On August 4, 2025, Trustees from the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation gathered for a powerful learning experience: a tour of the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, followed by conversations with leaders advancing innovative youth justice solutions.
The visit, part of the Foundation’s annual retreat, offered a firsthand look at the realities faced by young people in the system, as well as the opportunities to create meaningful change.
Guest speakers included Nanci Hambrick, Matt Larson, Stacey Campbell, and Zarria Broner from The Center for Behavioral Health and Justice at Wayne State University School of Social Work, along with Melissa Fernandez, Director of Juvenile Youth Services for Wayne County.
At the center of the discussion was Wayne BEYOND, a three-year collaborative initiative launched in April 2025.
The Center for Behavioral Health and Justice leads the effort in partnership with county and court leaders, with a focus on improving coordination, building shared data infrastructure and guiding reforms with evidence-based insights.
The Flinn Foundation is among the funders supporting this initiative, alongside other community partners.
Since its launch, Wayne BEYOND has expanded significantly. Current work includes mapping schools that are most heavily contributing to the criminal legal system, evaluating key programs such as Moving Forward, Credible Messenger and Choices, and building grassroots capacity to support community-based organizations.
The initiative is also leading Michigan’s first comprehensive court-county data integration — creating a sustainable model for sharing and using information across systems.
Wayne BEYOND is further strengthened through its partnership with the Michigan Center for Youth Justice (MCYJ), which brings a community engagement focus to complement system-level data analysis. Together, the two organizations are ensuring that reforms are grounded both in rigorous research and in the voices of families and communities most affected.
For Andrea Cole, President and CEO of the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation, the tour underscored the importance of investing in this kind of work.
“Having the opportunity to tour the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility gave us an inside look at the complex challenges many young people are facing, especially around their mental health and well-being,” says Cole. “Learning about Wayne BEYOND also showed how data and collaboration can spark solutions that support not only safer outcomes, but healthier futures for youth and families. Together, these experiences reinforced the importance of investing in approaches that address mental health as a vital part of justice reform.”
As Wayne BEYOND continues, Wayne County is poised to serve as a national model for youth justice reform — one that combines research, collaboration and community voice to build a more equitable future for young people.
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Mental health concerns are rising nationwide, but the impact is especially acute in southeast Michigan’s Black communities. Tyler Logan, Founder and CEO of Black in Public Health, sees this reality playing out every day in metro Detroit and surrounding areas.
“The behavioral health needs in our communities have intensified since the pandemic,” Logan says. “But they were already there — COVID just amplified existing gaps.”
Logan explains that behavioral health challenges — those that include both mental health and substance use — have increased significantly since 2020. In cities like Detroit, which has one of the highest Black populations in the country, those challenges are particularly visible.
The reasons are many. Social isolation during the pandemic led to a rise in anxiety and depression among both youth and adults. Financial pressures, including the rising cost of living and wage inequities, are compounding stress. And broader political dynamics, such as anti-immigration policies and the rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, add additional pressure.
“There are families being separated by deportation,” Logan says. “Even if you’re not directly affected, you’re part of a community that’s being disrupted.”
On top of this, Logan notes, the federal government has cut or threatened to cut key funding for behavioral health services, especially those embedded in schools or serving marginalized populations.
According to Logan, many local organizations depend heavily on federal dollars to deliver mental and behavioral health services. This includes in-school therapists, peer support specialists, and programs that support returning citizens after incarceration.
“With grant funding in jeopardy, some organizations may need to close programs or reduce hours. Some may close entirely,” he says.
The result could be fewer available services and longer wait times, even for people in urgent need. “Organizations that used to offer walk-in hours might now only operate one or two days a week. Staff are stretched thin, and people are still trying to access care.”
These cuts are particularly concerning for people without insurance. “If you’re uninsured, options were already limited. Now they’re even more limited,” Logan says.
Logan also highlights how recent rollbacks of DEI policies are impacting mental health in more subtle, but no less serious, ways. He shared the story of a medical student at the University of Michigan who was told — midway through a lecture — that DEI-based scholarships were being rescinded.
“Students are losing financial and emotional supports they counted on,” Logan says. “And this is happening while they’re under immense academic pressure.”
