Transforming Young Minds Collectively
The theme of our 2023 Young Minds Matter conference is Transforming Our Communities Collectively. With a focus on collaborating with children, youth, and families as decision-makers and leaders in...
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Brandie Meister, vice-president and co-founder of Real Queens Help Fix Each Other’s Crowns The theme of our 2023 Young Minds Matter (YMM) conference was Transforming Our Communities Collectively. More...
View ArticleFinal Exams and Student Well-being
Podcast host Ike Evans speaks with two UT Austin students currently working with the Hogg Foundation’s operations department and a counselor from the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center’s...
View ArticleCo-Signer Spotlight: Mindful Philanthropy
Mindful Philanthropy This article is one in a series spotlighting the co-signers of our 2020 Declaration of Racism as a Mental Health Crisis. Throughout the series we will be looking at the ways they...
View ArticleExploring Gratitude
Dr. Bob Duke It’s hard to ignore the seasonal emphasis on gratitude that surrounds holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hannukah. But just what does it mean to be thankful? In this episode we...
View ArticleHogg Policy Academy and Policy Fellows to Focus on Child, Youth, and Family...
Hogg Peer Policy and Policy Fellows, 2017 The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health launched the Hogg Policy Academy and Policy Fellows grant initiative in 2010 with the goal of bolstering the mental...
View ArticleThe Behavioral Health Effects of the Medicaid Unwinding in Texas
This blog post was guest authored by Angela Ott, former Hogg Policy Fellow. Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary...
View ArticleHonoring a Mental Health Pioneer
Author, educator, and psychologist Dr. Melvin P. Sikes was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the renowned unit of African American fighter pilots who flew during World War II. After the war, he...
View ArticleHogg Foundation Launches Grant Program to Strengthen Capacity of Historically...
AUSTIN, Texas – The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is excited to announce the launch of the Reliable Flexible Funding Grant (RFF) program. The foundation will invest $5 million over 5 years (up to...
View ArticleThrauma: From Surviving to Thriving
This blog post was guest authored by Sandra Smith, PhD, vice president of Via Hope. She is a Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist and a Certified Reentry Peer Specialist. At PeerFest 2024 she...
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