Hinge Funds Aspiring Mental Health Professionals Who Want to Help Marginalized Communities

The initiative will help cover steep education costs for chosen winners

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It can be hard to seek mental health care when you can’t find a provider you can connect with and who understands your problems. That issue is especially prevalent in marginalized communities given that, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only one in four mental health counselors are people of color. Furthermore, The Trevor Project reports that nearly half of transgender and nonbinary youth aren’t receiving mental health care because of the limited number of providers who can understand their experiences.

Dating app Hinge is working to solve that shortage by launching a “Mental Health Advocates of Tomorrow” contest during the month of May, which has been designated Mental

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