Jenn Heroux-Bachand, the crisis bed manager at Northeast Kingdom Human Services, grew up helping out on her grandparents’ dairy farm. She knows what it means to work hard. As a kid, she got up to milk ...
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applies a community-based protection approach rooted in the principle of “people protecting people”, recognizing that community members are often best placed to identify ...
Mental health service provision can—and should—respect the human rights of individuals seeking or receiving care. The necessary components of mental health services that respect human rights include ...
Community-based violence intervention programs have proved to reduce homicides and shootings. In order to respond to gun violence and address its root causes, communities most affected are banding ...
FARGO — North Dakota is making it easier to qualify for a program that provides a wide range of in-home and community-based support services for people with mental illnesses, substance use disorders ...
Suicide statistics in The Bahamas are at alarming levels. Between 2000 and 2013, there were 96 suicides across the country, with a male-to-female ratio of 7:1. More recently, we’ve seen six suicides ...