Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD

Friday, March 9, 2018

“They need to understand that people with disabilities need to be believed,” James Meadours says. Earlier this year, National Public Radio (NPR) aired a five-part series on the “hidden epidemic of sexual assault” against individuals with intellectual and developmental...

Bexar County’s Collaborative Approach to Community Mental Health

Monday, March 5, 2018

This is the first in a series on mental health collaboratives in Texas. Learn more about our strategic focus on communities and collaboration. To conduct a mental health intervention at the community level requires reckoning with certain caveats and risks. Strategies...

Supporting Mental Health Research for Texas Doctoral Students

Thursday, February 15, 2018

The Hogg Foundation is expanding eligibility for the Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award to include doctoral students at all institutions of higher education in Texas. Applicants must be pursuing a PhD in nursing, psychology, social work or another field relevant to...

Activism for Mental Health

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

“I’m not looking for a utopia,” Latasha Taylor says. “I’m looking for balance. Nature shows us that balance is the best way for any entity to move forward and be successful.” In 2016, the Hogg Foundation started its Mental Health Peer Policy Fellows Grant Program to...

WNBA Athlete Speaks Up on Mental Health in Sports

Friday, February 2, 2018

“If I give 100 percent, that’s good enough,” McGee-Stafford says. “It really doesn’t matter what other people expect me to do, because I’m doing this for me.” From January 17 to 19, The University of Texas at Austin hosted the fourth annual Black Student-Athlete...

When Recovery Meets Social Entrepreneurship

Friday, January 19, 2018

“How do we empower the voice of lived experience to help shape policy and programming?” Jason Howell asks. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines recovery as a “process of change through which individuals improve their health...