The Coffee Break Project
The Coffee Break Project is a community-driven model to support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of farmers and ranchers in rural eastern Colorado. The program is led by Southeast Health Group, in partnership with a number of local businesses…
Centering Indigenous Knowledges and Worldviews: Applying the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to Youth Mental Health and Wellness Research and Programs
Globally, Indigenous communities, leaders, mental health providers, and scholars have called for strengths-based approaches to mental health that align with Indigenous and holistic concepts of health and wellness. We applied the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to strengths-based case examples of…
BRAVE Program
American Indian and Alaska Native young adults are strong and resilient. Interventions designed to improve their mental health and help-seeking skills are especially needed, particularly those that include culturally-relevant resources and relatable role models. The multi-media BRAVE intervention was designed…
Using Cuento to Support the Behavioral Health Needs of Hispanic/Latinos
According to the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), nearly eight million (18.4 percent) Hispanic/Latino adults reported having a mental illness. Among those with a mental illness, 1.9 million (24.4 percent) had a serious mental illness, or…
Where Did Funding (And the Workforce) Go? Exploring Innovative Strategies for Sustainability and Retention in the Behavioral Health Field
Community-based organizations (CBOs) across the nation are experiencing challenges in sustaining programs and services, staff retention and training, and organizational capacity. With the COVID-19 emergency relief funding coming to an end this summer, many organizations are left wondering how to…