The Paso del Norte Health Foundation is dedicated to improving health outcomes in the Paso del Norte region. Through strategic initiatives and partnerships, it focuses on engaging communities and particularly disconnected youth and young adults, in activities that promote health, education, and overall well-being.
The Paso del Norte Health Foundation’s grant program, Behavioral Health Consortia Informed Programs, is designed to close the gaps in mental health and substance use systems. This program focuses on enhancing coordination among stakeholders of regional behavioral health consortia by leveraging data-informed decision-making. The program emphasizes the need for improving systems through programs not currently funded by other resources, including government funding or health coverage. This grant aims to support the creation of an ideal behavioral health system that is inclusive of various services such as treatment, support, and health promotion for mental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), addiction, substance use, and other related disorders. This ideal system seeks to be recovery and resiliency-oriented, customer-driven, integrated, trauma-informed, culturally competent, and organized from a population health perspective, addressing the needs of individuals and families with complex conditions. The grant encourages collaboration within the Paso del Norte region across various sectors, including criminal justice, law enforcement, veterans’ services, and more, to meet these goals.