to fulfill the wants of youngsters and households, particularly in terms of youth psychological well being,” mentioned U.S. Senator Tom Carper. “I’ve been laser-focused on strengthening households since my days as Governor, and a method we’re engaged on that at present is to make much-needed investments in school-based psychological well being care companies and telehealth. It’s vital that we take down the obstacles to companies for these youngsters and meet them proper the place they’re.”
U.S. Senator CHRIS COONS (D-Del.) offers remarks throughout a Youngsters’s Psychological Well being Discussion board Monday, Aug 01, 2022, at Nemours Youngsters’s Well being Heart in Wilmington, DE. Photograph By Saquan Stimpson
“Looking for Delawareans’ psychological well being of their earliest years will help our kids do higher in class, keep away from unhealthy outcomes, and lead richer and extra fulfilling lives for many years to return,” mentioned U.S. Senator Chris Coons. “I’m glad we might present Secretary Becerra the good work Nemours Youngsters’s Well being is doing to broaden entry to psychological well being care for teenagers in Wilmington, and I appreciated listening to what extra we will do in Congress to enhance and improve psychological well being care alternatives all through the First State.”
Congresswoman LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER (D-Del.) offers remarks throughout a Youngsters’s Psychological Well being Discussion board Monday, Aug 01, 2022, at Nemours Youngsters’s Well being Heart in Wilmington, DE. Photograph By Saquan Stimpson
“Youngsters in Delaware and throughout the nation are experiencing unprecedented psychological well being challenges and have been since earlier than the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,” mentioned Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester. “That’s why at present’s roundtable on youth psychological well being is so crucial – as a result of it introduced collectively federal and state officers, group companions, younger folks, and healthcare professionals to have interaction in significant dialogue about how we will greatest fight this disaster by way of all avenues out there. As a member of the Well being Subcommittee within the Home, I’ve launched 4 bipartisan payments to assist our kids by increasing capability in pediatric behavioral and psychological well being companies, funding community-based actions, supporting coaching and workforce improvements, and increasing telehealth entry. I’m honored to have Secretary Becerra in Delaware for this well timed dialog – one that can undoubtedly provoke revolutionary options and insurance policies to assist youngsters in Delaware and throughout the nation experiencing psychological well being challenges.”
The discussion board consisted of a roundtable break up into 4 panels to debate 4 matters: psychological and behavioral well being challenges youth face, pediatric healthcare workforce shortages and infrastructure wants, college wellness, and revolutionary coverage options. Moreover, Secretary Becerra highlighted the work of the Biden-Harris Administration on combating the psychological well being disaster – highlighting the psychological and behavioral wants of youngsters and lecturers as they put together to return to highschool within the fall. U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) all highlighted their work in Congress to deal with the disaster, together with a number of key items of laws which have been launched or signed into regulation to enhance entry to telehealth companies and school-based psychological well being care. Extra info on how HHS, the Delaware Congressional Delegation, and the State of Delaware, together with Lt. Governor Bethany Corridor-Lengthy, State Consultant Val Longhurst, and State Senator Sarah McBride, are working to fight the youth psychological well being disaster will be discovered right here [bluntrochester.house.gov].
