Alternatives 2013: Towards a Texas Recovery Movement
Dear Texans, One of the first things everyone said to me after I became executive director of the Hogg Foundation in 2008 was that I had to go to Alternatives, which was in Buffalo that year. I asked them why. Just go, they said. You’ll see. And I did....Transition-Age Youth and Families: A New Hogg Foundation Grant Initiative
From its inception, the Ima Hogg Endowment, created by Miss Ima Hogg, has funded mental health services for children, youth and their families in Houston/Harris County, Texas. For more than 30 years, the fund has supported prevention, early intervention and services...The Risks and Rewards of Health Care Reform
Each day seems to bring new developments and challenges in the rapidly changing environment for mental health services. Some common questions we hear: How do we preserve and strengthen innovations like peer support in an integrated service environment dominated by...Rosalynn Carter: an American Treasure
Most Americans probably didn’t even notice the incredibly important announcement made in Atlanta last week at Mrs. Carter’s 29th Annual Symposium on Mental Health Policy. The announcement made by Secretary Sebelius of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...The Lessons of Suicide
It was one of the first times I realized suicide was an option. It had never seemed real to me before. Now, I knew someone who did it. And in front of me. I wasn’t as afraid of it any more.