Josh's Hope is incredibly grateful to the following local companies for their support and services in creating our upcoming JHF shop bathroom! Get ready for our second annual Bid For Hope Online Auction! 7, 2021. With a wide variety of incredible items, there will be opportunities for everyone to bid and support Josh's Hope in our biggest fundraiser of the year!
1 in 4 youth in our country competes with mental health challenges, yet there are very few services for job preparation and fostering life-long skills and well-being. Mental wellness is vital to having a successful, healthy life. It can be a very difficult challenge when your family member or friend is battling mental challenges.
1 in 4 youth in our country competes with mental health challenges, yet there are very few services for job preparation and fostering life-long skills and well-being. Mental wellness is vital to having a successful, healthy life. It can be a very difficult challenge when your family member or friend is battling mental challenges.
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Josh's Hope was co-founded by Steve and Julie Jarrell Bailey in 2010 following the 2008 murder of their son, Josh, who lived with lifelong mental health issues and learning disabilities. Josh was adopted by the Baileys in 1996 at the age of 8 and lost his Medicaid benefits on his 18th birthday, leaving him unable to consistently access his mental health treatment.
Josh had lifelong mental-health issues and learning disabilities, as well as recurring substance-abuse issues in the last two years of his life. Josh was also a loving, creative, joyful and adventurous young man who had hopes and dreams for his own future. Like many people living with mental illness, Josh's disabilities made him vulnerable to victimization.
It's not easy raising a child on the Autism Spectrum, much less two - twins - a boy and a girl. My husband and I learned the hard way that there aren't many community resources to help young adults who are diagnosed with both Autism and mental health issues.
We were losing hope in finding a program that would embrace our kids' unique needs, nurture them, focus on their strengths and teach them skills that could open opportunities for them and build their self-confidence, give them a sense of accomplishment.But we found all of that at Josh's Hope.
We were losing hope in finding a program that would embrace our kids' unique needs, nurture them, focus on their strengths and teach them skills that could open opportunities for them and build their self-confidence, give them a sense of accomplishment.But we found all of that at Josh's Hope.
Gail currently works as a real estate broker. She also has many years experience producing special events for corporations. Gail brings a great deal of experience in the nonprofit sector, having led Mandala, an international adoption agency, for over 12 years. She is the mother of five children ranging in age from teens to mid-30s, one of whom struggled with mental health issues for several years.
If so, then the new Accelerated Woodworking curriculum at Josh's Hope might be for you. The faster-paced course will teach skills needed for basic entry level employment at businesses such as hardware and home improvement stores, cabinet and furniture making companies, construction companies and even entrepreneurial pursuits making and selling handcrafted wooden products, such as cutting boards, coasters, benches, stools, candle holders, etc.
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