Online learning poses mental health challenge for local youth

Hearts With a Mission is helping youth with the mental health and learning challenges that come with isolation.

Players are hoping dealing with mental health during the pandemic has been a challenge for many youth in the community.

The transitional living facility -- hearts with a mission in medford coaches their young residents through online learning.

Student sabrina says not having a teacher there with her is difficult.

But since living there -- she can use the new tools she's been taught.

I guess i've like grown a lot like mentally like a lot of the things i was going through when i first came here i learned to like cope with and deal with and the staff teach me new skills and new ways i can handle things.

Last year the medford school district counted 12 hundred children in the kay 12 range as