Our focus in 2025 at the Meadows Institute remained simple but profound: accelerate access to mental health care sooner and more effectively to save lives and build hope, in Texas and across the country.

At a moment when our country’s broader policy landscape shifted in unprecedented ways, the Meadows Institute stepped forward to protect past gains and help lead positive change, both in the Texas Legislature and the halls of Congress. We mobilized lawmakers, partners, and community leaders to continue the momentum we have relentlessly built since 2014. Together, we are shaping a reality in which mental health care is available to everyone and is seamlessly integrated into doctor’s offices, schools, and emergency response. At the same time, we translated policy into programs with lasting impacts, setting new standards for how communities across Texas and beyond understand, prevent, and respond to mental health needs.

Our decade of work side-by-side with communities large and small across Texas proved invaluable this past summer, when devastating floods struck the Hill Country. Beginning on the day, we mobilized the systems, training, and collaborations we had helped build with lawmakers and community organizations to respond to this latest set of overwhelming needs. And when our partners approached us for assistance with addressing the mental health of families who were suffering from unimaginable grief and first responders who remained on duty around the clock, the Meadows Institute jumped into action to expand care options for those in need.

The floods were a stark reminder that mental health and resilience are about more than treatment. At the Meadows Institute, we believe that when life gets hard, what matters most is not just surviving — but being embraced by a community that cares. Not just enduring — but belonging. And not just coping with hardship — but finding new ways to thrive.

We were also proud to bring our proven model of statewide excellence in mental health care to the national stage.

We worked with partners across the country in new and broader ways to expand care directly alongside family doctors and pediatricians, improve rural mental health care systems, address homelessness, and transform 911 emergency response.

Because of the bold generosity of our philanthropic champions, the committed dedication of our partners, and the extraordinary talent of our team, the Meadows Institute is charting an unmatched vision of the future of mental health that emphasizes care over crisis — one rooted in the real lives of children, families, and communities.

Thank you for believing.

Thank you for acting.

Thank you for joining us to transform lives.