While these policy changes often unfold behind the scenes, Logan warns that their effect on students’ mental health, especially those who are first-generation college attendees or from underrepresented backgrounds, can be profound.
For individuals and families in southeast Michigan’s Black communities, accessing behavioral health services is becoming more complicated. Logan points to logistical issues like reduced clinic hours, limited staff and shrinking appointment availability as growing barriers.
“There are more people seeking help, but fewer resources available,” he says. “That creates a bottleneck, and real consequences for those who need timely care.”
Programs that were once free or low-cost may start charging fees. Others may not survive the funding shortfall at all. This is especially troubling for populations like immigrants, returning citizens and low-income families, who already face systemic barriers to care.
Even in this difficult climate, Logan sees reason for hope in the work of local organizations that continue to serve with creativity and commitment.
“These groups are innovating, finding new ways to meet community needs even as formal funding shrinks,” Logan says.
Here are a few:
While the behavioral health landscape in southeast Michigan faces serious challenges, Logan emphasizes the resilience of the region’s Black communities.
“Mental health struggles in our communities aren’t new,” he says. “But neither is our ability to adapt. We’ve always found ways to support each other.”
Innovation, partnership, and leadership, says Logan, will be essential in the coming years. “We need to lean into what we do best — working collectively, lifting each other up and navigating change together.”
Learn more about how the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation supports mental health access to diverse populations in southeast Michigan.
Members of the LGBTQ+ community in southeast Michigan face significant barriers when seeking mental health care. Too often, providers lack the training to support LGBTQ+ clients in ways that truly affirm who they are. That disconnect can lead to mistrust, isolation and untreated mental health needs.
Based in Ferndale, Affirmations Community Center has long served as a safe and affirming space for LGBTQ+ individuals and families. In addition to support groups, housing navigation and basic needs assistance, Affirmations offers mental health services that are specifically designed to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ clients.
Over time, staff at Affirmations began to notice a troubling pattern. Community members shared story after story about negative experiences with local therapists — providers who hadn’t incorporated preferred names or pronouns, intake forms that didn’t reflect their identities or environments that simply didn’t understand their needs.
“We hear stories all the time of people who sought mental health services and didn’t feel safe,” says Cate Spinney, Director of Health and Human Services at Affirmations. “People who left the therapy setting feeling as though the system was not equipped to meet their needs.”
Those conversations made something clear: many providers want to be supportive, but lack the training to offer meaningful, inclusive care.
“We want people to know they’re safe here. That’s our job,” Spinney says. “But we also know that not everyone can come to us. That’s why we’re building something bigger.”
The need for affirming care is only becoming more urgent. Spinney points to a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, court rulings that roll back civil rights protections and cultural rhetoric that has emboldened discrimination.
“Being queer or trans is not the problem,” she says. “It’s the hate we experience. It’s the discrimination we experience. It’s the legislation that strips away our rights, our bodily autonomy, our families’ rights to support us.”
These external pressures, she explains, are directly impacting the mental health of the community. “We’re going to see more suicide, more depression, more anxiety, more trauma,” Spinney says. “Because we’re creating a culture where it’s unsafe to be who you are.”
To meet this rising need, Affirmations is taking steps to expand access to safe, identity-affirming care beyond its own walls.
Affirmations is developing a training initiative for mental health professionals across southeast Michigan. The program is designed to help providers deliver care that is respectful and deeply informed by the experiences of LGBTQ+ clients.
“We’re building out a training program that would lead to an ‘Affirmations-approved’ designation, so we can send people to clinicians in the community who we know are safe,” Spinney says.
The goal is to build a vetted referral network — a resource that LGBTQ+ clients can turn to with confidence, especially in areas where affirming providers can be hard to find.
The program will offer tools and strategies for providing identity-affirming, trauma-informed care. Training topics include inclusive language, intake processes that respect clients’ identities, and the importance of cultural humility.
Clinicians will also learn how to respond when they get something wrong — a moment that can be deeply important in maintaining or repairing trust.
“You can’t be in this work without understanding the people you’re serving,” Spinney says.
Affirmations sees this training as the beginning of an ongoing process. “This isn’t a one-and-done training,” Spinney says. “We’re looking to partner with providers who are open to reflection, growth and doing this work over time.”
