May is Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Month
Because Keiki Mental Health Matters!
The Campaign
This year’s 2025 Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Month theme is all about Empowering Keiki by encouraging supportive conversations about our feelings and learning about mental health needs and warning signs. You can learn more below or by visiting Mental Health America’s Supporting Young Minds campaign.
Events
Keiki Mental Health Facts
1 in 7 children ages 3 to 17 have a current, diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition.
Among keiki ages 3-17 with a current mental health condition, only 53% received treatment or counseling from a mental health professional in the past year.
We can support keiki mental health by:
Treating mental health as an essential part of overall health
Empowering youth and families to manage tough emotions
Ensuring youth have access to quality mental health care
Spread the Message
Follow our sponsors, engage with posts, and share your own message encouraging Children’s Mental Health Acceptance using hashtags #CMHA2025 and #KeikiMentalHealthMatters.
Become a Crisis Counselor
Crisis Text Line, in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Child & Adolescent Mental Health Division and Adult Mental Health Division, is urgently looking for more Hawaiʻi-based volunteer crisis counselors who can serve texters of all ages here in the islands, from youth to adults, as well as texters in the continental U.S. who need support during the middle of night (in the evening hours for us in Hawaiʻi).
Join the Hui
The annual campaign is planned by the statewide Children’s Mental Health Acceptance Hui. This group is open to any individuals or organizations in Hawaiʻi who care about keiki mental health. Email yp@epicohana.org to join or learn more.
Contact Us
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Division, Hawai‘i State Department of Health
Email: DOH.CAMHD.comms@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: (808) 733-9333