Utah Child Health Advocates to Ask State Legislature for $2 Million to Improve Mental Health Treatment for Children
November 5, 2001 Utah Child Health Advocates to Ask State Legislature for $2 Million to Improve Mental Health Treatment for Children The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in Utah announced in October 2001 that it plans to ask the state legislature for $2 million in January 2002 to improve mental health treatment for children in the state. According to an article in the Deseret News, about 14,000 Utah children ages 17 and younger sought treatment last year at "generally under-funded and overused" state mental health centers. Vicki Cottrell, Executive Director of NAMI in Utah, says that . . .
