Bridget Lawrence Receives Outstanding Supervisor Award

This morning, the Hogg Foundation’s very own Bridget Lawrence had the great honor of receiving the University of Texas at Austin 2017 President’s Outstanding Supervisor Award. Created to formally commend the excellence of UT’s top-performing employees, the Outstanding...

Political Climate as a Chronic Stressor

“In effect we’re sending stress signals to ourselves about which we can do nothing,” says Dr. Christopher McCarthy, Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. The overwhelming uncertainty and tense political climate has become a point of stress for many...

Via Hope: Peer Support Improves Community Re-Entry

Following Texas’ 84th legislative session and the implementation of Rider 73, Via Hope set out to develop a curriculum to train Certified Peer Specialists and Certified Recovery Coaches. With support from a grant provided by the Hogg Foundation, this Community...

From the Front Lines of Texas Mental Health Reform

Compared to other states, Texas’ mental health systems and services fall towards the middle of the pack—in its “State of Mental Health in America” report (2017), Mental Health America ranked the quality and accessibility of Texas’ mental health care 32nd out of 50...