How philanthropic risk capital can support public mental health care dollar expenditure at critical inflection points and create system change.

How can young people use technology and how can it improve their mental health? How is the design, and data sets for mental health technology apps different for youth and LGBTQ and BIPOC populations? 

Increasing access to mental health care in underserved communities (rural, elderly, underrepresented minorities) is part of Dr. Pat Arean's research at the University of Washington. Digital mental health tools can be an important element, with or without the support of a licensed clinician.

Katherine is the founder of the Stability Network, a movement of people speaking out on their own mental health challenges and how you can thrive. The discussion focuses on stigma, prevention and early intervention in the case of mental illness, and how mental health should be treated as part of overall health.

Solome Tibebu reviews the grants the Upswing Fund just made for adolescents of color and LGBTQ+ communities. Grants were made to support direct mental health services as well as system capacity expansion. Categories included digital technology, school-based programs, stigma reduction, workforce development, and public financing.

The connection between a social determinant of health such as housing with mental health is clear. Whether someone is homeless or under-housed (in poor condition housing), that condition creates stress, instability, and can lead to dysfunction and inability to thrive. Housing is medicine, and a powerful intervention to improve lives and mental well-being. 

Inseparable focuses on policies to reduce the treatment gap in mental health, putting comprehensive school mental health systems in place, and stopping the criminalization of mental illness. Policy work on these takes place at the federal, state, and local levels, and philanthropy can make an important difference.

Learn why infant and maternal mental well being is so important, and how Perigee is investing in organizations and communities to support timely interventions, building family relationships and support, and how social, emotional, and behavioral challenges can be overcome.