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Healthy Teen Minds

WEBOur last episode, Mental Health: A Path Forward, focused on how we can help the 1 in 5 adults in our community who are experiencing mental illness. We talked about a brand new report with important action steps based on last year’s local Mind Your Wellness Survey – and the recommendations we as a community need to follow to make an impact. Be …

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A New Approach: Community Crisis Response to Mental Health

WEBThe challenge and complexity of mental health issues in our community is growing and – since the onset of the COVID pandemic – has now reached a critical stage. How do we as a community respond to and provide help to people in the middle of a crisis? The Appleton Police Department and Outagamie County

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Community Foundation for the Fox Valley RegionCalumet County …

WEBBy Jane Frantz, Development & Communications Director, Samaritan Counseling Center. A coalition of five Calumet County school districts will begin to offer school-based mental health screening and counseling services this spring thanks to a $231,544 grant from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership within the Community …

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Mental health: Tangible Solutions for the Fox Valley

WEBThe recommendations are based on findings from the 2021 Mind Your Wellness Survey, a local survey conducted by The Connection that was designed to collect population-level data on several mental health and suicide-related indicators. A total of 1,259 adults from Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago counties took the survey during …

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Community Foundation for the Fox Valley RegionMental Health: A …

WEBDid you know that from 2010-2018, the suicide rate in Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago counties increased by 66 percent? And among those at greatest risk are middle-aged men, individuals in certain professions (like farming, construction and law enforcement, for example), veterans, members of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color), and …

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Local youth face significant mental health challenges

WEBOur community’s efforts to improve youth mental health in recent years are wide and varied. There has been a growth in school-based mental health, mental health screenings for youth, and suicide-prevention gatekeeper trainings, along with an expansion of mental health services for youth (though we are still experiencing a dire shortage of …

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Community Foundation for the Fox Valley RegionUs 2 Behavioral …

WEBThe Bright Idea Fund within the Community Foundation recently awarded a $57,600 grant to Us 2 Behavioral Health Care to help hire a therapist to provide culturally responsive counseling to minority groups in the Fox Cities and offer training and consulting to local agencies that also seek to serve minority clients. The nonprofit opened last …

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‘Visionaries, Progressive Big Thinkers and Investors’ Help Advance

WEBUs 2 Behavioral Health Care, Inc. is an Appleton nonprofit whose mission is to advance health equity by removing barriers and creating an inclusive community where people can reach their full potential. Pictured: Sheng Lee Yang, MSW, LCSW, executive director, and Kou Yang, director of operations and finance By Kou Yang, director of …

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Teamwork and funding boosts wellness for all

WEBWendy Krueger Be Well Fox Valley is a new United Way Fox Cities initiative designed to improve health and well-being in Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago Counties, thanks to support from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership Fund within the Community Foundation and the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, supported by the …

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Pop-up vaccination clinics support Hmong community

WEBMost recently, through the generosity of the Community Foundation and United Way Fox Cities, WUCMAA was able to collaborate with Ascension, Red Shoes PR, CAP Services, and Long Cheng Marketplace to provide a pop-up vaccination clinic for the Hmong community in the Fox Valley and Northeast Wisconsin.. Through community …

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Community Foundation for the Fox Valley RegionHow tech …

WEBBy Michelle Schuler, Microsoft; Founder WIT Wisconsin and Community Foundation Board member The people aspect of technology has always inspired me. And now - more than ever - I am amazed at the way it is acting as the glue that holds us together, as we navigate a global health crisis. Michelle Schuler As a woman in tech, I …

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Hub for homeless services seeks to build stability

WEBA $266,000 grant over three years from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership will help to create and staff the center, in partnership with Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities, the Fox Valley Warming Shelter and St. Matthew’s. The Basic Needs Giving Partnership is funded by the U.S. Venture Fund for Basic Needs within the Community …

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Community Foundation for the Fox Valley RegionClintonville Area

WEBOur Story Established in 1995, the Clintonville Area Foundation's mission is to enhance and improve the social, cultural, educational, health and general well-being of people in the Clintonville area. It became a geographic affiliate of the Appleton, WI-based Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region in 2000. Grants from our community fund …

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Community Foundation for the Fox Valley RegionFox Cities LIFE …

WEBFour-year high school graduation rates increased between 2013 and 2019 across all regions, according to data in the Fox Cities Leading Indicators for Excellence (LIFE) Study. Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago counties all ranked above the state average in 2019, and Wisconsin ranked eleventh best in statewide graduation rates …

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WEB1. We are proud to share with you this document – a . comprehensive set of recommendations to improve . the mental health of adults in our region based on rich,

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Stories of Giving

WEBReflecting on 50 years of charitable giving in 2014 and looking to the next 50, Dr. John and Sally Mielke said it’s all about keeping the family in the Mielke Family Foundation.. Establishment of the foundation by Dr. Edward and Bee Mielke, John’s parents, and his aunts, Ruth and Sarah, has allowed this generation of Mielkes to make a major …

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Creating Impact by Addressing the Root Causes of Poverty

WEBIn addition, partnerships have been formed with many local funders, the United Way and hundreds of nonprofits to leverage investments and funding to vital programs that help the most vulnerable individuals and families in our community. These efforts have resulted in mental health services embedded in our school districts, job …

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Life-saving transformational gift to local hospitals provides much

WEBLife-saving transformational gift to local hospitals provides much-needed ventilators By Megan Mulholland, Marketing Director, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region A donor with the Community Foundation has made a truly life-saving donation to area hospitals as they prepare to care for community members diagnosed …

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Housing: A Plan Forward

WEBImagine if all residents can live in a good home they can afford. Our region is composed of households across the income spectrum, and it's getting harder to find these homes. High-quality, stable housing is central to the health and wellbeing of all families in our communities. A new Fox Cities and Greater Outagamie County

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