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Matthew 25 puts tools, hoes and hope in people s hands
Clint Twedt-Ball is executive director of Matthew 25. Photographed at its offices in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Clint Twedt-Ball is executive director of Matthew 25. Photographed at its offices in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The Tool Library at Matthew 25 in Cedar Rapids offers a basement workshop for members with large tools such as this band saw. Membership in the Tool Library runs from $48-180 annually depending on income and family size. Shot on Thursday, April 20, 2017. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)
“If the past year has taught us anything,” Covenant Family Solutions CEO Dr. Jacob Christenson said, “it is that those of us in the mental health field need to be prepared to meet people where they are at quite literally.”
This past month Covenant, a Cedar Rapids-based mental health provider, launched a virtual mental health platform called StrengthenU.
“StrengthenU takes virtual care to a new level and we are excited to be on the cutting edge of this much needed service for mental health care,” Christenson said.
It offers a secure tool for members, through a subscription service, to connect with a personally assigned, licensed therapist via text, phone or video.