Hillside Campaign Overview
Demand for mental health services has reached unprecedented levels. Metrocare is seeing more adults and children than ever before in our half-century history. As the largest provider of behavioral health services in Dallas County, we provide same-day access to psychiatric care regardless of ability to pay. Across all programs, Metrocare served 51,031 children and adults last year with 2,758 clinical encounters each day. There is a well-researched link between our physiology, our emotional state, and the physical surroundings we find ourselves in. These concerns were at the forefront when imagining Metrocare’s new Mental Health and Disability Innovation Center at its Hillside Campus, which will intentionally include bright, open spaces for clinical services, outdoor therapy areas for children, a tranquility garden, an outdoor terrace, and abundant nature views for clients and staff from two new buildings.
The 45,000-sq.-ft. Mental Health Clinic will serve as the centerpiece of the new campus where children, adults, families, veterans, and those with disabilities will receive integrated, evidence-based care.
Currently relocated due to construction, the youth mental health clinic that will be housed on the new campus is one of the busiest child and adolescent clinics in Dallas, where approximately 120 kids receive care daily. The 98,000-sq.-ft. Client Services Building, adjacent to the Clinic, will integrate Metrocare’s extensive countywide operations, including training and research. The entire campus allows us to increase our capacity to serve by 23%.
These new state-of-the-art facilities will play an essential role in further dismantling the stigma and shame historically associated with public mental health care in the injustice of passing off marginal facilities as adequate. Sadly, this has all too often been the case in the history of behavioral and intellectual disability care for disadvantaged populations, who have been told to “make do with what you get.”
Ultimately, the new campus will deliberately offer our community a dignified place that fosters healing, a place that reflects Dallas as a national leader, and a place you would want to send your family member struggling with mental illness or a disability.
Project Funding
Full realization of the Hillside Project, to build a new Mental Health & Disability Innovation Center, would not be possible without the generous support of Dallas’ philanthropic community. This project is a shining example of how partnerships are critical to service delivery. In addition to Metrocare’s extensive collaboration with Parkland to enhance the health of shared patients, Parkland also partnered with Metrocare to help fund a substantial portion ($50 million) of the Hillside Project, in a mutually beneficial least-to-own financing arrangement. Dallas County ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) provided $9.2 million to help address the increased costs of the project, due to inflationary pressures post pandemic. Slated for completion in September 2025, Metrocare will sustain the new campus through core operations.
Support the Hillside Campaign
To donate or get involved, or to schedule a tour of the Hillside Campus, please contact:
Chief Philanthropy & Diversity Officer Tameka Cass at (214) 743-1220 or tameka.cass@metrocareservices.org.
Capital Campaign Cabinet
Lindsay Billingsley
Lynn McBee
Whitney Wallace-Meyer
Collen Meyer
Mark Melton
Gunnar Rawlings
Roslyn Dawson Thompson
Shan Zaidi
Hillside Funders
The Addy Foundation
Adela Garza
The Aileen & Jack Pratt Foundation
Amber Martinez
Aminat Adebola Olusesi
Amy Tran
Andre T. Keeton
Andrew M. Ahles
Anthony D. Jackson
Anthony Farmer
Ardashes Mirzatuny
Ariana Rosado
Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Bertha I. Hernandez
Betsy and Richard Eiseman/Eiseman Jewels
Bette Rathjen Foundation for Emotional Health
Beverlyn Omejia
Bianca M. Zamora
Billie M. Castillo
Bradley Smith
Cleophiaus Joy Barfield
Carmen Morales
Carolina Lasso
Carolyn F. Pearson
Carrie A. Parks
Casie E. Sheffield
Charkyra M. Hopkins
Charles Koetting
Christy S. Phoenix
Cierra Ll Malone
Clara Miller Estate
Clay Jenkins Family Foundation
Colette F. Murray
Communities Foundation of Texas – W. W. Caruth, Jr. Fund
The Constantin Foundation
Corder and Waller Consulting, LLC
Crowley-Carter Foundation
The Crystal Charity Ball
CTL Aero Solutions
Dalia Salinas Gutierrez
Dana L. Smith
Dave Hogan
Deedie Rose
Demosthenes Sherman
Denise H. Thornton
Dennis J. Emerick
Destiny N. Manning
Detra Morton
Diana Nguyen
Dr. Bob & Jean Smith Foundation
Dr. John & Patricia Burruss
Elda Hudson
Eli R. Valenzuela
Elizabeth & Todd C. Howard
Erica Barraza
Esther Mukuha
The Eugene McDermott Foundation
Florence Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Gala D. Ward
Gallagher
Gina Michelle Bullock
Godfree M. Adiges
Grace E. Radden
Hamon Charitable Foundation
Harold R. Jones
Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
The Hersh Foundation
Hillcrest Foundation Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
Hoblitzelle Foundation
Hope Stedman
Hunter Hunt
Idowu M. Awosere
Ikechukwu R. Ofomata
Ikenna G. Mogbo
Inez R. Jones
ISC Group, Inc.
