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Gateway Mountain Center seeks to expand nature-based youth therapy; buys Donner-Summit lodge with state BHCIP grant
Summary
Gateway Mountain Center described its "Whole Hearts Mind Bodies" mentoring program for ages 624 and announced it purchased the Ilfield High Mountain Lodge on Donner Summit using a state Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program grant and philanthropic support.
Kelly Bathgate, interim executive director of Gateway Mountain Center, told Good Morning Truckee attendees that the organization's nature-based mentoring model pairs clinically supervised paraprofessionals with outdoor experiences to serve young people with moderate to severe mental-health needs.
"The idea is really not just expanding who can deliver these services but also where it can happen," Bathgate said, describing one-to-one mentoring that meets youth in nature rather than a clinic.
Gateway's Whole Hearts Mind Bodies program…
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