The Huck House Journal
Keep up with the latest news and insights from Huck House staff and supporters.
Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health Awareness From the desk of Professional Development Since the stay-at-home order started, the conversation around mental health has changed significantly. More celebrities and journalists are openly writing about how their experience has impacted how they feel. Therefore, more people are talking positively about how to care for
Safety Planning Throughout Staying-at-Home
Safety Planning Throughout Staying-at-Home From the Desk of Professional Development Above are the newest domestic violence related homicide numbers for Franklin County since the start of COVID-19 restrictions. In the first month of COVID-19 restrictions, we have had almost half as many DV related homicides as we did the
Parent-Child Conflict During COVID-19
COVID-19 is a crisis. The stress of exposure, paying for bills, helping your child with their homework, keeping your dog quiet during your meeting, and protecting yourself is overwhelming. As professionals, we have the added pressure of navigating what to say, when you don’t know what tomorrow looks like. If
Anxiety And COVID-19
Anxiety and COVID-19 From the Desk of Professional Development I recently saw a Facebook group post from another therapist who shared many of her clients with diagnosed anxiety disorders have found their COVID-19 experience to be enlightening. Family members, friends, teachers, and other people in their lives are experiencing first-hand
Helping Youth in Times of Pandemic
From the Desk of Professional Development For those of you like me, you started watching the COVID-19 news with mixed emotions. Wavering between “do I take this seriously” and “we’ve got to be vigilant”. My answer when we first started talking about COVID-19 was ‘we must protect those who are
Huckleberry House is building a community.
Kenmore Square is a 56-unit apartment community in the Linden neighborhood of Columbus. Huckleberry House is purchasing Kenmore Square and will use it to house a portion of its Transitional Living Program (founded 1990). Surplus units will be master leased to organizations that offer housing programs to 17 to 24
Now Imagine This…
Written By: Erica Schnitz, MSW, LISW-S, Counseling Services Manager I think that we can all agree that it is cold outside and winter has finally arrived in Ohio. Now imagine this: You are an 18 year old, high school senior experiencing homelessness. You wake up this morning after spending the
From the Desk of Professional Development: New Year, Self-Care
How are you recommitting to self-care in 2020? Written by: Leslie Scott, MSSA, LSW, CTP-C, Professional Development Coordinator It’s a new year and with each new year comes new year resolutions. I am not one for making new year resolutions, but I recently watched a TedX video on the teen
What Do You Expect? Part 6
Part six of six: Huck House Supporters Our community can expect meaningful ways for anyone and everyone to get involved in supporting our community’s youth Huckleberry House could not achieve the results in this report or change so many young lives without the compassion, generosity, time, and talents of so many individuals,
