Tag: The Hackett Center
Growing Up In America: The Way It Is by Dr. Robert Sanborn Season 6 Episode 15
April 16, 2026 – Dr. Quianta Moore, the executive director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health, was featured on the latest episode of Children at Risk’s Growing Up In America podcast to discuss the…
Amplified Houston Leadership Roundtable: January 2026
January 30, 2026 – Dr. Quianta Moore, the Executive Director of the Meadows Institute’s Hackett Center for Mental Health, was featured on a recent episode of Children at Risk’s Amplified Houston Leadership Roundtable. Listen to…
Minding the Gap: Why Women Still Bear the Burden in Healthcare
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….
Supporting child development: Brain Builders Program is free for young moms in Texas
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…
Mom’s mental health: The hidden crisis this Mother’s Day Weekend
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…
Annual Report
Change for Good—2025 Annual Report In 2025, the Meadows Institute helped shape how mental health care is delivered across Texas and the country, turning evidence into action and expanding access to care where it matters…
6th Annual Children’s Mental Health Summit in Boston
The Hackett Center for Mental Health, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH), convened on August 8-9 in Boston, MA to host the 6th annual Children’s Mental Health Summit. After last year’s…
Ibn Sina Foundation Receives Grant
This article was published by Business Fortnight on January 21, 2023. Ibn Sina Foundation continues to provide services to low-income and underserved Texans through their healthcare clinics. Here, Congressman Al Green presents a check for…
2022 Children’s Mental Health Summit
The Hackett Center for Mental Health, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH), convened on August 4th and 5th in Austin, Texas to host the 5th annual Children’s Mental Health Summit. After…
Galena Park ISD launches ‘Handle with Care’ program to help kids coping with trauma
This article was originally published by the Houston Chronicle on October 13, 2022. Educators are teaming up with law enforcement to launch a program at a Houston-area school district that aims to quickly link students…
Early Childhood Behavioral Development could impact long-term health; free program to help mothers with children ages 0-3
This article was originally published by the KPRC-TV NBC Houston on April 14, 2022. HOUSTON – The Episcopal Health Foundation funds early childhood brain development for kids ages 0-3. According to EHF, early childhood brain development programs are…
Opinion: Sometimes they blame themselves. How to help grieving kids who lost parents to COVID
This opinion piece was authored by Julie Kaplow, PhD, ABPP, Executive Director of the Trauma and Grief Center at The Hackett Center. It was originally published by the Houston Chronicle on December 12, 2021. Lucia,…
Dr. Quianta Moore Named Executive Director of The Hackett Center
HOUSTON – Dr. Quianta Moore, MD, JD, a nationally renowned expert in research and policies to improve the health and well-being of children and the communities in which they reside, has been named Executive Director…
In aftermath of Arlington school shooting, here are resources to help deal with trauma
This article was originally published by Dallas Morning News on October 7, 2021. Following the shooting at Mansfield Timberview High School on Wednesday morning, many students, parents, and educators may be wondering about how this…
4th Annual Nantucket Children’s Mental Health Summit
The Hackett Center for Mental Health, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH), recently convened and hosted the 2021 Nantucket Children’s Mental Health Summit. This was the second year the…
Fostering Resiliency in the Aftermath of COVID-19: the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston
The Hackett Center for Mental Health was asked by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston to evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 on youth in the Greater Houston region, and to provide recommendations about...
Mental health challenges await students, educators as they head back to school
Back to school might foster hopeful thoughts of back to normal. Unfortunately, nothing about COVID-19 has been normal, and returning to the classroom will require a thoughtful approach to address the significant mental health needs…
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston releases groundbreaking report on COVID-19 impacts and resiliency among youth in Greater Houston Region
This article was originally published by The Katy News on August 13, 2021. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston (BGCGH), in affiliation with The Hackett Center for Mental Health, the Meadows Mental Health Policy…
Philanthropy Roundtable Survey: Children’s Mental Health Funding in the Time of COVID-19
The post below coauthored by the Meadows Institute’s Patrick Tennant, PhD, and The Hackett Center for Mental Health’s Gary Blau, PhD, was originally posted by Philanthropy Roundtable on December 7, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken…
Trauma & Grief Center Joins The Hackett Center for Mental Health
The Hackett Center for Mental Health, the first regional center of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, announced it is now home to the Trauma and Grief (TAG) Center, which raises the standard of care…