Gary is launching a new Behavioral Health Division and awarding $900,000 in grants to local organizations, marking a major step in the city’s effort to expand access to mental health and addiction services. At a press conference on Thursday, Mayor Eddie Melton announced the new division along with the recipients of the funding while highlighting […]
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Indiana’s Black Caucus Pushes Health Plan While Battling DEI Program Cuts
Indiana’s Black Legislative Caucus is launching an ambitious health-focused agenda in a legislative session fraught with political resistance. With a Republican-dominated Statehouse and governor dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the caucus faces mounting obstacles as it works to address racial and economic inequities. The caucus unveiled its 2025 agenda, “Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds,” hoping […]
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Girls in Distress: Report Finds Uptick in Homelessness, Mental Health Issues
This story was originally published by the Indiana Capital Chronicle. The average Hoosier girl encounters more bullying and sexual dating violence than her male peers, meaning her caregivers — from parents and schools up to lawmakers — need to better address mental health access barriers and reduce violence in communities, as shared in a new […]
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Chicago Rapper G Herbo Talks Impact of Trauma With Gary Youth
About 70 kids in neon orange shirts eagerly awaited rapper G Herbo’s arrival at a youth center in Gary. When the “PTSD” lyricist appeared, the crowd erupted in cheers, with every phone out and aimed his way. Herbo joined local activist Aaliyah Stewart on Thursday to discuss his mental health struggles from gun violence, how […]
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Why Men’s Health Month Matters for Every Man
To promote education about men’s health issues worldwide, organizations observe International Men’s Health Week from June 10 to June 16 and Men’s Health Month throughout June. These observances not only seek to raise awareness of men’s mental and physical health issues but also encourage men to ask for help when needed. About 6 million American […]
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Meet Gary’s New Health Commissioner, Dr. Janet Seabrook
Long before Dr. Janet Seabrook was an award-winning physician and public health leader in Gary, she was just a kindergartener with a dream. She remembers visiting her pediatrician one day and deciding she wanted to be a doctor after the physician let Seabrook listen to her heartbeat with a stethoscope. “I said, ‘I’d like to […]
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Looking Ahead: Health and Wellness Goals for Gary’s New Year
As holiday feasts of black-eyed peas, mac and cheese, and Christmas turkey fade into the rearview, many people, like Charita Johnson, choose to use their New Year’s resolution to tackle their physical and mental well-being. Johnson, 38, works as a home-based casework supervisor and entrepreneur, and she is determined to take her health, specifically her […]
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Understanding Seasonal Depression and Holiday Anxieties
Dr. Tanya Rogers serves as Edgewater Health’s chief integrated healthcare officer and previously spent five years as the director of family and youth at Edgewater in Gary. With over 20 years of experience in social work, Rogers recently hosted a talk on emotional intelligence and seasonal depression as part of the clinic’s “Mind, Body, and […]