$2 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve Mental Health in Schools
Seven Texas nonprofits entities were awarded grants to improve student academic achievement by supporting mental health.
Announcing the 2017 Ima Hogg Scholarships
Texas has a mental health workforce problem. As of 2014, 185 Texas counties out of 254 did not have a single psychiatrist, which left more than 3 million Texans without access to a psychiatrist. Worse, 40 counties didn’t even have a licensed clinical social worker....How Teacher Practice Impacts Students
“Each student is different and has his/her own values. I felt a great responsibility to understand each one of them and help them become a better person — a better self they could be proud of.” Every year, the Hogg Foundation gives the Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial...
Integrated Health Care for Foster Youth
“What we set out to do was establish a system that would, in fact, cater to the needs of foster children in one place,” Jacquelyn McMillon says, “and that children did not have to go all over the city of Houston to get the most basic of care.” In 2015, the Texas...