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Thriving Mind Trauma Recovery Efforts Cited in Report Detailing Historic Drop in Homicide in Miami-Dade

August 14, 2025

A report released Wednesday, August 13th, states Two Miami-Dade ZIP Codes Experienced Historic Drops in Homicide. That report cites three community partnerships, including Thriving Mind, that resulted in more safety in the region.

Senator Rouson Visits Thriving Mind-funded programs

August 12, 2025

Senator Darryl Rouson, a Democrat who represents the 16th District of Florida, visited South Florida recently to meet with Thriving Mind South Florida, some of its healthcare provider organizations and tour new programs funded by the Department of Children and Families and Thriving Mind.

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Celebrating recovery out loud is a powerful way to

Celebrating recovery out loud is a powerful way to reduce stigma. This Recovery Month, let's honor milestones reached, relationships rebuilt, and lives transformed.
#recoverymonth2026

Support saves lives. Learn and share where to turn

Support saves lives. Learn and share where to turn before a crisis occurs. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free, compassionate, and confidential support 24/7/365 via call, text, or chat. Save and share 988 with someone you care about. 988Lifeline.org

#988Day

Everyone deserves a path to recovery. Reentry prog

Everyone deserves a path to recovery. Reentry programs that connect people to housing, counseling, peer support, and community resources help build pathways to recovery and a brighter future.

#RecoveryMonth2026

Ask for help, even when it feels like a difficult

Ask for help, even when it feels like a difficult first step. FindSupport.gov gives you the tools to ask, find care for, and support someone you love.

#StrongerTogether! #SuicidePreventionMonth

💜 Stronger Together: Connection, Collaboration & R

💜 Stronger Together: Connection, Collaboration & Remembrance

Our Provider Advisory Committee came together this week for more than just a meeting—it was an opportunity to connect, listen, share, and strengthen the relationships that make our System of Care stronger.

Our providers are on the front lines every day, serving individuals and families throughout our communities. The Provider Advisory Committee gives them an important voice and a space to bring their experiences, ideas, challenges, and successes to the table. These conversations help us learn from one another, strengthen partnerships, and work together to make behavioral health services more accessible, responsive, and meaningful for the people we serve.

During the meeting, we also took a moment to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day, observed each year on August 31. 💜

Behind every overdose statistic is a person—a family member, friend, neighbor, or loved one. This day gives us an opportunity to remember those whose lives have been lost, stand alongside the families and communities impacted by overdose, and remind others that overdose is preventable and recovery is possible.

It also reinforces why the work happening around tables like this one matters. Through prevention, treatment, peer and recovery support, education, and strong community partnerships, we can reduce stigma, connect people to help, and ultimately save lives.

We are grateful to our Provider Advisory Committee members and our entire provider network for showing up every day with compassion, commitment, and a shared belief in the power of recovery and community.

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#ThrivingMind #OverdoseAwareness #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay #RecoveryIsPossible #EndOverdose #BehavioralHealth #CommunityPartnerships #StrongerTogether

🐬🏈 Recovery. Community. Football. Let’s Go! 💜 It’

🐬🏈 Recovery. Community. Football. Let’s Go! 💜

It’s Recovery Month, and Thriving Mind South Florida is excited to join the Miami Dolphins for the 6th Annual Recovery Day!

Come celebrate the strength of the recovery community and an important message we believe in every day: Recovery is possible! 💜

🏈 GAME DAY DETAILS

📅 Sunday, October 11, 2026
📍 Hard Rock Stadium
🐬 Miami Dolphins vs. Cincinnati Bengals
🎉 Sober Tailgate: 11:00 AM
💜 Recovery Day Meeting: 12:00 PM
🏈 Kickoff: 1:00 PM

Want to join us? Thriving Mind has a special ticket link for our community, providers, partners, peers, friends, and families!

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Bring your Dolphins spirit and join us for a day celebrating recovery, hope, connection, and community! 🙌💜🐬

Who’s ready for Recovery Day?!

#RecoveryMonth #RecoveryDay #RecoveryIsPossible #ThrivingMind #MiamiDolphins #PeerSupport #BehavioralHealth #RecoveryCommunity #SouthFlorida

When housing, peer support, employment services, f

When housing, peer support, employment services, faith communities, and treatment providers work together, more people can build healthy, fulfilling lives.

#RecoveryMonth2026

Learn the warning signs of suicide for the people

Learn the warning signs of suicide for the people in your life, and for yourself. Changes in mood, sleep, or behavior; withdrawing from others; talking about having no reason to live: samhsa.gov/mental-health/suicidal-behavior/warning-signs
#SPM2026 #SuicidePrevention #SupportMatters

💜 Meet Derek & Izzy — Our Peer Services Team! Wha

💜 Meet Derek & Izzy — Our Peer Services Team!

