BUILD’s Mental Health Program is designed to increase access to mental health care and substance abuse treatment for young people impacted by violence and trauma and address behavioral and social determinants of health and health disparities for the high need youth we serve in five of Chicago’s most challenged communities. BUILD’s MHP now includes three full-time clinicians and a part-time LCSW, who provide behavioral health services through: 1) individual and group therapy and psychosocial skills groups; 2) frontline crisis support and consultation; and 3) establishing referral partnerships and facilitating referrals. Young people come to MHP with a range of mental and behavioral health issues, our clinicians help them address those issues, manage symptoms and develop effective coping skills, self-efficacy and resilience. While treatment plans, strategies and activities vary for individual therapy, depending on each young person’s presenting issue, the program generally focuses on three treatment areas: 1) trauma, 2) grief and loss, and 3) emotional self-regulation, including anger management and distress tolerance. MHP staff use two treatment approaches: traditional talk therapy—and now, art therapy—in both individual and group settings, and within these settings, staff utilize the following evidence-based treatment methodologies: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).