{"id":15142,"date":"2014-12-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/connect-4-mental-health-community-innovation-awards-program-honors-four-community-based-organizations-addressing-serious-mental-illness-press-release\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:57:37","slug":"connect-4-mental-health-community-innovation-awards-program-honors-four-community-based-organizations-addressing-serious-mental-illness-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/connect-4-mental-health-community-innovation-awards-program-honors-four-community-based-organizations-addressing-serious-mental-illness-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Connect 4 Mental Health\u00ae Community Innovation Awards Program Honors Four Community-Based Organizations Addressing Serious Mental Illness &#8211; Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to better address the needs of the estimated 40 percent of adults living with serious mental illness who do not receive mental health services,<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0<i>Connect 4 Mental Health<\/i><sup><i>\u00ae<\/i><\/sup>\u00a0(<i>C4MH<\/i>) today announced the winners of the 2014\u00a0<i>Community Innovation Awards<\/i>. 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