United Way of Southwestern Indiana (UWSWI) awarded $568,995 in grant funds as part of our 2024 Mental Health Pathways to Potential initiative. This is the second round of funding for the Mental Health Pathway and included two funding tracks – direct services from a licensed mental health provider and prevention services.

Direct Services Grantees

• Catholic Charities was awarded $152,440 to support a part-time, bilingual licensed social worker (LSW) for the outpatient counseling program and underwrite community language interpretation training for three staff members. These additions will increase the organization’s ability to serve Spanish-speaking clients of any age. A portion of this grant award will also offset the costs incurred from Catholic Charities’ sliding scale fee model.

• United Methodist Youth Home was awarded $177,631 to expand their therapy program for at-risk youth to include those recently discharged from UMYH inpatient programs and youth in need of outpatient services to prevent court intervention.

Prevention Services Grantees

• Success Through Mentoring was awarded $88,924 to underwrite one full-time position and expand mentoring opportunities further into Spencer County. The organization connects adult mentors to kids from lower-income, underserved communities.

• Youth First was awarded $150,000 to support evidence-based youth mental health prevention programs in five EVSC schools with larger low-income populations. This work addresses critical, underlying challenges that improve mental health and break cycles of poverty.

The UWSWI Mental Health Pathway Grant seeks to improve access to behavioral health supportive services and behavioral health awareness and skill-building opportunities for low-income people in Spencer, Vanderburgh and/or Warrick Counties.