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Rotary Club: La Mesa Project Title: Mental Health 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? THE GRANT PROVIDED FUNDING TO PAY THE COST OF CARE FOR CLIENTS TO SEE A CLINICIAN. CLIENTS WERE FREE TO OICKA CLICIAN OF THEIR CHOICE AND WE WOULD WORK WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE FOR THE FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPOINTMENT. WHILE INITIALLY WE THOIGHT THIS WOULD BE THE PREFERRED INITIATIVE, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR CLIENTS TO FIND PROVIDERS WITH APPOINMENTS AVAILABLE WITHOUT A DELAY OF WEEKS OR EVEN A MONTH. WE CONTACTED SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALKS WHO WERE WILLING TO MAAKE TIME IN THEIR SCHEDULE WITHOUT A DELAY OF WEEKS ON A MORE URGENT BASIS. SOME PROVIDERS FOCUSED ON ITEMS RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC(AS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AS A RESULT) WHILE ANOTHER FOCUSED ON CRISIS CARE AS WELL AS IMPATS FRM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE WERE ABLE TO PLACW CLIENTS WIRH CLINICIANS WHEN THE HELP WAS MOSTED NEEDED. 2. How many people benefited from this project? 8 CLIENTS RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL,PRIVATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? THIS PROJECT ALLOWED 8 INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL, PRIVATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. WHILE THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF SESIONS ARE CONFIDENTIAL , IN GENERAL, THE IMPACTS OF THESE SERVICES BENEFITTED THE INDIVIDUAL CLIENT AND RHEIR FAMILEY/HOUSEHOLD AS WELL. WE ALSO WERE AWARE (WITH PERMISSION FOR THE SHARING) OF ONE SPECIFIC MINOR WHO WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE INSIGHT AND SKILLS SHE ACQUIRED DURING HER SESSIONS TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF OTHER FRIENDS IN HER SPHERE WHO WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME TYPES OF STRUGGLES SHE WAS PROCESSING. BENEFICIARIES EXTEND FROM INDIVIDUALS CLIENTS,FAMILY/HOUSEHOLDS,SPHERE OF INFLUENCE INCLUDING FRIENDS ETC. IN THIS SPECFIC SEASON,TOOLS FOR FOR WELLNESS AND RESILIENCY ARE CRITICAL. IN THISHUMANITARIAN NEED WAS MET. 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? AT LEAST 4 BUT NOT CERTAIN FOR SURE HOW MANY ROTARIANS SPREDED THE WORD 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. ROTARIANS WERE INVOLVED IN SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THIS PROJECT. LETTING FAMILIES KNOW THAT THERE WAS ACCESS TO FUNDING FOR MENTAL HELTH SERVICES. THIS HELPED FAMILIES FEEL HOPE,AND THAT THEY WERE NOT ALONE IN THEIR STRUGGLE. EVEN THIS PIECE WAS SIGNICANTLY IMPRACTFUL TO FAMILIES. ROTARINS WERE INVOLVED IN CONNECTING WITH MENATL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO ENSURE THEY WERE WILLING TO WORK WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PROGRAM. THERE WAS ALSO A ROTARIAN INVOLVED IN BRAINSTORMING THE WORKSHOP TO HELP PARENTS NAVIGATE THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE PANDEMIC INPACTS. IT IS ALSO EXCITING TO NOTE, THAT THE IDEA OF THIS TYPE OF PROJECT SPARKED ONE OF OUR COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE A WAY FOR THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE. CITY HOPE,(RAN BY A ROTARIAN)INSPIRED BY THIS RESILIENCY ARE CRITIAL. IT5IS THIS HUMANANITARIAN NEED THAT WAS MET. 6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role? COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS CONSISTED OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO SAW CLIENTS. CITY HOPE A NON-PROFIT RAN BY A ROTARIAN, COOPERATED IN THE PROJECT. THEIR CONNECTION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALOWED THEM TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS PROKECT AND IDENTIFY PORTENTIAL CLIENTS. 7. Income
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District must retain receipts of all expenditures for at least five years. Please scan and upload to the project's "Documents" tab all invoices (be sure they are marked "paid"), receipts and/or copies of checks for the full amount of the project budget. By signing this report, I confirm that to the best of my knowledge these District Grant funds were spent only for eligible items in accordance with Trustee-approved guidelines, and that all of the information contained herein is true and accurate. I also understand that all photographs submitted in connection with this report will become the property of RI and will not be returned. I warrant that I own all rights in the photographs, including copyright, and herby grant RI and TRF a royalty free irrevocable license to use the photographs now or at any time in the future, throughout the world in any manner it so chooses and in any medium now known or later developed. This includes the right to modify the photograph(s) as necessary in RI's sole discretion. This also includes, without limitation, use on or in the web site, magazines, brochures, pamphlets, exhibitions and any other promotional materials of RI and TRF.
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