Celebrate HopeSpoke’s 75th Year at Gourmet Comfort Classic
Celebrate HopeSpoke’s 75th Year at Gourmet Comfort Classic HopeSpoke’s Gourmet Comfort Classic returns on Friday, May 3 – and this year we celebrate 75th years of providing mental health care for vulnerable children and families in our community. The Gourmet Comfort...
HopeSpoke Hosts 32nd Annual NAPN Conference
REGISTER NOW! Join us May 15-16, 2024 at Nebraska Innovation Campus for the 32nd Annual NAPN Conference: Attachment, Neurodevelopment, and Resilience: A Developmental Perspective for the Treatment of Sexual Behavior Problems, featuring Kevin Creeden, MA, LMHC. During...
HopeSpoke Hosts Training on Mindfulness, Trauma, and Building Authentic Relationships with Young People on 9/27
Join HopeSpoke, and several community partners, on Wednesday, September 27 for a day long training centered around Mindfulness, Trauma, and Building Authentic Relationships with Young People. The training will be held at Nebraska Innovation Campus from 8am-4pm and...
HopeSpoke Welcomes New Board Members and Officers for 2022-2023
HopeSpoke welcomes four new members to its board of directors. Ellen Beans is retired from Bryan Health after serving 40 years as Director of Volunteers and Customer Care. Her volunteer and board experiences help her understand the needs of children and families...
US Surgeon General’s Advisory on Youth Mental Health
In December of 2021 the US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued a new Surgeon General’s Advisory to highlight the urgent need to address the nation’s youth mental health crisis. To read the full advisory visit: ...
Local View: Youths, system under strain
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy recently issued a groundbreaking advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health. Murthy cites the rise in youth mental health challenges over the past decade and points out the significant concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic has...
HopeSpoke Welcomes New Board Members, Officers
HopeSpoke is pleased to welcome four new members to its board of directors. Chad Kruse is associate principal at Sinclair Hille Architects, with experience in building projects for nonprofits. “It is a rewarding experience to work with organizations who dedicate...
Increased Need for Children’s Mental Health Services
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, statistics indicated that one in five Nebraskans was affected by mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Now this occurrence is estimated closer to one in three individuals. Read more about the increased need for children's mental...
Mental Health Resources Are Available
The second year of the pandemic is upon us, and we are understandably weary. The pandemic has impacted us not only physically but also mentally. FAIR Health, in a study of the effects of the pandemic on U.S. pediatric mental health, reviewed 32 billion private...
Sally’s Story
Sally is a 15 year old high school student, who sought out therapy services to help with mental health issues she has been experiencing as a result of trauma from physical, emotional and sexual abuse she endured in her childhood. These mental health issues have had a...