Children’s Mental Health Day: Taking Care of Our Future

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Today, May 9, is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day – a chance to bring awareness to the insufficiencies in the nation’s mental health services for children and young adults. Children are one of our nation’s greatest resources for growth in the future, but their...

$770,765 Awarded for Texas Psychology Internships Accreditation Initiative

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas — The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has selected three sites and one consortium to receive grants totaling $770,765 to support internship programs in obtaining American Psychological Association (APA)...

Young Minds Matter Seminar on Transition-Age Youth (TAY) Attracts Hundreds

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

On April 3, youth, families, mental health service providers, faith-based organizations, community groups, advocates, health care practitioners, peer specialists, foundation staff, and school teachers, counselors and administrators gathered in Houston, Texas to learn...

Texas Psychology Internships Initiative programs making progress!

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

I am so excited about the progress made by our Texas Psychology Internship Initiative grantees. In 2011 the Hogg Foundation launched the initiative and subsequently awarded three organizations and one consortium $2.2 million dollars to start new psychology internship...

Hogg Announces 2013 Bilingual Scholarship Recipients

Friday, March 22, 2013

The Hogg Foundation has awarded scholarships to 14 bilingual students seeking a master’s degree in social work. With this innovative scholarship program, the foundation seeks to increase the cultural and linguistic diversity in the Texas mental health workforce....

A Mental Health Policy Update on the 83rd Legislative Session

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Since the commencement of the 83rd Legislative Session, the Hogg Foundation policy team has been extremely busy at the Texas Capitol. The foundation kicked off the session with our policy luncheon for legislators and their staff, which featured Hollywood producer Gary...