Princess Jackson

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Founder Sock Out Poverty, Inc.

Posted Jul 25, 2016

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Sock Out Poverty was founded by Princess Jackson at the age of nine. She was passing out blankets to the homeless and realized they had shoes but no socks, and that is when Sock Out Poverty began. Sock Out Poverty, Inc. has donated over 9,000 pairs of socks to the homeless and different organizations in Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio and Dallas.

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Jill Horner speaks with US Representative Frank Pallone, Jr., from the United States Congress, about Robocall Legislation. Interview recorded 2/11/19.

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University Prep Schools is providing all children the access, opportunity and experience necessary to become not only university-ready, but life-ready. With a fervent resolve to ensure a culture of post-secondary readiness, UPrep Schools drives all students to reach their academic potential.

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Solutions to Challenges Come from Combined Experience

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Rick Vilello, PA Dept. of Community and Economic Development, says his experience in local government and service in the PA Municipal League combined with his present position, he is in a unique position to help solve problems and challenges in local governments of all sizes. Recorded at the PML's 2019 Annual Summit at the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg Borough. Sheila Hyland hosts. dced.pa.gov

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Digital Mental Health Initiative

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The UI Center on Depression and Resilience has launched a new innovative artificial intelligence (AI) and technology based treatment initiative, creating a digital based mental health safety net, to address Illinois' mental health crisis, and treat suicide risk factors. The UICDR has developed numerous digital tools, apps and inventions to reduce mental health disparities and offers these cutting-edge products to the public. This pioneering concept potentially can serve as a blueprint for the cost-effective integration of AI and technology to give greater access to mental health resources to poverty stricken areas and combat the growing national mental health crisis. This initiative is the “Digital Mental Health Initiative” (DMHI). The DMHI is a collaborative, transdisciplinary group of scientist, researchers, engineers and physicians working across 19 labs in at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Psychiatry Department to improve equitable access to mental health treatment with innovative smart, connected technology. The DMHI employs cutting-edge research to develop evidence-based digital tools and other technology based mental health treatments, which have already effectively treated thousands of patients. 1.5 million people in Illinois live with serious mental illness. According to the most recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide in Illinois has risen 23 percent, and is now ranked as the 11th leading cause of death in the state. The prevalence of depression in Illinois has increased, as it has globally, catapulting depression to the number one cause of disability worldwide.

This crisis has come at a staggering cost; estimates place the economic cost of untreated depression/behavioral health in the state to be more than 1.4 billion dollars a year.

Lack of access to treatment, and inefficient models of care, lie at the heart of this crisis. These numbers are a sobering reminder that we as a society have not adequately addressed the core reasons nor put forth the proper solutions to confront this health crisis, and necessitated the creation of UI Center on Depression and Resilience “Digital Mental Health Initiative” (DMHI).

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