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LAFAYETTE, Calif. /ScoopCloud/ -- BeingwellCA, a California 501(c)(3), submitted the initial design for the Mental Health Awareness License Plate to California Department of Education for DMV review.

The winning design was selected after a statewide contest held for high school students. Winning artist Anshuree Banerjee took her passion for art to create meaningful imagery for the new Mental Health California license plate.

"I wanted a design that clearly included California as part of the solution and was positive about mental health," said Anshuree, a student at Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon, California.

"This license plate has the potential of raising millions of dollars for student mental health which are so desperately needed in the post Covid-19 school environment. And it does it without raising taxes," said Graham Wiseman, CEO of BeingwellCA.

"Wellness Centers with Caring Adults have proven to be a key in early intervention. A 12-year University of Michigan study reported a reduction of youth deaths by 660%! We need these in all schools." (JAMA Psychiatry, Feb, 2019)

California Senator Steven Glazer (7th District) is the author of SB1223 (4COLIN) that authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a specialized license plate for Mental Health Awareness. Funds raised by the Mental Health License Plate will go to the California Department of Education for Mental Health Wellness Centers in California Schools. Due to Covid-19, this bill will carry over to 2021.

About BeingwellCA:

Graham & Caroline Wiseman founded BeingwellCA after the tragic loss of their son to suicide at age 15. With Gail Miller, they are now a leading voice to address the alarming rates of anxiety, depression and suicide ideation in our state. Some districts report depression rates amongst female juniors of 50% with serious suicide ideation of 20% in past year (CalSCHLS, 2018).

Suicide is the SECOND leading cause of death for ages 10-24 (2017 CDC WISQARS).

BeingwellCA's mission is to reduce anxiety, depression and suicide ideation in our youth. We do this by providing schools, parents, students and communities with tool kits and evidence-based strategies for Wellness Centers to provide mental health immediate support.

SB1223: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1223

Visit https://beingwellca.org/ or call (925) 967-4438 for further information.

Media queries: info@beingwellca.org

BeingwellCA, a California 501(c)(3), submitted the initial design for the Mental Health Awareness License Plate to California Department of Education for DMV review.

Related link: https://beingwellca.org/

SAINT PAUL, Minn. /ScoopCloud/ -- Two Minnesota education organizations are combining forces in an effort to battle the student mental health crisis by offering an innovative online course with embedded daily coaching. Minnesota Virtual Schools has contracted with EmpowerU LLC to offer this credit-bearing social-emotional wellness course to any Minnesota high school student as part of their regular school day - for no additional fee.

The course, EmpowerU, creates a time and place each day for students to learn vital resilience skills and strategies that will help them improve their mental health.

* The telehealth-meets-online course was developed by a team of therapists for adolescents with social-emotional obstacles, such as anxiety, depression and negative self-esteem.
* The course is delivered via daily 30-minute lessons that are customized to each student's unique needs by licensed instructors that give daily feedback via the 1:1 portal.
* Each of the six units integrates neuroscience, cognitive behavioral therapy, and strengths-based strategies that engage students as active participants in the course.
* Students make significant progress toward their goals through healthy habit change, helping them feel less anxious and improve emotional well-being.

Several Twin Cities high schools have utilized the EmpowerU program as an effective mental health intervention for struggling students. Minnesota Virtual Schools was one of the first to offer EmpowerU as a semester credit-bearing course to help support their students struggling with mental health obstacles.

"EmpowerU's engaging curriculum combined with the 1:1 daily therapist support helped our students make significant gains in social-emotional wellbeing," remarked Bill Glenz, principal of Minnesota Virtual Schools. "We were so encouraged by the progress our students made last year that we wanted to offer EmpowerU to more than just our full-time students. Our hope is by offering our course as a single part-time course, we can help students throughout the state that are struggling with mental health obstacles."

Any Minnesota high school student that has an open period in their school day can enroll in EmpowerU at no additional cost for a semester credit through Minnesota Virtual.

Click here to enroll or call Lorelei Lorentz, Coordinator of Part-Time Students Minnesota Virtual Schools at 612-524-5213 with questions: https://mtcs.org/virtual/programs/empoweru/

For more information click here: https://empoweru.education/

Media Contact:
Katie Dorn
612-964-4168
katie@empoweru.education

VIDEO (YouTube): https://youtu.be/bmqYdkMaB9c

keywords: Teen depression, Student mental health, Anxiety

Two Minnesota education organizations are combining forces in an effort to battle the student mental health crisis by offering an innovative online course with embedded daily coaching. Minnesota Virtual Schools has contracted with EmpowerU LLC to offer this credit-bearing social-emotional wellness course to any Minnesota high school student as part of their regular school day - for no additional fee.

Related link: https://empoweru.education/

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