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Youth Mental Health
The Center for Integrative Counseling & Psychology

Julie* is an elementary-school-aged child and the youngest of three. Through a partnership with The Center, Julie…

Youth Formation
Project Transformation

Project Transformation North Texas Through both the after-school and summer programs, Project Transformation North Texas (PTNT) provides…

Disability Inclusion
Notre Dame School

Ken Ken attended the same charter school as his siblings. Ken had a positive experience at school…

International
World Hope

Good quality antenatal and child health services in Sierra Leone, West Africa, are scarce and often unaffordable….

Healthy Families
Rivertree Academy

Ja’Niyah Multiplication-loving Ja’Niyah has been a Rivertree student for three years, and is now in 5th grade….

Healthy Families
West Dallas Community School

Lyric Sakina was at her wit’s end when it came to choosing a school for her granddaughter…

Community Benefit
The Rees-Jones Foundation Youth Internship Program

The Rees-Jones Foundation Youth Internship Program was started four years ago in order to supplement existing and…

Child Substitute Care
CK Family Service

Brandon & the Greens Scott and Aurelia Green started their foster parent journey in 2014 when they…

Child Protection
Journey to Dream

Ginger When asked, Ginger does not remember what she was doing a year ago, but admits that…

Animal Welfare
Don’t Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank

Amy & Xena Texans recall the winter storm of 2021 and the subsequent power grid failure and…

Healthy Families
Shelters Respond Amid COVID-19

Shelters Aid North Texas Residents Facing Homelessness Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic were wide-spread,…

Healthy Families
Texans Address Food Insecurity

North Texans Feed Their Neighbors During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among the nearly 100 requests for urgent funding…

Healthy Families
Redeemer Launches Church Planting Project

Redeemer City to City Launches Church Planting Project in New York Based in Manhattan, Redeemer City to…

Healthy Families
Uplift Provides Learning Centers

Uplift Education Serves Children of Front Line & Essential Workers When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to…

Healthy Families
Property Acquisition Expands Collaborative

Community School and Family Village Possible Through Property Acquisition Lumin Education is part of the original group…

Youth Formation
Young Life Opens Texas Camp

Young Life’s First Texas Camp Welcomes Youth with Disabilities Many children and youth with disabilities that participate…

Youth Mental Health
Genesis Expands Counseling Services

Genesis Expands Services with New Children’s Trauma Counseling Center The City of Dallas has a growing unmet…

International
The Fight to End Human Trafficking

The Fight to End Human Trafficking, Modern-Day Slavery in India & Uganda Modern-day slavery persists all around…

Disability Inclusion
Camp Sweeney Medical Facility

Camp Sweeney to Build State-of-the-Art Medical Facility Each summer Camp Sweeney welcomes approximately 400 North Texas campers…

Child Protection
Alliance for Children Expands

Alliance for Children Expands to Serve More Children in North Texas Child advocacy centers play a crucial…

Animal Welfare
Operation Kindness Opens Medical Wing

Operation Kindness Opens Rees-Jones Foundation Medical Wing On Thursday, March 12, 2020 members of The Rees-Jones Foundation…

Animal Welfare
Operation Kindness: Binx’s Story

Operation Kindness does not play favorites, however, Binx stole the hearts of OPK’s staff with her rambunctious…

Animal Welfare
Operation Kindness: Tiger Lily’s Story

Mother’s Day came early for sweet Tiger Lily. She came to Operation Kindness in September of 2019…

Community Benefit
Impact Story: Texas 2036

Texas 2036 is planning for the future of Texas. To protect the miracle of Texas and to…

Disability Inclusion
Impact Story: The Warren Center

Understanding and navigating the impact of having a developmental delay or disability is often an immense challenge…

Child Protection
Impact Story: The Family Compass

The Growing as Parents program at The Family Compass is a fee, home-mentoring, parent education program that…

Youth Formation
Impact Story: Big Thought

Big Thought’s Creative Solutions is an arts-as-workforce intervention program for adjudicated youth, ages 10-17. Creative Solutions uses…