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…
Peer Support, Peer Problems
As a grantmaking foundation, the Hogg Foundation is privy to a world of rich conversations about mental health, a world that we are often unable to do justice to in the course of everyday business. Sometimes, however, an opportunity presents itself for us to mine our...
Sparking Connections, Bridging Distance in Creating a Culture of Care
This post was cross-posted from the Texas Network of Youth Services blog. by Lara O'Toole There’s just something special about face-to-face interactions. There’s just something special that allows for a certain type of magic to form in relationships, and a...
Against the Criminalization of Mental Illness
Check out Dr. Lynda Frost, assistant director for planning and programs, in this televised interview clip. She testified yesterday at a joint hearing of the House Corrections Committee and the House Committee on Criminal jurisprudence on the need for legislation to...
Against the Criminalization of Mental Illness
Check out Dr. Lynda Frost, assistant director for planning and programs, in this televised interview clip. She testified yesterday at a joint hearing of the House Corrections Committee and the House Committee on Criminal jurisprudence on the need for legislation to...
Aiming Higher: Results from a Scorecard on State Health System Performance
Kudos to the Commonwealth Fund for their recent publishing of the Scorecard on State Health System Performance, 2014. The Scorecard assesses states on 42 indicators of health care access, quality, costs and outcomes from 2007 to 2012. Overall, changes in health system...
Well-being: A Bottom Line Issue for High Performing Organizations and for our Health Care System
by Rick Ybarra Ok, I’ll admit it. I read the Harvard Business Review. I am fascinated with business models, new concepts, innovations and the cutting edge in business science. I also see how these concepts and applications can easily transfer to our health care...