Impact Stories
With the foundation’s influence being so wide, across the state and the world, it is a significant task to choose which stories to share. Below find a sampling of collaborations and achievements between the foundation and our grantee partners.
Social Emotional Intelligence and Youth Success
PILLAR is a Hogg Foundation Pathways for Success grantee partner. Learn about their recent strides toward improving mental health for youth and families. Learn more.
A Vision for Policy Engagement
Family Service Center of Galveston County (FSC), a Hogg Foundation grantee partner, promotes the mental health and well-being of individuals and families through counseling, education, and prevention, with a focus on access to mental health care, parent education, children at risk, and victims of crime. As part of its strategic vision, FSC is strengthening its capacity to participate in mental health policy discussions at the state level. Learn more.
Where Are They Now? Celebrating the Ima Hogg Scholarships
We’re looking back at the Ima Hogg Scholarships program. Established in 1956, the scholarship aims to strengthen the mental health workforce, with a special emphasis on social workers. Learn more.
Grantee Spotlight: A Community-Led Collaborative Moves Forward
Brooks County residents are supporting and strengthening their community’s mental health and well-being through a robust community collaborative. Learn more.
Grantee Spotlight: Playing for the Future
As the natural language of childhood, play allows children to better express their feelings, thoughts, and experiences than words. Indeed, play therapy is to children what counseling is to adults. Learn more
A Retrospective on a Decade of Investment
We take a look back at our decade of investment in our Mental Health Policy Academy and Policy Fellow Initiative. Learn more
Integrating Mental Health Care in the Medical Setting
With its unique blend of experiential learning and training in the social determinants of health, the Integrated Behavioral Health Scholars Program at Dell Medical School transforms the medical school experience. Learn more
Stephany J. Bryan: Peer, Advocate, and Trailblazer for Mental Health and Recovery
Stephany J. Bryan (October 31, 1956 – February 14, 2021) dedicated her life to supporting and strengthening families and communities through advocacy, education, peer support, and collaboration. During her 13-year tenure as Senior Program Officer and Consumer & Family Liaison at the Hogg Foundation, Stephany touched the lives of colleagues and consumers, both personally and professionally, across many areas of mental health and recovery. Learn more
Sustainable Support for Grieving Students
In August 2019, a small nonprofit offering grief services in El Paso was overwhelmed with families in sudden need of support. The organization was the Children’s Grief Center (CGC) of El Paso, and the precipitous event was the 2019 mass shooting at a local Walmart, the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history. Learn more
Grantees Dig Deep in Response to COVID
In March of 2020, the Hogg Foundation, like much of the rest of the world, had to pivot due to a public health catastrophe. With this pivot, we wanted to support the tireless work of our grantees and their efforts to fulfill their missions. Here we focus on just two: Texas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and Galveston County Food Bank. Learn more
A Joyful Noise: Peerfest
“Noise” isn’t typically thought of as a desirable outcome for a professional conference. But PeerFest, modeled on the national Alternatives Conference, offered attendees a restorative mix of the practical and the experiential – sessions on neuroplasticity mingled with workshops on therapeutic drumming. Learn more
Peer Support in Integrated Health Settings Leads to Better Community Mental Health
Recovery was once a distant possibility for Elsa Roman. Now, she serves as a Peer Support Specialist for Hope Family Health Center, where she harnesses the power of lived experience to inspire healing, reduce stigma and promote a deeper understanding of person-centered, recovery-oriented care. Learn more
Inclusion in Faith Circles Through Mental Health Education
For years, Eugenia sought the right kind of support for her eldest son Greg who has special needs. It’s a struggle African Americans living in rural Texas know all too well. Often, in lieu of clinical sources of aid, African Americans turn to spiritual advisors and circles instead. At God’s Way Christian Baptist Church, Eugenia and her son found both. Learn more
Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists
While completion of a doctoral internship is required for students training to become licensed psychologists, shortages in available positions delay licensure and impede the expansion and retention of a quality behavioral health workforce. In an effort to expand and diversify opportunities, the Hogg Foundation funded the development and accreditation of eight internship programs across Texas. Learn more
Changing Mental Health Policy in Texas
When an organization’s capacity for working on mental health policy issues increases, the needs and voices of Texans living with mental illness have a greater impact on policymaking. Unfortunately, many organizations lack the resources or expertise to tackle mental health policy issues head on. The Hogg Foundation Policy Academy and Fellows Program are increasing capacity and expertise to advance mental health policy in Texas. Learn more
The Practice of Recovery
For many years, individuals who were identified as having a mental illness were merely “treated” with no hope of a better life. However, there has been a shift from a medical model of treatment to recovery-oriented care. The American Psychiatric Nurses Association Texas Chapter is integrating and promoting recovery among organizations throughout Texas. Learn more
Integrating a Fragmented System of Care
As the first agency to offer integrated health care to children in state custody, Harris County Protective Services is well poised to educate others on model implementation and to spearhead the evolution of the integrated health care model so that it can serve the unique needs of child populations. Learn more
Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
What happens when someone with behavioral health conditions is released from jail? The story of reentry highlights issues in the Texas criminal justice system. Via Hope is helping people with mental illness re-enter the community with support from trained Peer Specialists and Certified Recovery Coaches. Learn more
Peer Support for Young Adults
Youth who experience trauma and abuse are often poorly served by their communities. They may be seen as troublemakers when, in reality, they’re showing behavioral symptoms of their experiences. Houston Health Department is training and finding meaningful work for young peers, and enabling youth with mental health conditions to lead more successful lives. Learn more
Healthy Educators for Healthy Kids
Addressing the mental health needs of students can be challenging for teachers and faculty who may be excellent educators, but have little training in adolescent mental health or trauma. Through their trauma-informed approach to behaviors in schools, Vida Clinic has established a campus-based mental health system that includes individualized, confidential, solution-focused services for teachers. Learn more
Scholarship and Fellowship Awardee Stories
2025 Francis Fowler Wallace Memorial Award: Miguel (Mickey) Garcia
Miguel (Mickey) Garcia, a doctoral candidate in the general psychology program with a concentration in health psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso has been selected to receive the 2024 Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award by the Hogg Foundation.
2024 Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award: Rebecca Jewell
Rebecca Jewell, a doctoral candidate in the clinical psychology program at the University of Houston, has been selected to receive the 2024 Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial for Mental Health award by the Hogg Foundation.
2024 Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award: Olivia Hinojosa Galvan
Olivia Hinojosa Galvan, a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at Our Lady of the Lake University has been selected to receive the 2024 Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award by the Hogg Foundation.