We brought to life our vision for a healthier, stronger state. We partnered with communities across Texas to translate the successes of the 88th Legislature into real solutions in all 254 counties reaching more than 7.5 million Texans. We also launched two new regional centers in the Panhandle and Dallas dedicated to local partnerships with the top mental health providers in each community to drive local solutions to improve care access and quality.

The reach of the Meadows Institute’s impact extended even further across the nation. We accelerated progress to advance ambitious, sustainable solutions to the nation’s mental health crisis across the United States, including New York, Florida, Colorado, and Illinois. We strengthened policy relationships in Washington, D.C., and collaborations with leading partners, ensuring that mental health remains a bipartisan national priority and engaging recently elected members of Congress and the new Administration through our latest policy partnership with West Health.

We are not just responding to today’s challenges — we are charting a future in which mental health care is accessible, compassionate, and effective for every person and every community. This year, we began to transform the way our country responds to behavioral health emergencies by leading with care, not law enforcement. We also reinforced our unshakable promise to Texas’ children and families by championing three proven mental health solutions that will reach the entire state within a decade: urgent access to care in schools for every child and family, Youth Crisis Outreach Teams to help before needs reach a breaking point, and Multisystemic Therapy, the single most effective way to reduce youth violence and broken lives. All of these programs have a single goal: to provide young people and their families with the support they need to grow up healthy and strong.

We are not just imagining change — we are making it happen. This year, two exemplary leaders of the Meadows Institute who each were essential to our founding and our unprecedented achievements over the past decade received special honors. The City of Houston celebrated “Maureen Hackett Day” to acknowledge her lifetime of philanthropy, exemplified by her transformative leadership in establishing The Hackett Center for Mental Health at the Meadows Institute.

And we presented Linda Perryman Evans with our prestigious Rose Award for her visionary leadership in envisioning and championing the Meadows Institute, her inspiring belief that mental illness can and should be treated just like any other illness, and her dedication to carrying forward her family’s enduring legacy of philanthropy.

We remain grateful to all of our dedicated philanthropic supporters for your confidence and generosity. Your commitment fuels our mission, drives our progress, and ensures that every child and adult with a mental health need receives the care they deserve.