by Clare Blankemeyer | Jan 25, 2025 | HEY! News
Funding Criteria for Working Groups HEY! funds Working Group initiatives that promote community-identified desired outcomes HEY! is a building a collective movement. While not a foundation or grant-making organization, HEY! does have a pooled fund at Greater...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Jan 18, 2025 | HEY! News
HEY! Youth Fellows & Regional Youth Define "Safe & Trusted Adult" Increasing the number of safe and trusted adults in the lives of youth is one of three HEY! impact outcomes Trusted adults are predictors of well-being because they provide crucial support, guidance,...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Dec 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
HEY! Identifies Shared Measurement Framework Including Outcomes and Indicators Measures help group chart and see progress A shared measurement framework includes key measures of success and the lead and supportive indicators to spotlight youth well-being indicators...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Oct 9, 2024 | HEY! News
New 10-year strategy looks to combat youth mental health crisis in Cincinnati By Javari Burnett, Spectrum News 1 In Ohio, 1-in-3 students have reported challenges with anxiety, according to the Department of Education and Workforce. 18-year-old Olive Weaver is a...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Sep 26, 2024 | HEY! News
bi3 and Interact for Health received the 2024 Philanthropy Innovation Award on September 24 at Philanthropy Ohio’s Philanthropy Forward ’24 conference. Presented annually by Philanthropy Ohio, the award recognizes a funder who has moved philanthropy forward through an...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Sep 18, 2024 | HEY! News
'Use your voice' | Youth-powered organization working to combat Ohio's mental health crisis By Jay Shakur, WCPO For Brooke Winstead, her mental health challenges centered around what she describes as “isolation.” “Being transferred from UC Blue Ash...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Sep 17, 2024 | HEY! News
Youth mental health is the focus of a new community-wide coalition By David Holthaus, Soapbox Cincinnati A broad coalition of people from organizations that connect with Greater Cincinnati teens and young adults has created a long-term strategy to improve the mental...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Sep 17, 2024 | HEY! News
Young people are facing a mental health crisis. Now their voices are being heard here. By Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer School hadn’t started yet, but a balmy August evening found a group of mostly teens gathered around a room that looks a lot like a...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Sep 17, 2024 | HEY! News
Hopeful Empowered Youth releases 10-year strategy to promote youth mental health in Greater Cincinnati By Thom Mariner, Movers & Makers Hopeful Empowered Youth (HEY!) – a new organization launched Tuesday, Sept. 17 – aims to improve youth mental health in Greater...
by Clare Blankemeyer | Sep 12, 2024 | HEY! News
Hopeful Empowered Youth releases 10-year strategy to promote youth mental health in Greater Cincinnati The youth-led plan for mental wellness is the result of unprecedented regional collaboration Hopeful Empowered Youth (HEY!) launched today as an organization by...