Spinney envisions the training creating ripples throughout the region. Each provider who completes the program brings that learning back into their clinic, practice, or school setting, making more spaces safer and more responsive to the needs of the LGBTQ+ community.
The work isn’t about perfection, Spinney emphasizes. It’s about consistency, empathy, and being willing to center clients’ experiences. “It’s not about gatekeeping. It’s about creating a standard of care that our community deserves,” she says.
Affirmations doesn’t expect to solve the care gap alone. Instead, the organization is inviting others to take part in building something better. “We want to be part of the solution, and we want you to be part of it too,” Spinney says.
For mental health professionals, that might start with training. But it also means reviewing office practices, asking better questions, and listening more deeply to LGBTQ+ clients. The need is urgent, but the path forward is clearer when shared.
“We don’t expect everyone to know everything,” Spinney says. “But we do expect people to try. That effort can be life-changing for someone who just wants to be seen and supported for who they are.”
Learn more about Affirmations Community Center.
Wayne County’s youth justice system is at a pivotal moment — reimagining how young people move through systems of care and accountability with a new vision centered on lived experience, equity and collaboration.
In October 2024, more than 40 stakeholders came together for a pair of Critical Intervention Mapping (CIM) sessions to examine challenges in the youth justice system and identify meaningful, community-centered solutions.
Participants included grassroots leaders, nonprofit organizations, behavioral health providers, and city and county officials — united by a shared goal of transforming outcomes for youth and families.
These sessions were supported by the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation and structured in partnership with The Center for Behavioral Health and Justice at the Wayne State University School of Social Work, whose facilitation helped frame a process grounded in evidence, collaboration and care.
The CIM process was built on a simple but radical idea: that those closest to the challenges are also closest to the solutions. Participants mapped six key “intervention points” in a young person’s journey — from community deflection through aftercare — surfacing structural gaps, cultural blind spots, and missed opportunities for support.
At each point, the call was clear: elevate youth and family voices, expand access to culturally responsive care, and bridge the silos that too often fragment services.
The collaborative sessions generated a framework for change, grounded in shared priorities:
The result is a cohesive roadmap for systemic change that centers equity, trauma-informed care and sustained community leadership.
While The Center for Behavioral Health and Justice facilitated the CIM sessions, their work has evolved to support systems-level transformation by strengthening data integration between court and county entities, enhancing cross-system coordination and addressing structural gaps identified through the mapping process.
The Critical Intervention Mapping highlighted significant data gaps and opportunities to strengthen connections across the youth justice continuum, particularly in tracking outcomes for youth and families.
Looking ahead, key recommendations include developing integrated data infrastructure, establishing measurement frameworks that capture youth and family experiences, and creating sustainable feedback loops between system data and community input. These strategies reflect a growing recognition that data-informed, sustainable systems change must prioritize measurable outcomes for those most impacted.
Wayne County’s youth justice reform efforts are far from over—but they are increasingly rooted in local wisdom and lived experience. By bridging expertise with empathy, systems can become more responsive, more inclusive, and more just.
This moment marks not just a phase in a project, but a realignment toward lived experience and local insight — centered on the communities most impacted and most capable of shaping a better way forward.
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Funders of mental health programs want to put their money toward initiatives with the greatest potential for lasting impact — yet identifying those opportunities isn’t always straightforward.
Mindful Philanthropy, founded in 2020 by leaders in mental health funding, supports funders in making informed, strategic investments in mental health, helping them move from good intentions to meaningful action.
“At the Flinn Foundation, we know that mental health is foundational to thriving communities,” says Andrea Cole, President and CEO of the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation and a Board member of Mindful Philanthropy.
“Mindful Philanthropy gives funders the tools and perspective they need to invest with clarity and confidence,” Cole says. “I’m proud to serve on the board of an organization that is helping philanthropy align its resources with the areas of greatest need and potential.”
The Flinn Foundation has long been a champion of innovative mental health solutions in Michigan, and its connection to Mindful Philanthropy reflects a shared commitment to strategic, equity-focused giving.
Mindful Philanthropy’s approach is built around three pillars: convene, guide, and uplift.
Bringing people together is at the heart of Mindful Philanthropy’s work. Their in-person gatherings, like the Activate summit, bring together principal-level funders in mental health philanthropy to build relationships, share lessons, and spark ideas.
