Be inspired by what can happen when you embed a mental health team inside the school. Hear Marisa Perez-Martin’s 18 year journey uncovering authentic partnerships and building a school-based model that is demonstrating outcomes for students.

Be inspired to reframe what a senior center can look like. Hear how Jane Bavineau, vice president of health and wellness at BakerRipley, is listening to ‘modern elders’ and their caregivers in Hoursont to reimagine senior centers, including their own version of NPR Story Corps and a community garden.

Be inspired by the opportunities all around you. Hear Terri Howard, director of business development at FEI Behavioral Health, talk about what the FBI is doing to encourage both physically and mentally healthy employees.

Be inspired by the strategic shift that happened when the voice of the customer was heard. Hear Melissa Benton, community development officer at John Boner Neighborhood Centers, talk about the evolution that occurred within their services when they went into the community to hear its needs.

Be inspired by what academics can bring to the conversation to move innovation forward. Hear Latrice Rollins, professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, speak about her work, illustrating the power dads with the right resources to positively transform their kid’s, their family’s, and their community’s trajectory.

Be inspired by how casual community relationships have built a new approach to opidoid emergencies in a New York community.  Hear Saarah Waleed share how Villa Hope started as a substance use disorder clinic and expanded to wrap around services that include mental health and referrals directly from the emergency department.

In this new mini-episode, cohosts Jill Huynh and Tim Johnstone join the More Than Health Care podcast producer, Erin Keltner, in reflecting on their favorite topics and takeaways from the 2019 episodes and give a preview of upcoming new episodes in 2020.

Our nonprofit sector is very fragmented today. As a result, our sector is not widely viewed as a valuable resource to lead change in our community systems. We are therefore banished to the “kids’ table” and are not part of the important conversations and decision making. This episode discusses ways human services organizations can begin changing our trajectory to truly support those we serve in a big way.

Jim Mason tells the story of Beech Acres Parenting Center’s journey from being a 19th-century orphanage to operating as a 21st-century parenting center that invests in innovation and partners closely with health care entities to provide holistic and systemic supports to parents, kids, and families. Learn why Beech Acres believes it is critical to serve the whole child and whole family within the context of their community ecosystem.