Homelessness in Austin By now, some of you may have come across news articles, radio broadcasts or city meetings on homelessness. Our homelessness issue is not just a shelter problem, a safety problem, a city official’s problem or even a health problem. Homelessness is a…
Mental Health Outcomes in Youth According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14 (updated) Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in youth ages 10-24 LGBTQIA teens are six times more…
Erasing the Mental Health Stigma According to a recent report from the Texas Judicial Council, approximately 1 million Texans experience serious mental illness in a given year. How does this impact you and the people in your life? What are we doing as a community…
Guest article by Dawn Handley, COO of Austin Travis County Integral Care. A mental health crisis can happen anywhere, at any time and take many different forms. In Travis County, a person who has a mental illness and is experiencing homelessness loses her medication and goes…