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Youth Mental Health: Cross‑Sector Coordinated Systems
As we come to the final piece of our three-part Beyond the Headlines: Stories from Youth Mental Health Leaders series, this week we’re highlighting the work of two social entrepreneurs advancing youth mental health within our portfolio. These two leaders are building coordinated networks between schools, health systems, juvenile justice, and community providers so young people don’t fall through the cracks, ensuring young people stay connected to the care they need, not pushed into punitive pathways.
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Get Closer: Chris Chatmon of Kingmakers of Oakland
We invite you to join us as we get closer to the breakthrough social entrepreneurs behind organizations tackling entrenched social challenges and transforming systems in America. Through this short video, we get closer to the mountaintop through the…
COVID-19 Scenario Planning Revisited: An Update from Monitor Institute by Deloitte
Monitor Institute by Deloitte recently released an addendum to their 2020 COVID-19 resource report that provides updated illustrations of what the world might look like in each of the four scenarios introduced in the original report, with our evolvin…
Breakthrough with Matt Hammer of Innovate Public Schools
“We don’t want to go back to the status quo – we must go forward. A fundamental principle of community organizing is that the people closest to the problem must be involved in shaping the solutions to those problems. That is parents, students and edu…
Meeting the Moment with Eshauna Smith
“What we need as nonprofit leaders is the space to open that door – to be able to provide one another with more grace, lean into our relationships, and be more vulnerable in sharing our challenges and lessons learned. This work can be lonely, but it…