What’s New at Foundations Health & Wholeness?

Posted on 9-12-2024

Suicide Prevention Month

September is Suicide Prevention Month, a month dedicated to raising awareness about suicide, having crucial conversations about mental health, and confronting the alarming rates of suicide, particularly among middle-aged men.

With suicide rates for men being three to four times higher than for women, the stigma around seeking help is costing lives. It’s time to speak up, take action, and change the narrative on men’s mental health.

Dudes & T.A.C.O.S. (Trailblazing Adventure of Connection, Outreach, and Support), a men’s wellness initiative by Foundations Health & Wholeness, aims to break that silence and destigmatize mental health. Through engaging monthly events, we create comfortable, non-judgmental spaces where men can connect, learn, and lead healthier, more fulfilling lives—all at no cost, thanks to generous donors.

This initiative goes beyond therapy. It’s a community-based program dedicated to changing the narrative around men’s mental health, reducing the stigma, and providing accessible support and connection, all with the aim of reducing suicide rates.

You Can Help Make a Difference

Your donation can help Foundations Health & Wholeness continue to offer free events and vital resources that empower men to seek help, support one another, and develop the skills they need to live well.

Learn more about how you can support this vital mission HERE.

Your generous gift today will help save lives of men right here in our community.

2024 Ethics in Action Awards – October 24th, 2024, 7:30am-9:30am

Ethics in Action is a signature community event that honors people who are creating healthier workplaces, schools, and neighbors AND raises critical funds for mental health counseling for children and adults with financial barriers to mental health care.

Purchase tickets and learn more about Ethics in Action HERE.

Let’s Take a Hike!

You’re invited to join Foundations for the September Dudes & T.A.C.O.S. event at the L.K. Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve in Suamico on Tuesday, September 24th, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

You will be joined by Foundations therapist, Ken Sann, to discuss recovery topics, as September is National Recovery Month. Please meet in the main parking lot so we can hit the trail together!

RSVP and/or Questions: Send email to Ryan Good at [email protected]. 

Follow this event on Facebook!

ALL DUDES, no matter who, are welcome at our Dudes & T.A.C.O.S. events. This event is FREE and includes FREE food! Please spread the word and bring your fellow dudes along.

Foundations Health & Wholeness

Foundations Health & Wholeness serves the community by healing mind and spirit through mental health counseling and foster care.

Mental Health Counseling

  • Our main clinic offers full range of mental health and addiction services.
  • We partner with social organizations in ten different locations to embed our therapists to serve children and adults with significant barriers to care, including those living in poverty, experiencing homelessness, the aging and people with disabilities. These satellite clinics offer an opportunity for us to train and supervise the next generation of licensed therapists and address the scarcity of licensed therapists in Wisconsin.
  • We also provide counseling at three public schools. We are the founder, and an active member, of Connections for Mental Wellness, a coalition of mental health care providers seeking to reduce the number of poor mental health days.

We provide approximately 12,000 mental health sessions every year, plus casual support, psycho-education, and over 500 hours of service on mental health tasks forces and committees. About 60% of our clients are either uninsured or under-insured, and we keep our doors open to everyone in need of mental health counseling.

FOSTER CARE

In foster care, we recruit, license, and train foster parents. We work with counties throughout Wisconsin to provide placement and case management for children in need of loving foster homes. We provide treatment-level foster care to support children have experienced trauma, and have higher emotional and physical needs. Through our foster care offices in Green Bay, Greater Milwaukee area, Sheboygan/Lakeshore area, the Fox Valley, and soon Janesville, we serve over 130 children every year. The number of children we serve grows every year.

 

Foundations Health & Wholeness. The three words in our name relate around approach to care:

  • Foundations – we are here to walk with people has they strengthen the foundations of their mind and spirit
  • Health – Mental health is a key component of overall health and well-being. The World Health Organization defines health as, “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being & not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
  • Wholeness – Wholeness is unity. It’s a personal state of forming a complete and harmonious life.

 

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