After more than 15 years, we’re also soberly aware of the countless ways our mental health care system has and continues to fail people of color. This month, we’ve opened the conversation as a team to better understand the experiences, the motivation, and the impact that our very own staff hopes to make on their clients, in their community, and through their career.

For 15 years, we’ve had the honor of serving individuals with complex mental health needs. Our clients’ stories and backgrounds span a wide range of situations, which sometimes requires us to come up with creative and outside of the box solutions. One of our guiding principles is that everyone, regardless of ability, deserves to be cared for with dignity and respect. At Help in the Home, we treat our clients like family and that value extends to our valued network of partners as well. 

Our team focuses on building an alliance of trust and making sure our community members know that we will stand by them throughout their journey. Connection and infusing joy are at the center of why we do what we do.

Since the beginning of our story, Help in the Home exists to infuse joy into people’s lives by providing personalized mental health support. At the heart of who we are, providing joy and heart in every step of the process was non-negotiable because our community members and their families are like family to us.

Having a growth mindset is a concept that has no beginning or end, and allows plenty of room for mistakes and learning. Whether we realize it or not, we all have inherent beliefs about our abilities, talents, and our capacity to change. These beliefs form our mindset and that mindset impacts everything.

In the special, Mental Health Care: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, he discussed the cracks in the mental health care system. This month, we unpack the conversation and share our thoughts on the topics covered in the special.