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Highlights & Milestones​

2025

HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Taking the National Stage

The Meadows Institute’s trusted expertise drove groundbreaking progress in mental health research, policy, and practice across the United States.


  • President & CEO Andy Keller was named vice chair of the CEO Alliance for Mental Health, a coalition of the nation’s 15 leading mental health policy and advocacy organizations at the forefront of addressing America’s mental health crisis.
  • As the premier policy partner of Behavioral Health Tech, the nation’s largest behavioral technology and innovation conference, we advanced cutting edge ideas such as AI-powered mental health tools and measurement-informed care before industry leaders from across the United States.

Regional Influence & Expansion

The Meadows Institute expanded the reach and impact of our regional centers, where best practices for mental health care meet the unique needs of each community we serve.

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The Hackett Center for Mental Health championed a range of mental health initiatives to improve the lives of children, youth, and families in Houston and beyond.

 

  • With support from the New York Life Foundation, the Hackett Center’s TAG Center put its signature excellence into practice at the Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, enhancing our ability to screen, assess, and treat children experiencing trauma and grief.
  • The TAG Center welcomed to Houston Israeli mental health clinicians for a training on how to support bereaved children, the first time we instructed an international audience.
  • The Hackett Center brought together Houston-area leaders to learn how integrated models of health care can improve women’s behavioral health at every stage of life.
  • The Hackett Center joined more than 200 global business and policy leaders at “Brain Capital: The New Competitive Edge in a Shifting Economy,” a high-profile conference that explores the latest in brain health and how to build an economy driven by brain capital in Texas, the United States, and beyond.

The Paso del Norte Center strengthened the region’s mental health care systems by connecting state and national leaders with local partners to bring innovative programs to El Paso and the Borderplex.

 

  • The PdN Center helped the El Paso community successfully advocate for crisis supports in the region, both in funding for new crisis beds and for expanded, more assertive community resources for families and youth.
  • The PdN Center empowered local primary care practices, including pediatricians, to better address the mental health needs of people in the region through the Collaborative Care Model.
  • Working with community partners, the PdN Center enhanced crisis response to ensure that people experiencing a mental health emergency receive care and support instead of involvement with the justice system.

The Meadows Institute – Panhandle marked its first full year as an innovation hub for rural mental health to ensure that geography does not limit access or care outcomes.

 

  • The Meadows Institute – Panhandle continued its collaboration with health systems and primary care providers across the region to deliver care directly in family doctors’ offices.

  • The Meadows Institute – Panhandle helped people with substance use disorders access treatment and trained mental health providers to meet the distinct needs of veterans.

  • In partnership with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Meadows Institute – Panhandle worked to improve mental health care and access to keep youth from getting involved in the justice system.

The Meadows Institute – Dallas drove solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing mental health care in North Texas, including homelessness, improved school safety, and student wellness.

 

 

  • Our new regional center dedicated to Dallas played a key role in providing behind-the-scenes support for UT Southwestern Medical Center’s bid to operate the new Texas Behavioral Health Center and ensure it has the resources to become a world-class resource for both children and adults with the most severe and complex mental health needs.
  • In a first-of-its-kind community collaboration, the Meadows Institute – Dallas partnered with Housing Forward to integrate mental health care into a system to help end chronic homelessness.
  • The Meadows Institute – Dallas completed a baseline assessment of mental health needs to better understand the community and help develop tailored solutions moving forward.

Philanthropy

We thank our philanthropic partners, whose extraordinary generosity helps us transform lives through equitable, accessible mental health care. For every dollar invested in the Meadows Institute, we identify $221 to sustain proven mental health solutions for the community. Key investments from 2025 include:

  • The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country partnered with the Meadows Institute to meet the mental health needs of people, families, and communities devastated by the July 4 floods, investing in rapid needs assessments of the region and the state, the training needs of providers working to offer trauma- and grief-informed care to advance post-flood recovery, and targeted care navigation and direct services for family members of those lost in the floods.
  • Through a major investment, the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation is helping the Paso del Norte Center expand integrated mental health care, increase access to telehealth for children and adolescents, and strengthen the region’s mental health workforce — advancing systems-level change that will improve behavioral health outcomes for families in the El Paso region.
  • Dallas philanthropist Deedie Rose established the Tom Luce Policy Fund to honor the legacy of Mr. Luce, the Meadows Institute’s founding CEO, and help expand access to high-quality mental health care for Texans and families nationwide, spurring additional gifts from generous Dallas leaders, including Margot Perot and family.
  • The Bette Rathjen Foundation for Emotional Health provided a leadership gift to establish the nation’s first center of excellence dedicated to overcoming pediatric treatment resistant depression, while also strengthening long-term mental health leadership through support to the Tom Luce Policy Fund.
  • Bill and Gay Solomon enabled broader access to leading-edge mental health care in Dallas through two gifts — one to the Meadows Institute–Dallas and one to the Tom Luce Policy Fund — to both improve care options for families today and strengthen the city’s mental health infrastructure for the future.

In November, we celebrated Tom Luce’s leadership and the lasting impact of the Tom Luce Policy Fund in accelerating access to mental health care.

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Carolyn Rathjen, Margot Perot, and Tom Luce

In November, we celebrated Tom Luce’s leadership and the lasting impact of the Tom Luce Policy Fund in accelerating access to mental health care.

From left:
Carolyn Rathjen, Margot Perot, and Tom Luce