The Atrómitos Way
Welcome to The Atrómitos Way Podcast, where we candidly discuss the everyday challenges facing safety net health and human service providers, government agencies, philanthropies, and advocates. Our podcast will offer practical, easy-to-implement solutions to long-standing and emerging problems and highlight innovative ideas from fearless thought leaders nationwide.
The Atrómitos Way
Latest Episodes
#059: Fundraising Is Not a Staffing Problem: Why a Culture of Philanthropy Has to Come Before the Hire
In this episode of The Atrómitos Way, Michealle Gady speaks with Atrómitos principal Kate McNulty about why nonprofit fundraising challenges are often misdiagnosed as staffing problems. All too often, organizations assume that what they need is...
#058: The Missing Layer: Why We Keep Rebuilding Social Care and Never Finish It
We’ve seen it before, and we will probably see it again: using state and federal dollars, we fund a social care program for five years, it works, and despite robust results, one budget cycle takes it out. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Wha...
#057: When the Safety Net Frays: What HR1 Means for Behavioral Health Access in Washington
Signed on July 4, 2025, H.R.1 cut roughly $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over ten years, in the largest restructuring of Medicaid financing in a generation. Because Medicaid funds about a quarter of all U.S. mental health and substanc...
#056: Understanding Stressors and the Nervous System [Rebroadcast]
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re rebroadcasting one of the most popular episodes of The Atrómitos Way Podcast. Back in May of 2024, we sat down with Sharon Stultz, a dedicated educator and mental health p...
