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…

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My First Alternatives Experience

My First Alternatives Experience

The consumer movement is alive and going strong! Last month, I had the opportunity to witness the energy and passion of this amazing movement at the 2011 Alternatives Conference in Orlando, Florida.  Over the course of three and a half days, the conference held nearly...

A Note of Thanks

A Note of Thanks

On November 7-8, the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health hosted an experts meeting on the intersection of integrated health care and cultural and linguistic competence. National leaders came together to propose ways to deliver integrated health care services in...

My First Alternatives Experience

My First Alternatives Experience

The consumer movement is alive and going strong! Last month, I had the opportunity to witness the energy and passion of this amazing movement at the 2011 Alternatives Conference in Orlando, Florida.  Over the course of three and a half days, the conference held nearly...

Residential treatment centers spoke; we listened

Residential treatment centers spoke; we listened

In September 2006, the Hogg Foundation hosted a statewide Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Training Institute. Since then, we’ve periodically received requests from residential treatment centers (RTCs) to host the training again. So, after much thought and planning...

Overheard at a National Experts Consensus Meeting

Overheard at a National Experts Consensus Meeting

We are enthusiastically planning for a conference in February that will promote integrated health care as a means of eliminating health disparities in racial and ethnic minority populations and among persons with limited English proficiency. The conference will share...

New Public Opinion Polls on Health Care Reform

New Public Opinion Polls on Health Care Reform

The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll is out for November 2011 with a summary of public opinion on health care reform. The much-politicized Affordable Care Act (ACA) was recently accepted by the Supreme Court for review and will likely go before the court in  spring 2012....