This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Olathe Public Schools located in Kansas began implementing SEL tools and offering mental health services after trying to understand how best to support students. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Natalie Schwartz, writing for Education Dive, explains that colleges are implementing more mental health initiatives for Gen Zers. • How can mental health support on campus help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Studies show that Meals and Wheels addresses the social isolation problem within the elderly population and has positive effects on their wellbeing. • How can Meals on Wheels…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost all respondents (97 percent) agreed that their mood disorder has had a lifelong impact; however, the impact on an acute scale is particularly profound, with 72 percent of respondents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mass shootings often result in a particularly difficult kind of grief known as traumatic grief and, as The Atlantic reports, the death by suicide of someone connected…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • RAND Corporation reports on an evidence-based approach to addressing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans, in which virtual reality programs call up soldiers’ memories of war so…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessica Campisi reports that suicides by survivors of school shootings highlight the dearth of essential mental health supports needed to prevent compounding tragedy. • How can funders work to effectively fill…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company writes of a new study arguing that modern mental health apps are overplaying their efficacy to customers because the reality is most don’t have any…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Peer mentoring in schools can help fill the mental health gap by utilizing student connection to provide supportive relationships. • Schools built peer mentoring programs due to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Veterans are struggling with issues such as loneliness and connection once they resettle in new places. America’s Warrior Partnership aims to connect veterans with each other and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this piece from SSIR, author Eliot Brenner discusses the financial and quality of life costs of youth mental health issues on society. • Brenner comments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Atlantic article discusses how restorative practices and creating stronger bonds between teachers and their students can improve school climate and reduce suspensions. • How can…