Factors shaping Black caregivers’ interest and participation in a university–church partnership program for youth mental health.

It is important for researchers to understand the factors that attract marginalized community members to participate in youth service intervention programs, considering their historic mistrust in White-dominated systems (i.e., education and mental health). We employed a hermeneutic phenomenology study to understand 15 Black caregivers' experiences of a university-church partnership program that was grounded in a school mental health paradigm. Using individual interviews and a structured coding process, we examined factors that informed participants' engagement with the program from start to finish. First, caregivers