In spring 2025, the organization will launch its new Accelerate Summit, which aims to reach a broader philanthropic audience ready to reimagine how they support mental health across communities.
These gatherings foster connection among funders and meaningful dialogue across sectors — from health care to education to community development — reflecting the interconnected nature of mental health challenges and solutions.
Through research, roadmaps, and one-on-one strategic advising, Mindful Philanthropy guides funders as they explore high-impact opportunities across the mental health spectrum.
Resources like Mental Health at the Center equip funders with data-driven insights and proven approaches. Their tools help demystify the field and encourage sustained, systems-level investments.
Mindful Philanthropy is committed to surfacing and supporting effective solutions, from grassroots advocacy programs to large-scale public-private partnerships. By identifying what works and amplifying those efforts, the organization helps funders channel their resources into initiatives that create lasting change.
At a time when mental health needs are more visible than ever — and disparities more urgent — Mindful Philanthropy is helping philanthropy rise to the challenge.
“Mindful Philanthropy brings clarity and connection to a space that can feel overwhelming,” Cole adds. “Their work helps funders — large and small — navigate the mental health landscape with purpose and precision. It’s an honor to be part of a movement that’s reshaping how we invest in well-being.”
Learn more about Mindful Philanthropy at mindfulphilanthropy.org.
For half a century, the Washtenaw Area Council for Children (WACC) has been a cornerstone of prevention, protection and empowerment for families across Washtenaw County. Founded in 1975 to fill critical gaps in the child welfare system, WACC has quietly but powerfully helped thousands of children grow up safer and stronger.
From offering safe sleep education to new parents to teaching teens how to navigate social media safely, WACC’s programming evolves alongside the children it serves. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, the organization is using the moment not just to reflect—but to look ahead and reaffirm its mission.
“We’re really proud to be a place where kids can stay safe for a lifetime,” says Tim Richey, executive director of WACC. “Our programs follow kids throughout their development, addressing the risks they face at each stage.”
WACC’s reach is wide and deep. WACC partners closely with schools—delivering 85% of its programming within classrooms — and is active in all nine public school districts across Washtenaw County.
This year, the organization expects to serve more than 11,000 students and parents through educational and prevention-focused programming.
Its work begins at birth, with infant safe sleep training and shaken baby syndrome prevention. Then comes body safety education in preschool and early elementary years — equipping kids with the language and confidence to speak up about abuse or harm. In middle school and beyond, cyber safety workshops teach students how to navigate online threats, while mental wellness and resilience programming builds tools for teens.
“We work to build protective factors not just for kids but also their parents,” says Robin Batten, program director at WACC. “Almost all of our programs include a parent component.”
That family-centered approach extends into the broader community. WACC regularly partners with churches, colleges and local businesses, offering lectures, workshops and outreach tailored to each group’s needs. “If people want to learn, we’re there,” Batten says.
While WACC’s work is rooted in child safety, its benefits ripple further — particularly into mental health. “When we prevent abuse, injury or trauma, we’re also preventing the long-term mental health struggles that can follow,” Richey explains.
Children who experience abuse or injury are significantly more likely to face anxiety, depression and other challenges later in life. By working upstream, WACC helps stop those problems before they start.
That commitment was recognized in 2024, when the organization received a mini-grant from the Flinn Foundation to support its ongoing work in prevention and mental wellness.
“It’s about helping kids stay on a positive path,” Batten adds. “And that includes reducing the chance of delinquency or community violence.”
WACC’s leadership in youth diversion — programs that help kids stay out of the juvenile justice system — is growing. In 2024, WACC became the fiduciary for the Washtenaw Alliance for Children and Youth (WACY), a countywide coalition of nonprofits and public partners focused on supporting youth development.
“Our efforts to support WACY are an extension of our child abuse prevention work,” Richey says. “It’s about reaching kids before they fall through the cracks.”
That philosophy drives WACC’s broader focus on early education and community engagement—approaches that aim to prevent problems before they escalate.
Over the decades, WACC has transformed with the times. What began as a grassroots child advocacy initiative is now a dynamic organization grounded in evidence-based programming.
“I think our programs try to make sure that all of what we’re presenting is current and relevant to what’s happening now,” Batten says. “So we wouldn’t teach a program that’s totally outdated and not relevant to the needs of our community.”
