1:04 KLCC's Brian Bull reports on a grant-funded program that allows The Child Center and PeaceHealth accomodate increased mental health emergencies by children and youth. A Journal of Pediatric Nursing report shows the rate of 5 to 17 year-olds seeking emergency mental health rose 60 percent over a decade before the pandemic. And PeaceHealth reports seeing an average of 38 youth per month at two sites since COVID-19 hit Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority has granted $150,000 for PeaceHealth and The Child Center in Springfield for a Crisis and Transition Services (CATS) program in Lane County. “As resilient as children are -and youth as well - they’re affected just the same way everybody else is," says Kate Lundquist of The Child Center. "Especially when the structure of their lives is really upset.