The pandemic has pushed children's mental health and access to care to a 'crisis point'

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Bailey Lynn and her friends often talked about the toll the virus has taken. Still, the high school senior was surprised recently by the results of a survey she created to assess her classmates' mental health during the pandemic: Only a quarter who said they thought they needed a therapist had access to one.

"I didn't know it was so bad," said Lynn, a member of the Children's Hospital Colorado Youth Action Board. "And I know the situation isn't much better at other schools."