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10 Organizations Leading The Way This Mental Health Awareness Month

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Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. s homeless population. Their Integrated Care Center is a new model for delivering healthcare and wellness programs to low-income and homeless people.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Despite her family's affluence, Lorraine Hansberry's childhood in Chicago during the 1930s was not without hardship, discrimination, and segregation. Do you like the sound of powerful political women? Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too.

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