Headstrong News

NEW YORK (JANUARY 2, 2022) – Headstrong Project Inc., a national-facing mental health treatment practice of choice providing military connected individuals and their families with cost-free, barrier-free, and stigma-free, confidential mental health treatment, received a $400,000 grant from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation to assist in building the clinical assets necessary to provide greater access to mental health treatment and care for veterans and their families in the Baltimore, Maryland metro area. 

NEW YORK (March 28, 2022) – Headstrong Project Inc. (“Headstrong”), a national-facing mental health practice of choice providing military connected individuals and their family members with barrier-free mental health treatment, today announced that it has received a $10 million gift from MacKenzie Scott. The funds will allow Headstrong to accelerate the delivery of their pioneering model of mental health care to U.S. military-connected members and their families.

New York (April 6, 2022) – Headstrong Project Inc. (“Headstrong”), announced today that it has been nominated for Best Health and Wellness General and Branded Entertainment Video in the 26th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet. IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of Internet industry experts including Kerstin Emhoff, Co-Founder & CEO – PRETTYBIRD; Colleen DeCourcy, President, Wieden+Kennedy; Arlan Hamilton, Founder & Managing Partner – Backstage Capital; John Hanke, Founder & CEO – Niantic; Nikole Hannah-Jones, Creator – 1619, The New York Times; Renita Jablonski, Director of Audio – The Washington Post; Mikael Jørgensen, Founder & CEO – &Co; Monica Lewinsky, Activist, Fashion Designer & Producer; Swizz Beatz & Timbaland, Music Producers & Co-Founders – Verzuz; Vanessa Pappas, COO – TikTok; Daniel Reynolds, Vice President, Digital Media – Disney; Dara Treseder, SVP, Head of Global Marketing & Communications – Peloton; and Maya Watson, Head of Global Marketing – Clubhouse.

NEW YORK (July 25, 2022) – Headstrong Project Inc. (“Headstrong”), a national-facing mental health practice of choice providing military connected individuals and their family members with barrier-free mental health treatment, today announced that it has officially launched their life-saving services in the State of Florida in partnership with Wounded Warrior Project ® (WWP).

NEW YORK (September 7, 2022) – The Headstrong Project Inc. (“Headstrong”), a national-facing mental health practice of choice providing military connected individuals and their family members with barrier-free mental health treatment, announced a successful collaboration with the Blue Angels Foundation (BAF) earlier this year. Scott Kartvedt, Board Member at BAF an active stunt pilot, partnered with Headstrong to raise money and awareness for ending veteran suicide. Kartvedt was one of the stunt pilots in the newly released TOP GUN: Maverick movie.

NEW YORK (January 18, 2023) Headstrong Project Inc., a national-facing mental health treatment practice of choice providing military-connected individuals and their families with barrier-free, stigma-free, and confidential mental health treatment, announces a three-year, $1.15M regional partnership with the JTMF Foundation. The primary goal of this partnership is to bring Headstrong services at-scale to Oregon and the greater Pacific Northwest in general to support the Foundation’s goals for creating a welcoming home for its military populations. This partnership will support Headstrong’s ongoing transformation of the military-connected mental health landscape in Oregon and the greater Pacific Northwest by advancing greater equity, accessibility, evidence-based treatment, and unique organizational capacity to best support the region's military communities and their trauma-associated mental health needs.

New York, NY (March 8, 2023) - The Headstrong Project, a leading mental health care organization dedicated to providing high-quality care to veterans and their families, has announced that it has received a $500,000 grant from The USAA Foundation, Inc.The funding will support and expand Headstrong's mission of providing evidence-based care to veterans suffering from trauma-related sequelae and comorbid conditions, including suicidality.

The Headstrong Project is proud to welcome three dynamic additions to the organization's Board of Directors: Gregory Fishman, Umar Latif, MD, FAPA, and Matthew Zubrow.