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Beyond the Bed: Care as Partnership
When someone leaves a state hospital and returns to their community, recovery doesn’t pause — it often becomes more complicated. Housing, connection, medication, transportation, stigma, isolation — the real work of healing often begins outside the hospital walls.
Featured Publication
Language Matters in Mental Health
The words we use shape how we see the world–and ourselves. The words we choose and the meanings we attach to them influence our decisions, beliefs, and well-being. We have a choice in the words we use to describe ourselves, others, and the world around us.
Latest Podcast
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.
Staff Highlights
November 2025 Staff Highlights
Here’s a snapshot of the presentations made, events hosted, and honors received by the talented and dedicated staff of the Hogg Foundation during the month of November 2025.
Community Voices
Toward a More Effective 911 Alternative
This blog post is guest authored by Larry D. Brown Jr., PhD, associate director for Community Health and Violence Prevention Services at Harris County Public Health. He presented a session at the Robert Lee Sutherland Seminar as part of the Building Partnerships and Collaboration track.
Opinion
For Austin State Hospital, Building a Newer, Bigger Facility is Not Enough
The long-overdue redesign of the Austin State Hospital is nearing completion.
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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.
Impact Report 2025
A glimpse into the previous year’s work of the premier Texas mental health funder and the individuals and organizations who contribute to our success.
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.
Root-Bound or Growth Mindset?
A growth mindset is the belief that skills and abilities can be improved and that developing these is the purpose of your actions.
Listening to Learn: Lessons from Communities of Care
As we move forward, the foundation will continue to show up in communities with the spirit of collaboration and listening to learn.
October 2025 Staff Highlights
Here’s a snapshot of the presentations made, events hosted, and honors received by the talented and dedicated staff of the Hogg Foundation during the month of October 2025.
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