United Way of Southwestern Indiana awarded over $500,000 in grants

On July 9^th, United Way of Southwestern Indiana awarded over $500,000 in grants to four local nonprofits as part of their Mental Health Pathways to Potential initiative, focusing on mental health equity. These grants aim to improve access to mental health services for low-income individuals in Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick Counties.

Success Through Mentoring is awarded $88,924 to underwrite one full-time position and expand mentoring opportunities further into Spencer County.

 United Methodist Youth Home is awarded $177,631 to expand their therapy program for at-risk youth to include those recently discharged from UMYH inpatient programs and youth in need of outpatient services to prevent court intervention.  

  Catholic Charities is awarded $152,440 to support a part-time, bilingual licensed social worker (LSW) for the outpatient counseling program and underwrite community language interpretation training for three staff members. These additions will increase the organization’s ability to serve Spanish-speaking clients of any age. A portion of this grant award will also offset the costs incurred from Catholic Charities’ sliding scale fee model.     Youth First was also awarded $150,000 to support evidence-based youth mental health