by Hogg Staff | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog, Hogg Blog
“I think our society has adopted an unrealistic zero-tolerance policy about suicidality. We can diagnosis people with mental illness and prescribe them medication, but we need to examine how our culture and society are impacting mental health.” The Hogg Foundation...
by Hogg Staff | Aug 3, 2017 | Hogg Blog, Podcast
“Our hope is that this program will shift the culture,” Stephany Bryan says, “and it will definitely shift the culture in educational settings by being able to provide campuses with opportunities for learning new and innovative ways of providing appropriate services...
by Ike Evans | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog, Hogg Blog, News
Seven Texas nonprofit entities are receiving grants from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin to improve student academic achievement by supporting mental health. The grants, which total $1.9 million, continue the foundation’s...
by Ike Evans | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog, Hogg Blog, News
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....
by Hogg Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog, Hogg Blog
“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...
by Hogg Staff | Jul 12, 2017 | Blog, Hogg Blog, Podcast
“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...
