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…
Evaluation: Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Initiative
“Seclusion and restraint” is using physical force, restricting movement, or involuntarily medicating or isolating people to manage their behavior. These methods are often used to control people at risk of harming themselves or others in settings such as juvenile...
Evaluation: Outpatient Competency Restoration
Competency restoration is the process by which defendants who have been found incompetent to stand trial are provided treatment and education so that they have a rational and factual understanding of the legal proceedings they will encounter. Historically, competency...
Evaluation: Integrated Healthcare Collaborative Care Grant Initiative
In 2006, the Hogg Foundation awarded $2.6 million in three-year grants to bring the collaborative care model of integrated health care to several clinics in Texas. The collaborative care model places a primary care physician and a mental health professional at the...
Evaluation: Children, Youth and Family Services in Houston
In 2009, the Hogg Foundation awarded eight three-year grants totaling $7.8 million to provide mental health prevention, early identification and intervention, and treatment services in schools and community settings such as daycare and transitional living centers. The...
Evaluation: East Texas Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
The East Texas Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (ETCMHR) brought together 12 mental health organizations to develop a network of consumers, peer specialists, providers and advocates trained in recovery and wellness. The activities of the ETCMHR were coordinated by...
Evaluation: Building Evaluation Capacity Among Integrated Health Care Organizations
The Hogg Foundation not only values evaluation for its own initiatives. but believes that grantees can use evaluation to help assess the effectiveness of their programs and to drive performance improvement efforts. Accordingly, the foundation has made growing grantee...