Israel Denis
Ivette Marquez
Jacob Antonio Jimenez
Jaime Walkowiak
Jamaica P. Chapple
James A. Wallace
Jane R. Burruss
Jeannie M. Rapp
Jennifer R. Simon-Deboskie
Jerryline Holacka
Jill Martinez
John D. Montoya
John D. Bennett
Judith A. Hunter
Julia Jimenez
Kameron S. Martin
Karen J. Jackson
Karina Mejia-Cuevas
Karri Collins
Katherine Carmody Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Kehinde A. Obikoya
Keith Short
Kelli A. Laos
Kelly Rivas
Kelwyn L. Hill
Kennedy Newbanks
Kenneth Bernstein & Barbara Clay
Kennington Family Philanthropic Fund at The Dallas Foundation
Kevin J. Boyd
Kim L. Lampkins
Kimberly Demetri
Kristina L. Ford
Laban Tanui Mutai
Lanora .J Ferguson
Laporsha Riley
Lataya Lattany
Laura H. Peace
Leslie H. Secrest
Linda Kiser
Lizeth Huerta
Lucas Wilson
Lyda Hill Foundation
Mark Foundation
Martha L. Toscano
Martin Lowy
Mary C. Geisler
Mayra Rivera
McDonnough Family Fund at the Dallas Foundation
The Meadows Foundation
Meitra Doty
Mes Amies
The Mike & Mary Terry Family Foundation
Min Seo Cheon Kim
Misty S. Washington
Monica E. Ramirez
Montrula Johnson
Moody Foundation
Mychelette Thomas
Natasha D. Gultery
Noel Santini
Norvella Norton
Olivia D. Peterson
Olivia Vasquez
Patricia Wordell
Philomena Edward Ochei
PKW Donor Advised Fund at The Dallas Foundation
Quincy D. Hogan
Raquel M. Orozco
The Rees-Jones Foundation
Regina Walker
Reuben Kinie Ndomahina
Robert Delahunt
Roberto Avendano
Robin Lee
The Rose Family Foundation
Roslyn Dawson Thompson and Rex Thompson Fund at Texas Women’s Foundation
Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Russell Joseph Abercrombie
Sam and Laura Yang Family Foundation
Samantha Moore
Sameer Nair
Sandra L. Haddon
Sarah A. Omotoso
Sarah M. Nagle
Sebastian Molina
Selena L. Milles
Shamara Marshall
Sharon Terrell
Sharron Donaldson
Shatashuka Kelly Washington
Shermelia F Drummer
The Simmons Sisters Fund at Texas Women’s Foundation
Solender/Hall, Inc.
Sonnia R. Ortega
Stacy Cantú
Stonegate Pharmacy
Susan R. Rainey
Suzanne E Wheeler
Tachanda J. Smith
Tameka Y. Cass
Teran S. Duncan
Terri Anderson-Mays
Terry A. James
Texas Bar Foundation
The Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation, Inc.
Tiffani R. Dominguez
Tiffany Stranathan
Tori Dotie Glaspie
UMB Bank
UMB Charitable Foundation
Veronica L. Speikes
Vershon A. Allen
Vicki White
Vickie Rice
Victoria Tamayo
Vivian Buckley
Vizient
William T. and Gay F. Solomon Advised Fund at The Dallas Foundation
William Taylor
Women’s Philanthropy Institute at The Dallas Foundation
Yasmin Diaz
Zachary W. Pittman
Zainab G. Beah
Zelda Gatson
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