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…
Trauma-Informed Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Trauma Informed Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Other Developmental DisabilitiesProgram SummaryIndividuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) experience abuse, neglect, institutionalization, restraint and seclusion, abandonment, bullying...
Transition-Age Youth & Families
Transition-Age Youth and Families (TAYF) Program Summary In 2014, the Hogg foundation awarded grants totaling roughly $10 million to identify and address the mental health needs of transition-age youth and their families (TAYF) in the Houston/Harris County area. The...
Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Leadership Group
Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Leadership Group Program Summary The Hogg Foundation launched the Texas Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Leadership Group in 2007. The group’s members include mental health consumers, family members, advocates and representatives of...
Mental Health Research Grants
Mental Health Research Grants For most of our history, funding mental health research has been a priority for the Hogg Foundation. In recent years, we have increasingly prioritized recovery-oriented research, which furthers knowledge of and evidence for...
Reentry Peer Support: The Lifeline of Lived Experience
Imprisonment can upend a person’s life. Upon returning to their communities, people leaving prison confront a world that wants little to do with them, educational and employment prospects that are dimmed by having a criminal record, and little in the way of resources...
Download/Order Publications
As part of our mission to educate and promote awareness, the Hogg Foundation offers a wide array of publications related to mental health. Advancing Wellness & Recovery in Texas Popular Publications A guide to “people-first” language when talking about matters of...