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…
When Disability Is a Disguise
When Disability Is a Disguise: Addressing the mental health needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities How Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Can Obscure Mental Illness The mental health needs of individuals with intellectual and...
Evaluation: Findings from Trauma-Informed Care Training at Two Texas State Supported Living Centers
Evaluation: Findings from Trauma-Informed Care Training at Two Texas State Supported Living CentersIntroductionTraining staff to implement trauma-informed approaches at residential care facilities, such as state supported living centers, is an important step in...
Trauma Informed Care Publications
Trauma Informed Care Publications
Trauma-Informed Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Trauma Informed Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Other Developmental DisabilitiesProgram SummaryIndividuals with IDD experience abuse, neglect, institutionalization, restraint and seclusion, abandonment, bullying and other forms of maltreatment at higher...
Trauma-Informed Care
The Hogg Foundation seeks to raise awareness of the prevalence and influence of trauma in the lives of mental health consumers and the ways in which trauma affects behavior. A lack of understanding or appreciation of the role of past trauma in shaping present behavior...
Transition-Age Youth & Families
Transition-Age Youth and Families (TAYF)Program SummaryIn 2014, the Hogg foundation awarded nine grants totaling roughly $10 million to identify and address the mental health needs of transition-age youths and their families (TAYF) in the Houston/Harris County area....