- Fact Sheets and Reports
- Adoption Assistance: A Resource for Families Adopting Children With Special NeedsFind information on types of programs, guidance to apply, and eligibility to better assist adoptive families in meeting special or original needs of children in their care.
- A Case Worker’s Guide to Opening and Transitioning Cases
- Food, Glorious, Food!: Nutrition and Cooking for Kids Leaving Foster Care
- Administrative Rule Changes Related to Public AdoptionsFind the statutory changes and clarifies the adoption processes and requirements. If a private child placing agency is under contract with the Department, or a county is acting as the public adoption agency the changes impact them.
- Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) GuidanceAccess the Education Passport tool that prefills key, relevant information from other areas within the electronic Wisconsin Automated Child Welfare Information System and allows for additional narrative by child welfare agency staff.
- Important Information for Kinship ProvidersFind pertinent, resourceful information for kinship providers such as seeking medical care, altering their appearance, and various provisions to policies.
- VisitationFind out the purpose of visitation and why it is fundamental to parent-child attachment. Additionally, it details engagement, emotions, and effective ways to support the child and family.
- Infant Plans of Safe Care Guidance DocumentExplore how child welfare and healthcare professionals handle an infant born substance exposed and referral options for the caregivers.
- Child Protective ServicesRead about aspects of the investigation division of the Deparment from how to make a report and the process to when it moved to an investigation by the State.
- Supporting Normalcy: A Workbook for Teenagers in Out-of-Home Care and Their Supportive AdultsLearn more from young adults with real life experience being involved in the foster care system. This workbook helps to provide guidance and resources on education and advocacy.
Background
2023 State of Mental Health in America – Mental Health America (MHA)
This annual report provides a detailed snapshot of mental health across the U.S., ranking all 50 states and D.C. based on 15 measures of mental health prevalence and access to care. Key findings from the 2023 edition include:
20.78%
Over 50 million adults (20.78%) experienced a mental illness in 2019–2020.
54.7%
More than half (54.7%) of adults with mental illness did not receive treatment, totaling over 28 million individuals
+1,500,000
6.34% of youth reported a substance use disorder in the past year, equating to over 1.5 million individuals.
Recommended Action
This report presents a collection of data that provides a baseline for answering some questions about how many people in America need an have access to mental health services. While the measures included in this report are not a complete picture of the mental health system, they do provide a strong foundation for understanding the prevalence of mental health concerns, as well as issues of access to insurance and treatment, particularly as that access varies among the states.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a serious impact on the ability to collect data for national surveillance in 2020. As a result of both measure and methodological changes, the indicators in this year’s report cannot be compared to previous years.