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The troubled teen industry includes various group homes, often called congregate care facilities, that claim to help youth with behavioral, emotional, or mental health challenges. This industry encompasses wilderness therapy programs, boot camps, therapeutic boarding schools, religious-based programs, drug rehabilitation centers, and residential treatment centers. Each year, about 120,000-200,000 youth enter […]
Community advocates are leaders who provide direct and indirect services and care to the health and well-being of people in their community. They assist survivors as they manage through systems that intersect with their overall health. Advocates can take action to significantly improve the health and well-being of Latin@ survivors of […]
In this short video by Our Lives News, our Director of Research and Evaluation and University of New Haven professor, Dr. Lillie Macias, speaks about where the term gaslighting came from and how it is a form of domestic violence. Read the full article or visit loveisrespect.org for more resources on […]
By: Martha Hernández Martínez, MPA and María Cristina Pacheco Alcalá, M.Psy. Why did we do it? One of the great lessons we have learned from our advocates is that “a question is never asked for the sake of asking or to fill out a form, if we ask something it is […]
