highlighted projects:Mental Health in Central America
BCAF partnered with Maverick Collective by PSI on a mental health project in the Dominican Republic. A new model of service provision was created that emphasized the need for a positive policy environment; the importance of family and community; and the need for a referral system with more trained providers. The model was piloted alongside a mass media campaign that normalized seeking help for mental health and reached more than 1.5 million people.
In 2021, BCAF deepened their partnership and supported a regional landscape analysis around the availability of services and perceptions of mental health in Central America.
You can learn more about our partnership in ISSUE, Maverick Collectives virtual learning journey.
Mood Lifters
BCAF is supporting the adaptation of a novel mental health intervention called Mood Lifters for a young adult population. Developed at the University of Michigan, Mood Lifters is an evidence-based, accessible wellness program shown to be highly effective in a general adult population at reducing stress, depression and anxiety and improving social relationships, mood and sleep. Peer leaders teach comprehensive wellness skills in a group setting. The new adaptation aims to help young adults thrive as they continue their education or enter the workforce.
Active Minds @Work
BCAF supported Active Minds to launch and scale a new mental health culture-changing program for workplaces. Active Minds @Work enlightens teams to the realities of mental health today, including the effects of the pandemic, and provides tangible and actionable ways to improve how we interact everyday from manager to employee, and colleague to colleague, with a particular focus on how to be supportive during moments of struggle. Learn more about this impactful program at activeminds.org/atwork.
our grantee partners:MENTAL HEALTH
A nonprofit organization dedicated to raising mental health awareness among college students, on the peer level.
Nonprofit that exists to protect emotional health and prevent suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults.
The largest non-profit in the US that raises funds for eating disorder treatment, promotes healthy body image and self-esteem, and inspires sufferers that full recovery from an eating disorder is possible.
Headstrong's mission is to help heal the hidden wounds of war by providing cost-free, stigma-free, and bureaucracy-free mental healthcare to our combat veterans.
The Podium Society creates impact-driven media that leverages the power of storytelling in order to drive awareness of solutions and address humanity's most urgent challenges.
The nation's largest non-profit dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide.
Center at Mishkan Chicago dedicated to building community through a holistic approach to wellness– social, spiritual, mental and emotional– through Jewish learning, leadership opportunities, social community, and access to social services and resources.
501 registered nonprofit global health organization pursuing universal health coverage through innovative and sustainable solutions that meet the actual health needs of people in developing countries.
The Kennedy Forum fights to end stigma and discrimination towards people living with mental health and addiction challenges.
Transforming mental illness recovery through community and advocacy.
Exists to discover the fundamental biological changes that cause bipolar disorder and to develop new interventions to treat and prevent the illness.
The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Treats depression in women in Africa through intervention and through group based Interpersonal Psychotherapy programs.
Based in Uganda, The Recreation Project prepares young people to overcome adversity through outdoor adventure and transformative play.
The Steve Fund is dedicated to supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.
WOMEN & GIRLS
Focuses on building a new hand worker economy by improving the well-being of women around the world and preserving cultural traditions.
The Little Market is a nonprofit, fair trade shop dedicated to the economic empowerment of women and other underserved communities by ethically purchasing handmade goods and raising awareness for human rights.
Nonprofit organization that helps artisan women and youth in Rwanda break cycles of poverty through economic empowerment and education.
Mtindo creates economic opportunities for women in Uganda through education and employment in the apparel industry.