Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week.

Sens. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, and John Fetterman, D-Pa., recently introduced a resolution to support the designation of May 4-10 as Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Ohio’s young people experience higher rates of mental health conditions compared to the U.S. overall, and the rates continue to worsen over time, according to a recent study. In 2023, 35% of Ohio high school students reported consistently feeling sad or hopeless, up from 26% in 2013.