Creating Social Infrastructure with Mental Health in Mind with Sarah VanVoorst

05/09/23 • 52 min

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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 of Great Minds with Lost&Found, Joel talks to former Mental Health Community Resource Officer with the Sioux Falls Police Department, Sarah VanVoorst about social infrastructures in the city and how different entities work together to help improve the mental health ecosystem. They explore law enforcement, nonprofits, and other agencies that work together to decrease co-occurring disorders, and support folks who are struggling with mental illness and other behavioral challenges.

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.

To learn more about the work that Lost&Found is doing to prevent suicide among youth and young adults, go to resilienttoday.org. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube (@resilienttoday).

If you'd like to support Lost&Found, you can make a donation here.

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/⁠.

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.

If you'd like to support Lost&Found, you can make a donation here.

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/⁠.

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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.

If you'd like to support Lost&Found, you can make a donation here.

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/.