To help disadvantaged teens and young adults land jobs, an Anchorage mental health provider is staking out ground in the high-tech farming fields of hydroponics and vertical gardening. Inside a warehouse off Arctic Boulevard last month, violet light bathed rows of tall white columns. Leafy greens poked out in vertical rows, marked with handwritten labels […]
Transition aged
Vulnerabilities & Opportunities Report: Profiles of Foster and Non-Foster Youth Served by LifeWorks
Despite the growing interest in the experiences of foster youth, relatively little is known about how foster youth differ from other at-risk youth who have no history of foster care involvement. The goal of this report is to address this gap in the literature, by providing an in-depth look at how transition-age foster youth compare […]
Medicaid to 26 Health Coverage for Youth Who Were in Foster Care
Under the Affordable Care Act, young people who have aged-out of foster care are now allowed to use Medicaid until they turn 26. How does one get enrolled? The Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) released new materials for both individual enrollees and providers to help explain the Medicaid to 26 benefit. Population of […]
Day Reporting and Community Transition Programs
NNEDLearn 2014 Participant: St. Joseph Probate Court Description: The Day Reporting Program is a family focused program providing services to moderate and high risk juveniles and families as a diversion from the placement of the juvenile in the Indiana Department of Correction, or other out of home, restrictive setting. The Day Reporting Program provides services to juveniles […]
Prevention and Counseling Services with Emphasis on Cultural Activities and Traditional Healing
NNEDLearn 2014 Participant: Toiyabe Indian Health Project Description: Toiyabe Indian Health Project (TIHP) partnered with Indian Health Services in 1968 to develop Toiyabe Family Services. Family Services proposes to strengthen Indian families and communities by providing professional therapeutic counseling combined with prevention strategies and counseling intervention with a strong emphasis on cultural and traditional activities. Services include drug and […]
We Ain’t Crazy! Just Coping with a Crazy System: Pathways into the Black Population for Eliminating Mental Health Disparities
“It is unpleasant to admit, but many African Americans do not receive appropriate mental health services, even when they go to places that are suppose to help them. Why is that?” It’s a question Dr. V. Diane Woods has been asking for more than a decade. At the national Black Mental Health Workers Conference in […]