Return to Field Work  2025

Projects by State

Colorado

Advocates for Victims of Assault | Frisco, Colorado
Build self-confidence and mental and physical well-being by providing free yoga, barre, cross fit, and self-defense classes to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and the Summit County community at large.

Calmer Minds Counseling | Woodland Park, Colorado
Engage trusted messengers to provide outreach and essential services to Teller County’s unhoused veteran population and gain insight into their unique perspectives. The project will then rely on creative storytelling approaches to share those perspectives with the veteran community and other stakeholders.

Crested Butte Museum | Crested Butte, Colorado
Offer a free, casual unstructured play hour with tots and their caregivers at the Crested Butte Museum before regular business hours on Mondays to provide young families with an opportunity to connect with other families.

Family Resource Center | Sterling, Colorado
Reduce isolation and improve emotional well-being among area grandparents through regular social connection, such as monthly peer walk-and-talk sessions and visits to new social spaces like restaurants, churches, and golf courses.

Grand County Rural Health Network | Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado
Empower Spanish-speaking and other historically underserved residents to design their own series of local mental health solutions for Grand County. These solutions will be tailored to each community and will culminate with an event that brings people together across language, background, and experience to support mental health in Grand County.

La Plata County Public Health Department | Durango, Colorado
Bring employers in the construction and hospitality industries into the role of mental health champion by providing work-based incentives to employees to take wellness actions using a gamification approach.

Otero College Child Development Services | La Junta, Colorado
Support the mental health of Otero County parents of young children with medical, behavioral and other special needs—especially those who are Spanish-speaking—by developing emotional regulation tools, creating peer-support opportunities, and connecting families with bilingual resources.

Routt County Crisis Support | Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Provide on-call peer support to rural first responders and other front-line workers (like ski patrol, educators, veterinarians, and outdoor guides), who experience trauma regularly as part of their work, and develop an accredited training curriculum.

Steamboat Dance Theatre | Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Support emotional well-being in a region where access to traditional mental health care can be limited by delivering dance and movement workshops in familiar community spaces designed to be welcoming, accessible, and adaptable to diverse needs.

Synergy in the Service Industry | Poncha Springs, Colorado
Deliver proactive education and peer-based support to address substance misuse among Chaffee County food and beverage workers on-site at restaurants and community hubs, and offer free peer recovery coaching with flexible support levels.

Valley Citizens’ Foundation for Health Care | Del Norte, Colorado
Launch a creative hub for mental health awareness and connection targeting farmers and ranchers, youth, and older adults in the San Luis Valley through a mix of storytelling, community art, youth-led oral history, peer support training, and rotating shared dinner series.

Idaho

Clearwater County Senior Citizens | Orofino, Idaho
Many seniors in Clearwater County live alone, lack transportation, or are distanced from family support, all of which can contribute to feelings of loneliness and despair. Through home-delivered and communal meals, wellness checks, and group social activities, this project will provide physical nourishment and meaningful social interaction, emotional support, and a sense of belonging.

Kellogg Project Uplift | Wallace, Idaho
In a county where wait lists for mental health providers can hit 18 months, this project brings resources directly to residents quickly at community meals, through creativity programs at the library, and via expanded food pantries.

Mountain Home School District | Mountain Home, Idaho
Create a student-led podcast that promotes mental health prevention and combines it with student-led creative events, and visible symbols like “You Are More” t-shirts to foster a sense of belonging and reduce stigma.

Weiser Memorial Hospital Foundation | Weiser, Idaho
Host a yearlong series of seasonal community gatherings designed to connect Washington County’s older adults, Spanish-speaking families, young parents, and local newcomers. These “Come to the Table” events will include culturally relevant programming (local speakers, music, and shared meals) as well as informal mental health resource sharing and interactive activities like square dancing and board games to foster engagement across generations and local divides.

Montana

Granite Sports Medicine | Livingston, Montana
Build connection and reduce stigma among agricultural workers by providing them with a blend of interactive programming—delivered largely via Zoom and Signal chats—that is tailored to the demands of farm and ranch life: Seasonal sessions might cover stress tools for calving season, healthy snacks for haying season, and strategies to avoid injuries common to agricultural labor.

McCone County Public Health Department | Circle, Montana
Provide handwritten invitations to those experiencing loss in the tiny town of Circle to engage in a supportive group conversation, hosted in an neutral community space and  guided by a licensed grief counselor.

Pondera County Health Department | Conrad, Montana
Create telehealth rooms equipped with virtual reality technology in schools, libraries, and other community centers across Pondera County, where a lack of transportation, access to mental health professionals, and stigma create barriers.

Suffer Out Loud | Bozeman, Montana Deploy a marketing campaign targeting Gallatin County and Park County health care providers that highlights the benefits of prescribing social activities like nature walks, meet-ups, volunteering, and other non-clinical shared experiences to combat mental health challenges.

New Mexico

Catholic Charities of Southern New Mexico | Las Cruces, New Mexico
The stigma surrounding mental health is particularly strong in first-generation immigrant families—the majority of residents in Chaparral, New Mexico—many of whom have experienced generational trauma and cultural silence around emotional struggles. This project targets parents as the cornerstone of family well-being by offering bilingual classes covering topics like coping skills and emotional regulation, parenting through crisis, and building support networks. The project also includes a train-the-trainer model to ensure sustainability in the community.

Felipita Jacks | Bernalillo, New Mexico
Deploy an RV mobile health and wellness unit to bring essential health and wellness services to eight rural Native American communities. Designed for accessibility, privacy, and comfort, the unit, which is led by a Keres-speaking Indigenous mental health care worker, provides a safe, welcoming space for individuals to receive confidential substance abuse counseling, mental health support, screenings, and referrals—without needing to visit a traditional clinic or social services office, which can be a barrier to Indigenous clients.

National Latino Behavioral Health Association | Rio Arriba, New Mexico
Use intergenerational gatherings, community-led storytelling, and culturally-adapted mental health kits to foster trust, reduce stigma, and strengthen engagement among Rio Arriba County’s high-risk Hispanic and Indigenous populations.

Rocky Mountain Youth Corps |Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
Recruit five Taos County teens to serve on a Youth Wellness Council that will lead an assessment of youth mental health needs and culminate in implementing a series of teen-designed activites that address those needs.

Sasha’s Rainbow of Hope | Farmington, New Mexico
Use substance-free comedy workshops and open mic nights led by a nationally recognized comedian as powerful, culturally relevant tools to spark connection, reduce shame, and promote healing among Native American youth.

Wyoming

Central Wyoming Counseling Center | Casper, Wyoming
Improve mental health outcomes and reduce substance abuse relapse among energy sector workers by piloting a mobile behavioral health services initiative that delivers counseling, substance use treatment, and other therapies on jobsites in rural Wyoming.

Wyoming 211 | Cheyenne, Wyoming
Implement a technology solution, CommuniCare, that makes it easy for community organizations and medical providers to connect through electronic referrals and coordinate care on behalf of a client/patient, reducing barriers to mental health resources.