Opening Our Eyes To A Pervasive Problem
Sex Trafficking One of the most surprising results of WGA’s work in mental health in Northeast Florida is the extent of sex trafficking in our region as well as nationally. Several local agencies that provide mental health services to girls report that a number of their clients describe being trafficked, often multiple times. While these […]
Funding a Survey Has Far-Reaching Benefit
Duval County is home to more women veterans than any other county in the state, and many of those 12,000 women fall through the cracks when it comes to accessing services such as childcare, employment training, housing assistance, health care, and mental health care. Women veterans confront many issues that men do not as they […]
A Member’s Commitment Awakens a Community
Peggy Schiffers, a WGA member since 2008, suggested mental health as the first WGA single area of focus. As Co-Chair of the Grants Committee in 2011, she had early access to research which suggested that mental health issues were pervasive, addressed in some way by every agency that served women and girls in our area, […]
Touching Two Members of WGA’s Evaluation Team
WGA regards its periodic site visits as a collaborative process. WGA learns how we can improve outcomes for our community, while agencies can discuss areas of success as well as challenges. Sometime site visits have a dramatic influence on WGA members as well.