Month: June 2023

Great Minds with Lost&Found Podcast: Student Mental Health Advocacy & Peer Support Programs with Caleb Weiland

Posted on June 6, 2023 by - Uncategorized

Great Minds with Lost&Found Podcast: Student Mental Health Advocacy & Peer Support Programs with Caleb Weiland and Host Joel Kaskinen

Content Warning: Great Minds with Lost&Found episodes contain mature themes, including mental health, suicide, addiction, and others that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.
In this episode, Great Minds with Lost&Found host Joel Kaskinen speaks with student advocate extraordinaire Caleb Weiland.
Caleb is a student at the University of South Dakota, the former president of the Student Government Association at USD, former president of the Student Federation, and mental health advocate. He shares why mental health support is so important to him and other students, as well as what he’s seen work and the mental health need gaps on college campuses in South Dakota.
Caleb describes his role as president of the Student Federation and advocating for suicide prevention support programming during the 2023 legislative session. He also shares his perspective of a student served by Lost&Found’s programming and how it has shaped his experience as a college student.

Listen on Spotify or find other listening options on Anchor.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube.

 

In the case of emergencies, call the 24/7 hotline at 1-800-IN-CRISIS. If you or someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, call 988. If you are a veteran facing a mental health crisis, call 988 and then press 1.

Learn more about L&F student programs here.

To learn more about Lost&Found, go to resilienttoday.org.  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Thanks to 4Front Studios for shooting, editing, and producing Great Minds with Lost&Found. To learn more about 4Front Studios, go to https://4frontstudios.com/.

Great Minds with Lost&Found Podcast: A Look at Global Suicide Prevention with Young Southeast Asia Initiative Fellows

Posted on June 13, 2023 by - Blog, Podcast, Uncategorized

Great Minds with Lost&Found Podcast: A Look at Global Suicide Prevention with Young Southeast Asia Initiative Fellows – Sean Thum and Benny Prawira speak with host Joel Kaskinen

Content Warning: Great Minds with Lost&Found episodes contain mature themes, including mental health, suicide, addiction, and others that may not be appropriate for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.
Sean Thum and Benny Prawira are Fellows with the Young Southeast Asia Leaders Initiative from Malaysia and Indonesia, respectively, who spent three weeks interning with Lost&Found.
In this episode, Sean and Benny speak with Joel about their time in the United States as part of the Fellowship, what they learned about suicide prevention in the U.S., and how it’s different than suicide prevention in Southeast Asia. They share their wealth of accomplishments and wisdom with Joel and offer light into their work as mental health advocates back home.

Listen on Spotify or find other listening options on Anchor.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube.

 

In the case of emergencies, call the 24/7 hotline at 1-800-IN-CRISIS. If you or someone you know is facing a mental health crisis, call 988. If you are a veteran facing a mental health crisis, call 988 and then press 1.

Learn more about L&F student programs here.

To learn more about Lost&Found, go to resilienttoday.org.  Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

Thanks to 4Front Studios for shooting, editing, and producing Great Minds with Lost&Found. To learn more about 4Front Studios, go to https://4frontstudios.com/.

Lost&Found receives $100,000 grant to support mobile app development

Posted on June 30, 2023 by - Blog, Education & Advocacy, Fundraising, News

Lost&Found receives $100,000 grant to support mobile app development – image shows woman on phone

Lost&Found is one of seven South Dakota nonprofit organizations receiving funds from the South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF) as part of its Beyond Idea Grant (BIG) program. Lost&Found will receive $100,000 to develop a mobile application that will support Lost&Found’s mental health and suicide prevention work among youth and young adults in South Dakota.

The BIG program supports community-based problem-solving efforts in South Dakota and is offered in partnership with the Bush Foundation.

“Our awardees in this round are addressing important issues across our state, from mental health, transportation, homeownership, education, and leadership development,” says Ginger Niemann, SDCF Senior Program Officer. “Funds from our BIG program will help these nonprofits design and test ideas to move their unique efforts forward.”

SDCF received 89 applications in the first round of the BIG program for 2023.

Lost&Found has received a number of grants from the South Dakota Community Foundation, starting in 2017.

“We are deeply grateful to our partners at the South Dakota Community Foundation for their sustained, critical investments in suicide prevention efforts over the past 6 years,” said Lost&Found CEO/Executive Director Erik Muckey. “This latest investment, through the Beyond Innovation Grant, will ensure that peer mental health supports are widely available and accessible throughout South Dakota. The support of the SDCF is saving lives each day.”

Lost&Found is receiving $100,000 to develop, launch, and fully integrate a mobile application that will increase the impact of mental health and suicide prevention programs happening on college and high school campuses in key communities across South Dakota. The goal of the project is to do two key things:

  1. It will integrate with existing in-person resilience-building programs at several campuses across the state to increase the reach of peer support programs, build data-gathering capacity for mental health-related work, and give students access to critical resources both on campus and within their communities.
  2. It will allow students easy access to potentially life-saving mental health education and support.

This app will be developed with South Dakota student developers and testers, increasing its impact through a student-driven program.