Way, way off topic, sorry. A friend in the US is teaching a child whose mother has recently died. The child is in the care of his grandparents, who are working all the hours God gave, and don't speak much English at all.

My friend says the kid is half-crazy with grief, and badly needs some psychiatric help, but because his people are illegal immigrants, they can't get this help, or are afraid to.

Is there any solution to this problem? In Ireland, generally, everyone would try to fiddle the system so the child could slide through and be treated for free.

But I know that the US medical system is very money-centred. Is there any way around this? (I'm not asking for money, by the way; it wouldn't help. I'm looking for information.