While we celebrate our 15th Year Anniversary of the Foundation, Joe Pyle, President of the Scattergood Foundation and Mary Crauderueff, Curator of Quaker Collections at Haverford College Libraries, shared more about the 207 year history and values that still guide us today. […]
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This Women’s History Month, we are thrilled to spotlight our grantees and partners who are passionate and committed advocates for their communities, and for other women. This past January, Sharon Hartz was inducted as the 38th president of the Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia (KAAGP). As the third woman to hold this position in […]
All over the world, and in all works of life, the impact and imprint of women is seen and felt, and behavioral health is no different. At the Scattergood Foundation, we have been privileged to work with amazing women leaders who are changing the game in the way behavioral health is seen and in how […]
We are celebrating Black History Month all February long by recognizing African American leaders that the Foundation has the great fortune of working with. These leaders are addressing the inequities in our behavioral health system and beyond each and everyday. Though we are celebrating this month, we are truly grateful and humbled by their work […]
In 2020, the Scattergood Foundation will be 15 years old. In our decade and a half, the Foundation has built new programs, expanded staff, and developed areas of focus – navigating significant change. Through our evolution, we have had the opportunity to learn and grow, but maintained an unwavering commitment to improving behavioral health and […]
People with serious mental illness are overrepresented in the justice system, and most county jails in the United States house three times as many people with serious mental illness as would be expected from community-based estimates. The authors of a newly released paper in the Think Bigger Do Good Policy Series review the complex array […]
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This is a good story about mental health. Let’s say a bunch of social workers, nurses, trauma specialists, philanthropists, non-profit professionals, writers, EMTs, and data crunchers walk into a bar. Knock knock, no joke, this actually happened in December 2019. Mental health professionals begin to schmooze over spinach mushroom rolls, cheese and hummus platters, and […]
Announcing New Partnership with Psychiatric Services […]
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Why is a behavioral health organization hosting an event at a brewery? […]
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