Inadequate access to services, the lingering impacts of COVID-19, and stigma have contributed to the mental health crisis facing youth in our community.

In June 2024, SDWF will award unrestricted funding to nonprofit organizations providing mental health intervention services to junior high or middle-school aged (12-14 years old) youth in San Diego County.

Join us on Thursday, October 19th, to learn more about this issue from Steve Hornberger, Director of the Social Policy Institute at SDSU’s School of Social Work, and Emily Allison, Graduate Student Assistant at SDSU’s School of Social Work.

About our Speakers:

Steve Hornberger has been the Co-Director of the Social Policy Institute (SPI) since 2014 administering a number of statewide contracts and local projects “expanding child, family and community well-being.” He received the SDSU Provost’s Innovation Award in 2018 for the SPI Board Fellows Program and SPI’s 2020 Healthy Aging Across the Lifespan project is a finalist for the SDSU Big Idea Competition. Read more about Steve here.

Emily Allison is a third-year graduate student working towards obtaining two master’s degrees in public health and social work at San Diego State University (MPH/MSW). Her program specializes in health management and policy as well as administration and community development from a macro-ecological social work perspective. Check out Emily’s LinkedIn profile here.