The Hogg Foundation and Partners Have Awarded $6.5 Million in Grants to Support Well-being in Rural and Rural Border Communities

The Hogg Foundation and Partners Have Awarded $6.5 Million in Grants to Support Well-being in Rural and Rural Border Communities

The Hogg Foundation, along with two partner foundations, has awarded $6.5 million in grant funding over five years to 11 organizations to improve mental health, resilience, and well-being in rural and rural border communities. The Strengthening the Mental Health of Rural and Rural Border Communities initiative will build on community strengths and foster community-driven solutions to create, support, celebrate, and promote mental well-being.  

Faith as a Mental Health Partner

Faith as a Mental Health Partner

Today’s episode explores what becomes possible when that trust is paired with intentional partnership across faith, community, and mental health systems. Our guest is the Reverend Dr. Daryl Horton of Mount Zion Baptist Church in East Austin. 

Mutual Aid, Mutual Respect

Mutual Aid, Mutual Respect

In this episode of Into the Fold, we speak with Dawn Capra, Director of Housing Advocacy at the Texas Housing Foundation. She describes how well-coordinated and respectful cooperation between community organizations supported both the logistical needs and emotional well-being of displaced residents.

Let Community Drive the Work: A Conversation with Larissa Minner

Let Community Drive the Work: A Conversation with Larissa Minner

In this episode of the podcast, Larissa Minner, a researcher at the Texas Center for Disability Studies at the University of Texas School of Social Work and director of the Weaving Inclusion Together in research Hub (WITH), joins us for an exploration of how small-scale changes to everyday practice can catalyze deeper change not only to lives, but to systems.

Rebuilding Trust in Our Systems of Care

Rebuilding Trust in Our Systems of Care

Trust is the foundation of every system that is supposed to support us—schools, hospitals, mental health services, and even the justice system. But for many communities, that trust has been broken again and again.