Via Hope Blog
Announcing the Recovery Institute’s 2012 Participants!
From the official announcement: Via Hope, a training and technical assistance partnership between Texas Department of State Health Services, Mental Health America of Texas, and NAMI Texas, is launching the Recovery Institute and has announced which organizations will participate in this inaugural year’s initiatives. The Recovery Institute will further Via Hope’s transformational work by helping state… Read more
MHT and the UAE
I spent some of my master’s program living and interning at a women’s shelter in the United Arab Emirates, and certain things remind me of the place—the smell of bakhoor or the taste of zaatar, for obvious reasons. Hearing people say “ya’ani,” instead of “um.” Wilted eggplants. And, um, mental health transformation. That’s right—MHT.… Read more
Hogg Foundation Grants and Mental Health Efforts in Texas
Exciting news—the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health announced which Texas organizations were awarded grants to hire and host Mental Health Policy Fellows this fall! This is a new initiative, and a very exciting one—these types of positions are too rare in the mental health world. The grantees are Advocacy, Inc, Texans Care for Children, Childbuilders, Lutheran Social… Read more