What better time than Recovery Month to introduce you to two incredible members of the Thriving Mind team — Derek Moore and Isabella “Izzy” Lopez! 🎉

Derek and Izzy bring passion, heart, and a deep commitment to strengthening peer services throughout our System of Care. Through their work, they support Peer Specialists, help grow and develop the peer workforce, and remind us just how powerful lived experience, connection, and hope can be in someone’s recovery journey.

Peer support is special because it comes from a place of understanding. It’s about walking alongside someone, celebrating progress, offering encouragement through challenges, and showing through experience that recovery is possible. 💜

This Recovery Month, we’re especially proud to celebrate Derek and Izzy and all of the Peer Specialists across our network who use their experiences to inspire hope and make a difference in the lives of others every day.

👏 Help us give a shout-out to Derek, Izzy, and our amazing peer community!

#RecoveryMonth #RecoveryIsPossible #PeerSupport #PeerServices #ThrivingMind #BehavioralHealth #LivedExperience #HopeAndRecovery

You may not always know what someone is experienci

You may not always know what someone is experiencing. A check-in, a listening ear, a number shared at the right moment, can make a real difference. #SuicidePrevention starts with connection.

#SPM2026 #SuicidePrevention

Recovery happens together. Research shows meaningf

Recovery happens together. Research shows meaningful human connection supports resilience, hope, and long-term recovery. Every connection can make a difference.

#RecoveryMonth2026

🎉 Congratulations to all of the 2026 BHCon Awards

🎉 Congratulations to all of the 2026 BHCon Awards of Excellence nominees and winners! 🎉

We’re proud to celebrate the incredible individuals whose dedication, leadership, and passion continue to make a difference in behavioral health across our communities. 💙

A special shoutout to our very own Thriving Mind team members, Derek Moore and Nivia Dexter, on their well-deserved nominations! 👏🌟 We’re proud to have you representing Thriving Mind and the important work being done throughout our community.

Congratulations to all who were recognized! 🏆

#BHCon #BHCon2026 #AwardsOfExcellence #ThrivingMind #BehavioralHealth #MakingADifference #TeamThrivingMind

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BHCon2026 is a wrap! 🎉💙 And while the conference

BHCon2026 is a wrap! 🎉💙

And while the conference may be over, the Thriving Mind team is heading home with new ideas, stronger connections, great memories…and maybe a few more photos than we started with! 📸😊

BHCon gave us the opportunity to connect with our providers, colleagues, community and industry leaders from across Florida—all while learning, sharing, networking, and having a little fun along the way.

Conferences like BHCon are about so much more than presentations and sessions. They bring the behavioral health community together to exchange ideas, learn from one another, strengthen partnerships, and explore new ways to better serve the individuals, families, and communities who count on us.

From meaningful conversations and valuable learning opportunities to catching up with longtime partners and making new connections, our team made the most of every moment.

We’re leaving #BHCon2026 inspired, energized, and grateful for the people who make this work—and this community—so special. 💙

Great people. Great connections. Great memories. Until next year, BHCon! 👋 @communityservicesdepartment @chisouthfl @advocacymiami @camillus_house @sfwnetwork @myflfamilies @hereshelp @guidancecarecenter @thevillagesouth @newhopecorps @theagapenetwork @citrushealthnetwork @fellowshiphouse_miami

#ThrivingMind #BHCon2026 #Bhcon

🤝 Connecting Our Community to Care Thriving Mind

🤝 Connecting Our Community to Care

Thriving Mind System of Care Specialists Esther Serrano and Ulises Salinas recently participated in a Resource Fair at G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School, connecting with community agencies, service providers, schools, and other local partners.

Throughout the event, Esther and Ulises shared information about behavioral health services, referral pathways, and resources available to children, youth, and families through Thriving Mind’s System of Care.

Events like these provide valuable opportunities to strengthen partnerships, exchange resources, and help ensure families throughout our community know where to turn when they need support. 💙

We’re grateful to our team members and community partners who continue working together to increase awareness, improve connections to care, and support the well-being of children and families across our region.

#ThrivingMind #SystemOfCare #BehavioralHealth #MentalHealth #CommunityResources #CommunityPartnerships #ChildrenAndFamilies #ConnectingToCare

CIT: Where Crisis Meets Compassion 💙 Thriving Min

CIT: Where Crisis Meets Compassion 💙

Thriving Mind’s Yisel Morell, LMHC, Care Coordination Manager, and Melissa Chwast, LMHC, Lead Care Coordinator, recently joined CIT practitioners, coordinators, behavioral health professionals, and community leaders from around the world at the 2026 CIT International Conference (CITICON26) in Orlando, Florida.