That includes teaching digital citizenship, recognizing cyberbullying and offering parents the tools to support their children’s emotional growth. WACC is also training community facilitators to deliver programs — expanding reach without overextending staff.
Looking ahead, they’re exploring how to support parents even more deeply, possibly through support groups or peer networks.
As demand for WACC’s services grows, so does the need for sustainable funding. To mark its 50th year, the nonprofit launched the Safe Kids Bright Futures Campaign, with a goal to raise $50,000 in honor of its legacy and future impact.
On April 24, the organization will host its Pancakes for Prevention event, part of Child Abuse Prevention Month, to bring supporters together and celebrate decades of advocacy.
“We’ve been one of the best kept secrets in Washtenaw County,” Richey says. “Now, we want everyone to know what we’re doing and how they can be involved with us.”
Dr. Linda Hryhorczuk is no stranger to the challenges and rewards of mental health advocacy. A seasoned psychiatrist with decades of experience in both child and adolescent psychiatry and adult psychiatric care, she has dedicated her career to improving access to mental health services in southeast Michigan. Now, she is bringing her expertise back to the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation as a returning member of its Board of Trustees.
Dr. Hryhorczuk’s career in psychiatry has been long and varied. Initially specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry, she spent years working with young people in critical need of mental health support. Before retiring from full-time work in 2011, she served as the director of mental health services at the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility. There, she witnessed firsthand the struggles of vulnerable youth in the system and the gradual decline of essential mental health resources over time.
Since her retirement, Dr. Hryhorczuk has continued to work part-time at Corewell Health East in Grosse Pointe, where she now focuses primarily on adult psychiatric care. In her current role, she sees many patients struggling with serious mental health challenges, including substance use disorders and early-stage dementia. Her deep understanding of these issues, particularly the long-term consequences of insufficient mental health support for children, makes her a valuable voice on the Flinn Foundation board.
Dr. Hryhorczuk first joined the Flinn Foundation’s Board of Trustees in 2010 and served until 2018. She was originally recruited through her involvement with the Mental Health Association. When she completed her service on the Board, she remained a firm believer in the Foundation’s mission: to fund innovative mental health initiatives that help people access critical services.
As Dr. Hryhorczuk returns to the Board, she is eager to contribute once again. “I think it’s a very fine Foundation that does good work in the community,” she says, adding that she appreciates the Foundation’s focus on funding initiatives that help organizations become self-sustaining over time.
She credits fellow Board member Chief Judge Freddie Burton, Jr. with encouraging her to rejoin, and she is looking forward to lending her expertise in psychiatry to help shape funding decisions.
As she steps back into her role with the Flinn Foundation, Dr. Hryhorczuk is keenly aware of the ongoing crisis in mental health care. “I started a long time ago when we were probably seventh in the country with mental health in Michigan — that has evaporated,” she says.
One of her chief concerns is the decline in services for children and adolescents. “I have always felt that children were always at the bottom of the totem pole,” she explains, adding that the service gap for children still exists. Over the years, key programs — including school-based mental health services — have disappeared due to budget cuts, making it increasingly difficult for families to access care when they need it.
While she acknowledges that progress is being made in some areas, she believes much more needs to be done — especially in Detroit, where many families struggle to find timely mental health services. She stresses the importance of a comprehensive system that ensures children receive the appropriate level of care when they need it, whether through outpatient treatment, partial hospitalization, or more intensive psychiatric support.
As a board member, Dr. Hryhorczuk sees her role as twofold: ensuring that the Flinn Foundation continues to invest in meaningful mental health initiatives and advocating for a system that prioritizes access to care.
Beyond funding, she also emphasizes the critical role of advocacy in shaping mental health policy.
“Advocacy has to do with legislation, budgets and how money is spent,” she explains. Advocacy organizations play a vital role in ensuring that access to care remains a legislative priority. “If budgets are cut, an advocacy group will go forward and testify in the legislature that these things are important,” she adds, underscoring the need for continuous advocacy to safeguard mental health resources.
Despite the challenges ahead, Dr. Hryhorczuk remains committed to doing what she can to improve mental health care in Michigan. She also hopes to see a new generation of mental health professionals step up to meet the growing need.
