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…
Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint
In this podcast interview with the Hogg Foundation, Hayes explores the need, misconceptions, and keys in reducing seclusion and restraint.
Breaking Barriers on Health Disparities
Discovery, Delivery and Disparities “We’re into the business of discovery, but we’re not in the business of delivery. And that needs to change.” Dr. Lovell Jones is Professor Emeritus at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, a molecular endocrinologist, and an expert in...
Early Intervention in Psychosis
Evidence suggests that psychosis, in at least some cases, has a similar disease course to other chronic illnesses. Cancer, for example, progresses along a continuum, and we know that if we intervene early we can create optimal outcomes for a cancer diagnosis. More and...
Nightmare at Noon – The UT Tower Shooting
“It is our community-mindedness and willingness to love one another, as well as our ability to resist fear, stigma, and scapegoating, that provides the surest bulwark against the dark forces that drive individuals, like Whitman, to perpetuate inexplicable acts upon...
Mental Health and the Black Student Athlete
Following the third annual Black Student-Athlete Summit at The University of Texas, we interviewed two scholars to get insight into how the culture of sports can both complicate and enhance black student athlete mental health. Dr. Caroline Brackette, a professor of...
Trauma-Informed Care, and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Unrecognized Trauma is Endemic In 2015, the Hogg Foundation published When Disability is a Disguise, a guide to understanding why the mental health needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are overlooked or ignored, in large part...