Held August 10–12, the conference brought together law enforcement officers, behavioral health clinicians, advocates, and other community partners united by a common mission: improving crisis response systems and strengthening partnerships between public safety and behavioral health services.

Through collaboration, education, and the sharing of best practices, CITICON26 highlighted the important role these partnerships play in creating compassionate, effective responses for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis.

We’re proud to have Yisel and Melissa representing Thriving Mind and bringing valuable insights back to our System of Care as we continue working together to strengthen crisis response throughout our community.

#ThrivingMind #CITICON26 #CrisisIntervention #BehavioralHealth #MentalHealth #CareCoordination #CommunityPartnerships #CrisisResponse

Building Connections. Strengthening Peers. Support

Building Connections. Strengthening Peers. Supporting Recovery. 💙

Thriving Mind was proud to partner with New Hope Corps. and the Miami Recovery Project for a recent Peer Specialist Orientation at the Unity Recovery Center in South Miami!

Led by Delia Keen of New Hope Corps., with Isabella “Izzy” Lopez from Thriving Mind’s Peer Services Department serving as co-facilitator, the event provided participants with valuable information about the Peer Specialist role, certification pathways, and resources available to support them along the way.

Naomi Romo and Tatyanna Guerrier of Miami Recovery Project also shared their experiences and highlighted training opportunities, community resources, and ways for peers to continue growing personally and professionally.

It was an engaging afternoon of learning, networking, and connection—and a great example of what can happen when community partners come together to strengthen and grow South Florida’s peer workforce.

We’re excited to continue creating opportunities that empower peers and strengthen recovery support throughout our community! 💙

@newhopecorps @newhopercc @miamirecoveryproject

#ThrivingMind #PeerSupport #PeerSpecialists #Recovery #BehavioralHealth #CommunityPartnerships #SouthFlorida #StrongerTogether

Meet Maria Guajardo, our Vice President of Behavio

Meet Maria Guajardo, our Vice President of Behavioral Health Services and learn more about the important work happening across our System of Care!

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Through strong partnerships with our Network Providers and community stakeholders, Thriving Mind’s System of Care connects individuals and families with a comprehensive range of behavioral health services designed to meet the diverse needs of the communities we serve.

Get to know the leadership behind this work and learn how collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to quality care help strengthen our behavioral health system and improve access to services throughout our region.

#ThrivingMind #BehavioralHealth #SystemOfCare #MentalHealth #CommunityPartnerships #StrongerTogether

Recently, Michael Miller of Miami’s Community News

Recently, Michael Miller of Miami’s Community Newspapers sat down with John Gill, Executive Director of the Miami Recovery Project, for an inspiring and important conversation about addiction recovery, mental health, and the power of community support. Please click on the YouTube link below!

During the conversation, they explored:

-The mission and work of the Miami Recovery Project
-Addiction recovery and the journey toward long-term healing and wellness
-The importance of reducing stigma surrounding substance use disorders
-How community connection and support can help individuals and families on the path to recovery

Conversations like these help remind us that recovery is possible and that education, compassion, and strong community partnerships can make a meaningful difference in the lives of those impacted by substance use and mental health challenges.

Thank you to Michael Miller and Miami’s Community Newspapers for providing a platform to highlight this important work and to John Gill for continuing to advocate for recovery, hope, and healing in our community.

@communitynewspapers Miami's Community Newspapers @miamirecoveryproject

#RecoveryIsPossible #AddictionRecovery #MentalHealth #SubstanceUseRecovery #EndTheStigma #BehavioralHealth #CommunitySupport #MiamiRecoveryProject #Miami

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Thriving Mind's Laura Naredo, President and CEO; T

Thriving Mind's Laura Naredo, President and CEO; Tracy Rodriguez-Miller, VP of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI); and Nivia Dexter, VP of Data Performance and Technology, attended a Miami’s Community News networking event featuring Florida gubernatorial and lieutenant governor candidates David Jolly and Gwen Graham.

The event brought together government officials, business professionals, and community leaders from across South Florida, including Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, for an opportunity to connect, engage in meaningful dialogue, and hear perspectives on issues impacting Florida and our local communities.

Thriving Mind values opportunities to engage with leaders from across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors and to strengthen the relationships and partnerships that help build healthier, more resilient communities.

#ThrivingMind #CommunityEngagement #BehavioralHealth #CommunityLeadership #MiamiDade #SouthFlorida #StrongerTogether

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