HEALTHY FUTURE FUND

Why not teens? 

In our experience, teens face more hurdles to obtaining consistent counseling services compared to other groups. Four common hurdles we've seen teens face when seeking counseling services are

1) Resistant Guardians | There are parents who are against their teen receiving counseling even if the teen expresses their desire to attend.

2) Lack of Resources | There are MANY teens who aren’t able to use insurance for counseling, especially if the parent does not approve of the child receiving services. This means teens are left to cover the cost of private pay counseling on their own.

3) Adultification | Many programs are pushing teens to be adults before they are ready. Teens are expected to carry adult responsibilities (balancing work, school, caring for young children, etc.) without being given equal access to consistent counseling services. 

4) Lack of information | Although certain states allow teens to legally consent to outpatient counseling services without their parent’s permission, teens aren't educated on their rights to receive counseling services so they suffer silently and try to deal with things alone because they think they have to.