September 19, 2025 – Dr. Quianta Moore, the executive director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health, was featured on Dorothy Gibbons’ The Rose podcast to discuss the mental health and wellness challenges facing women and how to navigate them. Moore highlights the importance of The Hackett Center and…
September 18, 2025 – The Meadows Institute was featured in a Dallas Morning News editorial on preventing deaths by suicide among members of law enforcement. In addition, B.J. Wagner, executive vice president for Health and Public Safety, discussed the importance…
September 18, 2025 – Massive shifts are underway in how technology is leveraged in health care. As policies that impact interoperability, behavioral health information technology, and the role of AI are taking shape, savvy digital mental health leaders will recognize…
September 15, 2025 – The Meadows Institute was featured in a story on the Texas Peer Support Network for First Responders by KVUE. B.J. Wagner, the executive vice president of Health and Public Safety, is interviewed for the story and…
August 19, 2025 – The Austin American-Statesman featured the Meadows Institute in an article on checking kids’ mental health as they head back to class for a new school year. Chief Medical Officer Roshni Koli is quoted in the piece,…
July 21, 2025 – As part of the Meadows Institute’s ongoing response to the devastating floods in Central Texas, Julie Kaplow, PhD, the executive director of the Trauma and Grief Center at The Hackett Center for Mental Health, wrote a…
July 9, 2025 – The Meadows Institute was featured in Public Health Watch in an article about community health paramedic teams’ response to emergent mental health crises in rural Texas communities. Executive Vice President for Health and Public Safety B.J. Wagner was quoted in…
An article in Inside Philanthropy spotlights the promise of the Collaborative Care Model to address the nation’s mental health care needs, with a strong focus on Path Forward—a national initiative co-founded by the Meadows Institute. It highlights how philanthropy has accelerated the…
The Dallas Morning News featured the Meadows Institute in an editorial on how mental health facilities, especially those with inpatient care in underserved regions, are essential for providing communities with quality health care and eliminating the need for people to travel long distances to access treatment. Meadows Institute President & CEO…
Meadows Institute President & CEO Andy Keller is quoted in a June 13 story in Behavioral Health Business detailing the “explosive early growth” of the Collaborative Care Model. “[The model] is the gold standard for delivering mental health in primary…
Quianta Moore, the executive director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health, spoke with KPRC’s Haley Hernandez about the impact of the Brain Builders program, a free, online initiative aimed at mothers to help support the brain development of their children. “There’s a ton…
A Conversation with Enrique Mata, Executive Director of the Meadows Institute’s Paso del Norte Center By Rebecca Tharp | June 6, 2025 Enrique Mata, executive director of the Paso del Norte Center at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute In…
This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune on June 2, 2025. In a world that pretends the brain is not part of the body, this bill will put tools in the hands of children, parents and teachers to…
Meadows Institute leaders share homegrown solution for addressing homelessness for people with complex behavioral health needs at NatCon25 By Geoffrey Melada | May 7, 2025 From left: Meadows Institute Senior Vice President for Specialty Care Darilynn Cardona-Beiler, Vice President of…
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…