Mental Health Care at Church and Beyond by Dr. B.R. Reese

Author:Dr. B.R. Reese [Reese, B.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-03T17:00:00+00:00

Eugenia Kleinpeter

The Rural Church Creating Inclusion Through Education

by Josephine Gurch | Jun 11, 2018 | Hogg Blog |1

For more than 12 years, it was an uphill struggle for Eugenia Kleinpeter to locate mental health services for her children. Her eldest son, Greg—like four of his younger siblings—has special needs and spent time in the foster care system.

Like many in the African American community, and particularly in rural areas, Eugenia is actively involved in her church as an assistant minister and Sunday School teacher. Her church, God’s Way Christian Baptist Church, is one of 11 faith-based organizations in African American communities that received funding through the Hogg Foundation’s Faith-Based Initiative for African American Mental Health Education.

The initiative aims to capitalize on the unique role that churches and other faith-based organizations play in African American communities, and to use these organizations as conduits for mental health education and awareness. First launched in 2014 with $947,000 in grants distributed over three years, in 2017, the foundation added an additional year of funding, totaling $350,000, with a new focus on addressing the mental health impacts of Hurricane Harvey and other disasters.2

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