Instituto Familiar de la Raza‘s La Cultura Cura offers youth positive alternatives to violence and incarceration through a range of services and cultural arts activities including intensive case management, court advocacy, mental health services and innovative arts programming. La Cultura Cura is noted for providing critical programming for monolingual Spanish-speaking and multicultural Latino youth and their […]
Mental health
Strong African American Families Program Reduces Substance Use, Conduct Problems among Rural Teens
A family-centered prevention program, Strong African American Families–Teen (SAAF–T) program, can help deter substance use, conduct problems and depressive symptoms among rural African-American teens, a new study published in Pediatrics finds. The study included African-American teens and their parents, who lived in rural Georgia. They attended five two-hour sessions on household rules, academic success, resisting peer […]
Café Hope Espresso Project: Job Training Program for Behavioral Health Clients
Café Hope is a job training program for ACRS Behavioral Health clients. Participants typically have cognitive or emotional barriers to employment and varying levels of functionality. From a safe, supportive setting, clients learn about food safety, customer service, making beverages and basic business concepts. They then operate an espresso stand two to four days a […]
The Jericho Project: Alternative to Jail for People with Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
The Jericho Project provides an alternative to jail for people with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse who have been arrested and charged with a crime. Many of their clients have cycled in and out of the justice system, homelessness, emergency rooms and other costly emergency services for years without ever getting the treatment […]
Connecticut Latino Behavioral Health System: Expanding Culturally Relevant Treatment Alternatives
The overarching goal of the Connecticut Latino Behavioral Health System (CT LBHS) is improved behavioral health care through the permanent expansion and enhancement of culturally relevant treatment alternatives for the Latino population of Connecticut. The Hispanic Clinic of the Connecticut Mental Health Center functions as the coordinating anchor for the CT LBHS. The aim is to […]
The Trevor Project: Preventing Suicide among LGBTQ Youth
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. Mission: The Trevor Project is determined to end suicide among LGBTQ youth by providing life-saving and life-affirming resources including our nationwide, 24/7 crisis intervention lifeline, digital community and advocacy/educational programs that create a […]