This article was originally published in the Bay City Times on May 25, 2025. “The collaborative care model is the gold standard for delivering mental health in primary care settings because mental health is, at its core, simply a very important…
This article was originally published in People Newspapers on May 23, 2025. A People Newspapers article discussed how the Meadows Institute’s partnership with the North Texas Behavioral Health Authority has been instrumental in developing critical interventions that have helped nearly 3,000 people…
The Meadows Institute was named as a finalist for the 2025 D CEO Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards in the category of Organization of the Year. Winners will be announced on July 24. Read more and see the full list of finalists here:
This article was originally published in Community Impact on May 16, 2025. The Meadows Institute has partnered with Fort Bend County to create the Behavioral Health Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, which would extend crisis services to incarcerated individuals to further divert them from returning to the county’s jail…
Quianta Moore, the executive director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, spoke with Houston’s KPRC to discuss Mental Health Awareness Month and the important work of The Hackett Center in Houston and…
The Executive Director of the Meadows Institute – Panhandle, Amanda Mathias, PhD, appeared live on KAMR 4’s Studio 4 television show on April 4, 2025 to discuss the one-year anniversary of the Meadows Institute-Panhandle and the impact it has had…
In an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News, Miriam Pearsall, the chief of staff for policy and population health at the Meadows Institute, tells the story of her late cousin, Daryl, who died at the age of 37 after battling pain, substance…
This article was published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on April 4, 2025. “It’s about the people in Texas understanding that mental illness is an illness of childhood and that we need to get ahead of the curve through early…
This article was published in Staten Island Live on April 3, 2025. “America is facing an unprecedented behavioral health crisis, and we can only address the magnitude of the needs if we make mental health screening and care as common…
This article was published in the DFW501c Nonprofit Business Journal on April 2, 2025. Communities Foundation of Texas has awarded a $6 million multi-year grant through the W.W. Caruth, Jr., Fund to the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute to implement…
This opinion piece was authored by the Meadows Institute’s Chief Innovation Officer, Kacie Kelly, and Chief Policy Officer, John Snook. It was published in Behavioral Health Tech’s “Industry Insights” on March 13, 2025. Every consequential election brings change and with…
This podcast episode was released by PsychArmor on February 14, 2025. On PsychArmor’s “Behind the Mission” podcast, the Meadows Institute’s Senior Director for Strategy and Innovation, Tempa Sherrill, discusses how her lived experience as the wife of a first responder and…
This article was originally published in Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Research’s Urban Edge on January 27, 2025. “The Texas Legislature has made historic, life-saving investments in mental health over the last decade,” Andy Keller, president and CEO of the Meadows…
This column was authored by the executive director of the Meadows Institute’s Trauma and Grief Center, Julie Kaplow, PhD and was published in Psychology Today on January 15, 2025. Grief doesn’t begin only after the death of a loved one. If…
This article was published in The Texas Tribune on January 2, 2025. “The Texas Legislature has made historic, life-saving investments in mental health over the last decade,” said Andy Keller, president and CEO of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute.…
This letter-to-the-editor was authored by Julie Kaplow, PhD, the executive director of the Trauma and Grief Center at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. It was in response to Sarah Wildman’s opinion guest essay If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her…
This article was published by The Dallas Morning News on December 7, 2024 and is co-authored by Meadows Institute President and CEO, Andy Keller PhD. Dallas and Collin counties are breaking down the barriers between mental health care and homelessness…
This article was published by D Magazine on November 26, 2024. The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, in collaboration with West Health and Northwestern Medicine, launched the Northwestern Medicine West Health Accelerator to integrate mental health care into primary care…
This article was published in People Newspapers on November 26, 2024. Excess funds will be committed to the Crystal Charity Ball’s 70th Anniversary Project, Action Before Crisis. The collaboration between Children’s Health and the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute facilitates the…
This article was published in The Texas Tribune on November 21, 2024. News of a fund for dementia being made possible next year has been praised by health advocates. Andy Keller, president and CEO of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute,…