A bright new space. “We work to rebuild, uplift and empower our community and all that looks like,” said Tamika Mease. Host an organization in the fight against the social and economic problems plaguing North Omaha. “We’re dealing with crime, poverty, you know, on top of the pandemic, it just makes it harder to navigate through survival and survival,” Mease said. Mease is the founder and executive director of North Omaha Community Partnership. Since their launch in 2019, they have extended their reach throughout the city. “We don’t just limit ourselves to North Omaha, we go where the need is, and it seems like the need right now is in North Omaha,” she said. Meeting the latest challenge through their Bridge the Gap program while creating their own place in the very community they serve. “That’s where we come in, we deliver the therapy services for individuals, groups or families within 24 to 48 hours,” Mease said. Whether someone is in crisis or experiencing trauma, Bridge the Gap is there with help first and focuses on paying later. “It opens doors and opportunities for us to serve, you know, more people, to have more therapists involved,” she said. Mease said if they don’t have insurance or money to cover each session, they introduce a form of payment based on what they can afford. “There are financial barriers, there are insurance barriers, there are all sorts of things that prevent people from really pursuing,” said Leontyne Evans. Shifting the money focal point and instead connecting them with a mental health therapist wherever they need it. Whether it’s at Charles Drew’s, at their house or at the Relationship Corner with Evans. “I deal with bereaved people, physical losses and actual deaths, but then you mourn relationships, you mourn the life you thought you had. There’s so much loss that people mourn and they don’t. . realizing it’s heartbreak,” Evans said. She said almost 90% of her workload is 16 and 20 year olds ready to change and break through generational trauma. Evans said: “Young adults realizing, ‘To come of age, I might need to heal some things. “”As president of community outreach, Sherman Wells said Bridge the Gap gives them a new tool to use when people need help. “The issue I was having with mental health, I had nowhere to take them where they could afford the services,” Wells said. He said he works directly with children through the Bryant Center, but his outreach doesn’t stop with young people — it usually reaches their parents. “It’s the root cause of the majority of their issues, it’s the mental health issue that we don’t deal with, we don’t deal with it, we don’t talk about it,” Wells said. Leading to an endless cycle of trauma, but with North Omaha’s latest addition, Wells hopes it will create a ripple effect within the community. “Now it’s time to face it, especially here in Omaha because we have such a tight-knit community, if we can get a few people to do it, and then they see us, OK, more and more people will assume this role,” he said.
A bright new space.
“We work to rebuild, uplift and empower our community and all that looks like,” said Tamika Mease.
Host an organization in the fight against the social and economic problems plaguing North Omaha.
“We’re dealing with crime, poverty, you know, on top of the pandemic, it just makes it harder to navigate through survival and survival,” Mease said.
Mease is the founder and executive director of North Omaha Community Partnership. Since their launch in 2019, they have extended their reach throughout the city.
“We don’t just limit ourselves to North Omaha, we go where the need is, and it seems like the need right now is in North Omaha,” she said.
Meeting the latest challenge through their Bridge the Gap program while creating their own place in the very community they serve.
“That’s where we come in, we deliver the therapy services for individuals, groups or families within 24 to 48 hours,” Mease said.
Whether someone is in crisis or experiencing trauma, Bridge the Gap is there with help first and focuses on paying later.
“It opens doors and opportunities for us to serve, you know, more people, to have more therapists involved,” she said.
Mease said if they don’t have insurance or money to cover each session, they introduce a form of payment based on what they can afford.
“There are financial barriers, there are insurance barriers, there are all sorts of things that prevent people from really pursuing,” said Leontyne Evans.
Shifting the money focal point and instead connecting them with a mental health therapist wherever they need it. Whether it’s at Charles Drew’s, at their house or at the Relationship Corner with Evans.
“I deal with bereaved people, physical losses and actual deaths, but then you mourn relationships, you mourn the life you thought you had. There’s so much loss that people mourn and they don’t. . realizing it’s heartbreak,” Evans said.
She said almost 90% of her workload is 16 and 20 year olds ready to change and break through generational trauma.
Evans said: “Young adults realizing, ‘To come of age, I might need to heal some things. “”
As president of community outreach, Sherman Wells said Bridge the Gap gives them a new tool to use when people need help.
“The issue I was having with mental health, I had nowhere to take them where they could afford the services,” Wells said.
He said he works directly with children through the Bryant Center, but his outreach doesn’t stop with young people — it usually reaches their parents.
“It’s the root cause of the majority of their issues, it’s the mental health issue that we don’t deal with, we don’t deal with it, we don’t talk about it,” Wells said.
Leading to an endless cycle of trauma, but with North Omaha’s latest addition, Wells hopes it will create a ripple effect within the community.
“Now it’s time to face it, especially here in Omaha because we have such a tight-knit community, if we can get a few people to do it, and then they see us, OK, more and more people will assume this role,” he said.
#Omaha #organization #tackling #mental #health #free #program