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Supporting the Mental and Social-emotional Health Needs of Black, Brown, Multiracial, Trans & Nonbinary LGBTQ+ Adolescents Impacted by COVID-19.

Awarded in 2021
COVID-19 Response Grant
Updated Dec 15, 2023

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GSAFE, an organization working to create school communities where all LGBTQ youth and students thrive, has received a grant to deliver critically needed social-emotional supports to some of the most vulnerable adolescents in Wisconsin. This project aims to support BIPOC, Trans, Nonbinary LGBTQ+ adolescents impacted by COVID-19 through new programs and resources that expand pathways to youth leadership and increase educators’ ability to provide affirming and inclusive classrooms and schools.

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COVID-19 Response Grant

PATCH Youth Advocacy Fellowship for Social and Emotional Health

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Awarded in 2021
PATCH Youth Advocacy Fellowship for Social and Emotional Health aimed to engage Wisconsin youth as key partners and experts in addressing the social and emotional health (SEH) impacts of COVID-19. PATCH (Providers and Teens Communicating for Health), is a Wisconsin-based program that aims to improve adolescent health and well-being by engaging, educating and empowering youth and adults to partner for positive change. The PATCH Youth Advocacy Fellowship successfully completed two years of programming, offering 25 youth a 10-month opportunity to gain skills and lead community advocacy projects, such as creating widely adopted suicide response policies for schools. The fellows consulted with over 30 organizations and contributed their voices and perspectives to a number of events typically reserved for adults. Comprehensive evaluation led to the fellowship’s replication in Ohio and the launch of the PATCH Alumni Impact Study. The PATCH Youth Advocacy Fellowship, now renamed the PATCH Teen Consultant Program, continues to empower youth and expand opportunities for meaningful engagement in health advocacy.
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COVID-19 Response Grant

A Call to Action: Compassion Resilience Training for Parents and Family Caregivers

Outcome Report
Awarded in 2021
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Southeast Wisconsin, Inc, was awarded a grant to adapt and expand the capacity of the “Compassion Resilience Toolkit,” a resource for parents and caregivers supporting youth with mental health needs. In partnership with Rogers Behavioral Health, this project established caregiver groups and facilitator training to create psychologically safe spaces for skill development and resilience building. As a result, parents and caregivers became better equipped to reduce compassion fatigue and increase their ability to support their children facing mental health challenges as they move through and beyond the pandemic. In addition, the team partnered with Milwaukee’s CORE El Centro to recruit and train Spanish-speaking parents and caregivers as group facilitators.