{"id":2655,"date":"2026-01-13T16:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/?post_type=innovation&#038;p=2655"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:24:12","slug":"championing-family-focused-youth-mental-health-innovations-in-india","status":"publish","type":"innovation","link":"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/fr\/innovations\/championing-family-focused-youth-mental-health-innovations-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Championing family-focused youth mental health innovations in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-537311780-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Children's hands in one of Indian villages showing unity.\" class=\"wp-image-2656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-537311780-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-537311780-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-537311780-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-537311780-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-537311780-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-537311780-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: iStock images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"ql-bg-container-block_f5f429143cab2153ed6d3421d02bdb6a\" class=\"acf-block ql-bg-container bg-white\"><div class=\"ql-bg-container-inner\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Organisation de mise en \u0153uvre :<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cities-rise.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">citiesRISE<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Type de projet :<\/strong> Ecosystem Catalyst Grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lieu : <\/strong>Inde<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/citiesriselogo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2301\" style=\"width:212px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/citiesriselogo.png 403w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/citiesriselogo-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nos <a href=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/fr\/ecosystem-building\/\">Ecosystem Catalyst (EC) Grants<\/a> help scale youth-led ideas, remove barriers to mental health prevention and promotion support, and test how youth-led innovation can work within and improve existing systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ecosystem-building-in-india\"><strong>Ecosystem Building in India<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mental health programming in India often overlooks the vital role of parental involvement, despite its potential to improve young people\u2019s wellbeing. Strengthening policy support to endorse approaches that enhance family functioning presents a key opportunity to scale and sustain mental health innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ecosystem-catalyst-project\"><strong>The Ecosystem Catalyst Project<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>citiesRISE is a global multi-stakeholder initiative that accelerates interventions and systems supporting young people. It operates as a system orchestrator, working across Research and Development, Scaling Innovations, and Field Building. Over the past seven years, they have collaborated with partners through an India-Kenya-Colombia-U.S. network of city research and innovation hubs to develop the Core Capacities model, which translates inner development into large-scale public mental health interventions for young people. With Ecosystem Catalyst Grant funding, citiesRISE aims to achieve the following objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Health Priorities: citiesRISE will establish a network of domestic and international funders to align heir investment strategies with national youth mental health priorities and develop vital resources for the funding ecosystem, such as investment briefs, collaborative financing models, and opportunity maps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mapping the Youth Mental Health Ecosystem and Identifying Strategic Opportunities: through a rapid scoping study aimed at analyzing the current landscape of youth mental health interventions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building Consensus on National Youth Mental Health Priorities, including family functioning through Multisectoral Collaboration: In partnership with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), citiesRISE will facilitate strategic convenings that bring together stakeholders from various sectors including education, health, youth affairs, and urban development and codevelop national priorities for youth mental health through a collaborative approach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engaging Funders and Enhancing the Funding Ecosystem in Support of Youth Mental Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"ql-button-block_bd52a09ef8132997b87813b2428b398a\" class=\"acf-block ql-button button-left\"><a class=\"ql-button-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cities-rise.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about citiesRISE&#8217;s work!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","innovation_country":[46],"innovation_project_type":[87],"driver":[],"thematic-area":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2655","1":"innovation","2":"type-innovation","3":"status-publish","5":"innovation_country-india","6":"innovation_project_type-ecosystem-catalyst-grant","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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