Cabán asks about DOHMH resources for parents and caregivers of TGNB youth

And then my last question before handing it over to Chair Narcissus, you mentioned that parental support is one of the strongest protective factors for mental health, the mental health of transgender youth and

research consistently shows that family acceptance dramatically reduces suicide risk.

So does DOHMH have any programming or resources specifically designed to support parents and caregivers of TGNB youth, both in understanding the mental health benefits of affirming care and in navigating the current climate of misinformation?

And if not, is there a capacity to develop that?

And again, before you answer, I want to acknowledge that we have been joined by Councilmember Lee.

Yes, so the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene supports a set of programs that offer both family peer support and youth peer support.

We have, we call them the Family Youth Peer Support Alliances.

There is one per borough.

There's also a training and technical assistance center associated with these alliances.

And the training center, the Strong Families and Communities Training Center, has been providing trainings to all of our peer advocates on working with LGBTQ youth and their families and to help them to navigate related systems

and to provide the variety of peer supports that are needed.

Specifically, we've had a lot of focus among the Queens Alliance provider and the Staten Island Alliance provider have really been doing a lot of work in this area,

including running groups for individuals and their families and really building their capacity to serve.

Shout out to Staten Island.

All right.

I have a few more questions, but I'm going to pass it over to Chair Narcisse.