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12/17/2025

🎉 BIG NEWS! 🎉

Please join us in giving an enthusiastic welcome to Tracy Carlisle, MBA as our new Board President! We are beyond excited to have Tracy step into this leadership role.

Tracy brings passion, vision, and a deep commitment to our mission, and her leadership will play a key role as we continue to grow, strengthen our impact, and serve our community in meaningful ways. We’re grateful for her dedication and can’t wait to see what we accomplish together.

Let’s give Tracy a huge congratulations and a warm welcome! 👏✨

12/17/2025

Schools Are Not Equipped to Handle the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Educators are being asked to manage:
• suicidal ideation
• panic attacks
• trauma responses
• self-harm
• behavioral outbursts rooted in pain
• crisis situations

—with little to no mental health training.

Kids don’t need more suspensions.
Kids need trauma-informed support, counselors, and safe adults.

Our youth are in crisis — and they need more than discipline. They need help.

12/15/2025

The Cost of Recovery Should Not Bankrupt Families

Let’s talk about something uncomfortable:
Recovery is often priced like a luxury — but addiction affects everyday people.

Families are being financially drained by:
• treatment centers that cost more than mortgages
• out-of-network fees
• detox admissions
• medication costs
• lack of insurance coverage
• multiple levels of care

No one should have to choose between financial stability and saving a loved one’s life.

Treatment should be accessible, not exclusive.

12/12/2025

The Foster Care to Prison Pipeline

It’s controversial — but real.
Youth who experience trauma, instability, and system involvement are at much higher risk of ending up incarcerated as adults.

When a child’s basic needs aren’t met, the system often responds with punishment instead of support.

Every young person deserves:
• stability
• mental health care
• safe adults
• healing
• opportunity

Ending the pipeline means investing in youth, not penalizing them for trauma they didn’t choose.

12/08/2025

Mental Health Care Should Be Affordable — But It Isn’t

Here’s a controversial truth:
Mental health care is treated like a luxury when it should be as accessible as primary care.

People are struggling to afford:
• therapy
• medication
• crisis services
• transportation to appointments
• providers who accept insurance
• culturally competent care

Then society asks why people “don’t reach out.”

When care isn’t accessible, people suffer in silence.
When care IS accessible, people heal.

We don’t need more stigma speeches — we need systems that make mental health care affordable and available to everyone.

12/05/2025

“Tough on Crime” Policies Ignore Community Realities

Let’s be honest:
“Tough on crime” sounds good in headlines, but it often punishes trauma, poverty, addiction, and untreated mental health issues — not actual criminal intent.

Communities don’t get safer when we fill jails.
Communities get safer when we invest in:
✔ mental health services
✔ recovery programs
✔ stable housing
✔ access to jobs
✔ youth support
✔ violence prevention
✔ reentry resources

Safety is built — not enforced.

12/03/2025

Criminalizing Homelessness Does Not Solve Homelessness

Here’s a hard truth:
Criminalizing homelessness doesn’t make communities safer — it just makes vulnerable people disappear.

Giving someone a citation or locking them up for sleeping outside does nothing to address:
• lack of affordable housing
• untreated mental health conditions
• trauma
• job loss
• substance use disorders
• the inability to access services

Punishing people for being poor is not a solution — it’s a cycle.

Housing is a human need.
Support is a strategy.
Punishment is not.

12/01/2025

For many undocumented individuals, the presence of ICE isn’t just a policy topic — it’s a daily emotional burden.

The fear of being detained or deported can create ongoing anxiety, leading to:

Trouble sleeping

Difficulty concentrating at work or school

Hypervigilance in public

Avoiding healthcare, community events, or even leaving home

Fear of separation from children and loved ones

This isn’t just stress — it’s survival mode. And it affects entire families, including children who worry each day that a parent might not come home.

Everyone deserves to feel safe.
Community support, trauma-informed care, and culturally sensitive mental health resources can make a real difference.

If you or someone you know is navigating this fear, please know:
You are not alone, and support exists.

11/28/2025

🌿 You Are Not Your Mistakes

Too often, people define themselves by what went wrong — the relapse, the bad decision, the moment they lost control. But your mistakes are moments, not your identity.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting the past. It means learning from it, forgiving yourself, and choosing to move forward — one step at a time.

At Clarity Through Community, we believe everyone deserves a second chance — and the grace to grow into who they’re meant to be. 💙

You are worthy of healing. You are worthy of love. You are worthy of peace.

11/27/2025

🌉 Be the Bridge to Wellness 💙

Every day, someone in our community is fighting battles we can’t always see — anxiety, addiction, trauma, hopelessness. At Clarity Through Community, we’re building bridges to healing through mental health and substance use support programs that bring real change where it’s needed most.

🎥 Watch our Bridge to Wellness commercial to see how hope begins when we come together.
👉 https://youtu.be/RC0DA1SVPw0

Your donation helps us:

Provide counseling and recovery resources for individuals and families in crisis

Support rural communities through programs like Rural Reach

Empower first responders and justice-involved individuals through Frontline Resilience and The Reset Project

Give youth a brighter future through Bright Futures

✨ Every dollar builds a bridge — from struggle to stability, from isolation to connection, from despair to hope.

Donate today and be part of the movement to bring clarity, compassion, and community healing.
🔗 https://www.claritythroughcommunity.org/donate

11/27/2025

🧡 Happy Thanksgiving from Clarity Through Community

Today, we pause to give thanks — not just for what we have, but for who we have.

We’re grateful for our community partners, dedicated team, and every individual who has joined us on the journey toward healing and hope. Because of you, lives are changing, families are reconnecting, and communities are growing stronger.

This Thanksgiving, we’re reminded that connection is the heart of wellness. Whether you’re gathered around a table, connecting virtually, or spending time in reflection — know that you are seen, valued, and appreciated.

From all of us at Clarity Through Community —
✨ Happy Thanksgiving! ✨
May your day be filled with peace, gratitude, and love.

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