AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Aspire a Mindful Place and Panhandle Community Services are two Texas organizations that will receive grant money from Hogg Foundation for mental health services.
These two Panhandle organizations will be awarded $375,000 for each to create or build on an existing community collaborative.
Aspire a Mindful Place and Panhandle Community Services operate project sites that are being funded in partnerships with Amarillo Area Foundation and Bivins Foundation, respectively.
The selected communities are in areas of Texas marked by limited access to mental health services and poorer mental health outcomes, within regions designated as mental health professional shortage areas. This impacts Hutchinson, Dallam, Hartley and Ochiltree Counties.
The Hogg Foundation, along with two partner foundations, have awarded $6.5 million in grant funding over five years to 11 organizations to improve mental health and well-being programs in rural communities.
“This initiative encourages local leadership and collaborative community efforts,” says Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., executive director of the Hogg Foundation. “It aims to support and strengthen partnerships between local organizations and involve community residents, so that by working together and building on what they already do well, they can strengthen mental health, resilience, and well-being in their communities.”
“Rural areas, especially those along the Texas-Mexico border, have rich cultures and a deep-rooted spirit of community,” says Rick Ybarra, senior program officer for the Hogg Foundation. “These collaboratives will serve as exemplars and sites of innovation to improve community mental health along the border and rural communities throughout Texas.”
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