Brown County’s Teen Heartsaver Initiative has provided First Aid training and certification to nearly 2,000 high school students, campus employees, and area residents.
To say that 2020 was a turbulent year would be a vast understatement.
Millions of people were told to stay at home in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in millions of lost jobs and an immeasurable toll on the educational and emotional wellbeing of millions more young people across the nation. Couple this with one of the most polarizing elections in history, and even the most mundane of events becomes a powder keg for frustration and anxiety (looking at you toilet paper hoarders).
Unsurprisingly, the events of 2020 all contributed to an overall decline in the mental health of not just the Santa Clarita Valley, but Los Angeles County as a whole. The number of reported mental health crises and suicides both rose, and officials say they are likely to continue rising into 2021.