Managed Health Services (MHS) announced the recipients of a $1.2 million investment targeting youth mental health services across Indiana on Aug. 7. The funding comes from MHS Serves, a $12 million initiative focused on reducing health disparities.
Eighteen organizations spanning 28 counties and four statewide groups will receive partnership grants. This funding supports the Youth Mental Health Empowerment Program, which aims to expand or enhance programs that improve youth access to healthcare, mental health services and trauma-informed care.
The grants fund effective program practices and professional development. MHS Serves manages the program collaboratively. Partners include the Indiana Minority Health Coalition and Black Onyx Management. The goal is empowering communities through health-focused partnerships.
The funded organizations operate in these Indiana counties: Allen, Boone, Clark, Delaware, Elkhart, Floyd, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Jasper, Johnson, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Newton, Putnam, Porter, Scott, Starke, St. Joseph, Vigo and Washington.
The recipient organizations are:
- Cultivating LifeÂ
- Cummins Behavioral Health Systems, Inc.Â
- VOICES CorporationÂ
- Family ArkÂ
- Firefly Children & Family AllianceÂ
- Foster SuccessÂ
- Girl Talk IncorporatedÂ
- Heart City Health Center, Inc.Â
- Indiana Family to FamilyÂ
- Indiana Wesleyan UniversityÂ
- Marion County Commission on YouthÂ
- Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center Indianapolis IncorporatedÂ
- New Hope Family Life CenterÂ
- Playworks IndianaÂ
- Struggle Made UsÂ
- The Bloom Project, IncÂ
- The Villages of Indiana, Inc.Â
- Tindley Accelerated SchoolsÂ
- Uthiverse IncorporatedÂ
More details are available at mhsserves.org.
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