HRRF is a mission-driven nonprofit providing non-medical counseling and integrated behavioral health care for children, families, and underserved communities — working to reduce stigma, decrease the over- and under-diagnosis of school-age children, and expand early access to support through prevention, mentorship, and school- and community-based care.
HRRF was founded by clinicians, educators, and community advocates who saw the same story repeat: a child struggling, a caregiver exhausted, a system that only showed up once things had reached a crisis. We watched children get labeled — or overlooked entirely — for what were often normal reactions to grief, trauma, transition, or the pressures of growing up.
We built HRRF to change where care starts. Instead of asking families to navigate complex issues and referrals on their own, we work inside the places where children already spend their days — schools, neighborhoods, and trusted local organizations.
Everything we do rests on one belief: compassionate, culturally responsive support, delivered early, changes what is possible for a family.
To reduce stigma, decrease the over- and under-diagnosis of school-age children, and expand access to compassionate, non-medical counseling and integrated behavioral health care for children, families, and underserved communities — through prevention, early intervention, family education, and school- and community-based models.
Communities where every child and family can reach affirming, capable behavioral health support — without shame, delay, or barriers.
Love, steadiness, and compassion are not extras in behavioral health care — they are the medicine.
We invest in the moments and relationships that keep crises from forming, not just the ones that respond once they do.
Our programs live inside schools, neighborhoods, and local partner organizations, not behind a distant waiting list.
Caregivers are part of the care team. We resource, educate, and walk alongside them.
We coordinate across schools, clinical teams, and community partners so families never have to navigate alone.
Language, culture, and lived experience shape how care is delivered and who delivers it.
We design new models where the old ones have left people behind, and we measure what actually changes for families.
Crystal brings two decades of behavioral health leadership to HRRF, including experience as a Joint Commission behavioral health surveyor and senior leader across military, school, and community-based programs. She co-founded HRRF to put compassionate, low-barrier care inside the schools and communities that need it most — long before a crisis defines the conversation.
Lisa is the Co-Founder and President of HRRF, leading partnerships, growth, and strategic relationships with schools, public agencies, funders, and community organizations. A licensed marriage and family therapist and mental health counselor, Lisa brings clinical depth and an operator's eye to HRRF's work — ensuring the foundation's programs are built to serve families with integrity, scale responsibly, and stand alongside the communities they reach.
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