by Hogg Staff | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog, Hogg Blog
Certified Peer Support Specialists share their lived experiences of mental illness and recovery.
by Hogg Staff | May 10, 2017 | Blog, Hogg Blog, Podcast
“Coming out of the criminal system, for many, means starting over with nothing,” Zarate says. “Our objective is to reduce hospitalization, reduce recidivism, and have them be successful in re-entering the community.” The more we learn, the more obvious it seems that...
by Ike Evans | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog, Hogg Blog, Podcast
“We have reason to be hopeful about where we’re at on mental health in this legislative session,” says Greg Hansch, public policy director for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Texas. The Hogg Foundation recently released its list of policy priorities for...
by Hogg Staff | Nov 15, 2016 | Hogg Blog
Mentoring a new peer supporter requires living with tensions. According to theories of organizational complexity, tensions exist in any complex adaptive system. There’s the maxim, “On the one hand…on the other hand” going on all the time. It makes for some interesting...
by Hogg Staff | Nov 8, 2016 | Hogg Blog
When my teammate Christina arrived on the Austin State Hospital peer support team three years ago, it was clear that she had a theatrical bent. I will never forget her cobalt-blue hair and the feathery dangling earrings she wore the day I met her. She soon introduced...
