Full Service Schools Plus Pilot Program Making a Difference
“Children are coming to school with mental health issues, and the school system is not really equipped to deal with those issues,”...
Age- Friendly Communities Improve Livability for Everyone
As our population ages and people stay healthy and active longer, communities need to adapt. The AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities...
Mental Health Implementation: In Pursuit of a Central Receiving Facility
Mental health treatment in the United States has been provided primarily at the community level since a “deinstitutionalization” movement...
Mental Health Summit Adds to Collaboration Necessary to Provoke Change
Think mental illness is something that only affects others? Think again. Start by glancing down the hall at your office where...
Unity Plaza Groundbreaking Event, JAX2025 Benefit
Aschelle Morgan, Community Planner Drum circles, bagpipes and construction, oh my! Yes, you read that right. Yesterday marked a terrific...
JAX2025 Build It Zone at One Spark
Aschelle Morgan, Community Planner Hardhats, caution tape and yoga, oh my! Weirdest planning list ever? Maybe. Sign of an awesome One...
JCCI Forward Follows Me…And That’s OK
Lee J. Poechmann, Forward Immediate Past Chair Last year, I was JCCI Forward’s Chair, which means this year I have the best position of...
Unlocking the Pieces: Community Mental Health in Northeast Florida
Dr. Laura Lane, Vice President and COO “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the...
29th Anniversary Quality of Life Progress Report Release
by Susan Cohn, Director of Research This past Friday marked the 29th annual release of the JCCI Quality of Life Progress Report, the...
JAX2025 Quarterly Update. Be there. No, really, BE THERE!
Aschelle Morgan, Community Planner Mark your Calendars, Jacksonville! We are just days away from the next JAX2025 Quarterly Update and...
