Dr. Ashley Castro
@drashleycastro.com
Clinical psychologist and executive director of Healwise, a mental health nonprofit working on access to affordable care. NYC.
Healwise will continue to uplift and promote peer-based supports that meet the needs of people at the margins. Supporting community-driven work is imperative for the next few years.
#mentalhealthaccess
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July 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Healwise will continue to uplift and promote peer-based supports that meet the needs of people at the margins. Supporting community-driven work is imperative for the next few years.
#mentalhealthaccess
www.healwise.org/platform
#mentalhealthaccess
www.healwise.org/platform
I'm disgusted by what this administration has done. And my heart goes out to everyone who's been impacted by this decision, including the peer listeners who are now out of a job.
gothamist.com/news/lgbtq-s...
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LGBTQ+ suicide hotline workers in NY and NJ face layoffs after federal funding cut
A dozen local crisis counselors are among more than 200 nationwide expected to lose their jobs this month, after a federal agency announced it will no longer fund LGBTQ+ specific services through the ...
gothamist.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm disgusted by what this administration has done. And my heart goes out to everyone who's been impacted by this decision, including the peer listeners who are now out of a job.
gothamist.com/news/lgbtq-s...
gothamist.com/news/lgbtq-s...
How many people fought to make this a reality and then did the complicated work of promoting its use in marginalized communities? I think about all the queer individuals who were brave enough to make these calls and the kind people who answered them.
July 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How many people fought to make this a reality and then did the complicated work of promoting its use in marginalized communities? I think about all the queer individuals who were brave enough to make these calls and the kind people who answered them.
I have lots of thoughts about the Trump admin's decision to defund this service.
But the first one I'll share is this: 988 and its LGBTQ+ service line was a rare public #mentalhealth win completely squandered by politics.
But the first one I'll share is this: 988 and its LGBTQ+ service line was a rare public #mentalhealth win completely squandered by politics.
July 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I have lots of thoughts about the Trump admin's decision to defund this service.
But the first one I'll share is this: 988 and its LGBTQ+ service line was a rare public #mentalhealth win completely squandered by politics.
But the first one I'll share is this: 988 and its LGBTQ+ service line was a rare public #mentalhealth win completely squandered by politics.