With Dr. Hryhorczuk back on the Board, the Flinn Foundation gains not only a deeply experienced psychiatrist but also a passionate advocate for mental health care reform. Her return marks an important moment for the organization as it continues its mission to expand access to quality mental health services in Michigan.
Outside of her professional work, Dr. Hryhorczuk enjoys spending time with her family, which she describes as the central focus of her life. She and her husband are close to their immediate and extended family, appreciating the strong bonds they share.
Learn more about the Flinn Foundation. Visit flinnfoundation.org.
When the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation launched its five-year strategic plan, it set out to create meaningful, multi-sector collaborations that would improve the way mental health services are delivered across southeast Michigan. Now, as the plan’s timeframe comes to a close, the Foundation is taking a deliberate, thoughtful approach to evaluating its impact — and charting the next steps.
To help assess progress, the Flinn Foundation has partnered with Tyler Logan, the Founder and CEO of Black in Public Health — a locally based public health learning, evaluation, facilitation and consulting collective.
Logan brings experience in equity-centered approaches to public and behavioral health, philanthropy and systems change. His role isn’t just about gathering data — it’s about understanding the real-world impact of Flinn’s investments and ensuring that grantees and communities are supported in meaningful ways.
“A lot of that is how I plan to approach the evaluation — not only checking for where outcomes were achieved or not, but also looking at how certain grantees achieved them so that there can be almost a repository of different tools and resources that Flinn Foundation grantees use to do this work and make progress,” Logan says.
Unlike traditional philanthropy models, where funders often focus on rigid grant requirements and top-down decision-making, the Flinn Foundation embraces a trust-based approach. This means working alongside grantees, allowing for flexibility and recognizing that systemic change takes time.
Logan, who first engaged with Flinn while working on behavioral health diversion projects at the Wayne State University Center for Behavioral Health and Justice, saw firsthand how the Foundation’s commitment extended beyond simply funding initiatives.
“Andrea (Cole) and the Flinn Foundation were hands-on, in the sense of ‘We want to walk with you to make sure you have the support you need, the resources you need,’” Logan says. “Not just us as evaluators or learning partners, but everyone involved in the work, whether it was the city of Detroit, local government or other community-based organizations.”
This hands-on, collaborative approach is central to Flinn’s five strategic priorities, which focus on improving mental health services, fostering cross-system collaboration, measuring outcomes, decreasing stigma and informing policy. Logan’s evaluation will help determine how these priorities have played out in practice — what has worked, what challenges remain and where opportunities exist to deepen impact.
One of the biggest challenges in assessing impact is recognizing that progress in systems change, like mental health and youth justice transformation, is rarely immediate. Logan understands this well, having worked at multiple levels of the system — from frontline program implementation to high-level strategy and evaluation.
“Systems change, especially, takes years to actually happen,” he says. “I learned that firsthand, being a Flinn grantee at the time when we were doing work for years. And although progress was small, the incremental changes built upon one another and ultimately created larger impacts.”
For many grantees, the reality is that even well-funded initiatives face barriers, whether due to capacity constraints, shifting policy landscapes or the simple fact that deep-rooted issues take time to address. Part of Logan’s work involves capturing these challenges in an equitable, culturally responsive way to ensure that future strategies reflect the realities on the ground.
With data collection underway — including surveys, focus groups and direct conversations with grantees — Flinn expects to have a clearer picture of its progress before the end of this year. From there, the Foundation will use these insights to refine its approach and determine the best ways to support behavioral health initiatives, service delivery, youth advocacy and justice reforms, and cross-sector collaborations moving forward.
While Logan’s current work with Flinn runs through August, the nature of this work means that conversations and evaluations will continue beyond that point. As grantees and partners share their insights, the findings will help shape not just Flinn’s next strategic phase but also the broader philanthropic landscape in Southeast Michigan.
“Ultimately, the work we’re doing today will help plant seeds that are fruitful for the outcomes of the future,” Logan says.
As the Flinn Foundation moves forward, one thing remains clear: systems change is a long-term effort. The Foundation’s willingness to evaluate, adapt and support its partners is what will allow its impact to continue growing, long after the five-year plan officially concludes.
Learn more about the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation. Visit flinnfoundation.org.