$15,510 raised by 28 donors
62% complete
$25,000 Goal
Did you know that children in our community report experimenting with substances as early as 6th grade? At the same time, youth mental health concerns are rising—leaving too many young people struggling without the support they need.
At Youth180, we believe substance use and mental health challenges are not choices—they’re often responses to unhealed trauma. That’s why, for 40 years, we’ve provided prevention, counseling, and treatment programs that help youth and families heal together. We are the only youth-serving agency in Dallas that fully integrates mental health and substance misuse treatment into one organization, making our youth-focused services both accessible and holistic.
This year, we plan to help more people than ever before through prevention, education, intervention, individual counseling, group therapy, psychiatric services, and peer support. We need your help this North Texas Giving Day.
Youth180 fills the gap between public and private care. Many of our clients are uninsured or underinsured, making fundraising a crucial piece of ensuring our impact. While an average counseling session costs $216, some families pay as little as $2. We never turn anyone away because of inability to pay.
This North Texas Giving Day, our goal is $12,000, and every gift is matched up to $6,000. Your support ensures every child and teen who walks through our doors receives the care they need to live their healthiest life.
When you make a gift to Youth180 this year, you can help ensure that each child or teen who comes through our doors will get the mental healthcare and treatment needed to live their healthiest lives. We can't do it without you, and we can't wait to welcome you as part of our team.
Youth180’s mission is to be an innovative leader helping youth and families navigate challenges through prevention, intervention, and clinical programs. We promote whole-person wellness and equip young people with the tools they need to make healthy decisions, avoid substance use, and overcome mental health challenges.
Our greatest need is financial support to expand our programs.
Interwoven into the foundational values of Youth180 is equity which we carry with us into the community. Racial injustice is the most pervasive and entrenched form of injustice permeating the institutions and systems in our society. Focusing a critical eye on the systems of oppression in our world that deny fair and equal treatment to multiple races, religions, gender, ethnicities, cultures, conditions, and experiences is a necessity. By coming together and prioritizing our attention to racial equity, we are elevating the voices and stories of everyone.
Youth180 is committed to racial equity both internally through our work environment, and externally through our services and programs as well as in our hiring practices, policies, and procedures. We are committed to advocating and advancing policies which reflect democratic principles of equity and justice.
We believe bringing together board members, funders, staff, community partners and clients with differing backgrounds and life experiences will enhance our ability to increase opportunities for all community service organizations to succeed.
All Youth180 policies, programs, and activities will be administered to identify and avoid discrimination and barriers to access, and to avoid disproportionately high and adverse effects on communities of color.
Accountability to our grantees is of central importance to us. We understand the significance of evaluating the impact of our services in the community and accurately reporting this to our grantees, ensuring we all remain committed to just and equitable disbursement of resources.
We will obtain the following information from clients and use the data when relevant and appropriate to evaluate the impact of our equity goals: race/ethnicity, gender, age, zip code, education level, family income, and household size.
Building a race equity culture requires intention and effort. Youth180 hopes this Racial Equity Statement will inspire greater collaboration between government agencies, schools, non-profits, businesses, law enforcement, and the public to develop and maintain a strong commitment to advancing equity. Youth180 uses this Racial Equity Statement as a guide to fully integrate race equity into every aspect of our operations and programs while working toward dismantling of structural racism wherever we encounter it, ultimately serving as a light in our community that brightens the future for all people.
Organization name
Youth180
Causes
Mental and Behavioral Health
Operating Budget
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
Counties Served
Dallas, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Other
Address
201 S Tyler St.