1. Continue to develop its behavioral health program targeting mothers, fathers, and children, using the Wellness Framework of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as a guide.

Specifically, we will continue to invest in strengthening our staff’s capacity to screen clients for mental health conditions and use these findings to provide referral support. Additionally, building on the trust we have been able to establish with leaders from migrants and refugee communities through the years, we will expand our partnerships with behavioral health providers in Houston to offer community awareness sessions for parents, expecting mothers and fathers, and school-age children. Leveraging our organizational focus on education, these sessions will be delivered using a psycho-education format, in addition to being age-appropriate and family-centered. We will seek to include parenting tool kits to empower and equip parents to meet their children’s unique needs, as well as social-emotional training for children through interactive social activities, art, and guided play. Additionally, family-centered activities will include games designed to promote social-emotional learning, helping families navigate life transitions, and pro-social skills training for the family focusing on mothers.