In a recent article for Grantmakers in Health, Rick Ybarra, senior program officer at the Hogg Foundation, explores how philanthropy can contribute to supporting and building a stronger, more robust, and durable nonprofit sector.
Philanthropy has forever espoused the term “sustainability.” We ask in grant applications and in our conversations with grant partners: “What’s your sustainability plan?” and “How do you plan to sustain your program once the grant ends?” Read more…
Mental Health and Media: Stop Raising Awareness Already
Photo credit: Mental Health America of Greater Houston “Awareness does not always associate with action or effectiveness,” Carrie Baron says. “Just because you’re aware doesn’t mean that you’re changing the situation.” Earlier this year, an article published in the...
Vida Clinic: Healthy Educators for Healthy Kids
Adolescent Mental Health in the School Setting Two out of three students in the US are likely to have experienced one or more traumatic events by age 17. Research has linked acute and chronic trauma with higher levels of aggression, defiant and disruptive behavior,...
$1 Million in Grants Awarded to Address Social Determinants of Mental Health
Photo Credit: Province of British Columbia Two Texas medical schools and one nonprofit organization will receive grants to strengthen integrated health care programs that take a coordinated approach to address mental health. The grants, which total more than $1...
Announcing the 2017 Ima Hogg Scholarships
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....
Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists
Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists Inside this story: Meeting the mental health needs of Texans requires a robust, well-trained mental health workforce. In an effort to diversify and expand the behavioral health workforce, the Hogg Foundation invested in...