Healthy Development of Children in U.S. Immigrant and Refugee Families Would Benefit from Better Access to Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services

WASHINGTON, DC – Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) services can play an important part in supporting young children’s well-being and development. For young children in immigrant and refugee families, who make up about one-fourth of all U.S. children ages 0–5, mental health supports can be particularly impactful given stressors related to migration and acculturation as well as the fact that some have experienced trauma.