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PROMOTE
Mental health

Decades of research confirms what we've always known: healthy relationships and positive parenting are key to mental health. ChildBuilders' ground-breaking programs teach children today the skills they will need to be come nurturing parents and caring adults in the future, while helping them become resilient kids today.

PREVENT
Violence & Abuse

The continuum of violence extends from aggression to abuse. To stop violence before it begins, ChildBuilders arms children, parents, and teachers with the skills of assertiveness, empathy, emotional control, and resilience. With these tools, we are able to protect ourselves, stand up for each other, and resolve conflict nonviolently.

EMPOWER
Children & Adults

ChildBuilders’ professional development trainings and workshops employ a train-the-facilitator model, reaching hundreds of adults each year. With our curricula, facilitators are able to empower tens of thousands of children with life-enhancing information and skills. Attend a ChildBuilders training and make a difference!

Announcing The 2023-2024 Webinar Series

April 27, 2023May 19, 2023

Now Scheduling Summer and Fall Training!

March 24, 2023May 23, 2023

Announcing The Winter/Spring 2023 Webinar Calendar

January 13, 2023May 23, 2023

Health TEKS and Character Counts – Curriculum Alignment

September 9, 2022February 7, 2023

Our Statement on SB9

September 6, 2022February 7, 2023

Our mission is to promote mental health and prevent abuse by
empowering children, parents, and teachers with assertiveness skills, emotional control, empathy, resilience, and the ability to resolve conflict non-violently.

News and Events

Stand Strong • Stay Safe - Early Childhood

June 7, 2023

8:30 am - 12:30 pm

$225

Amanda Siroosian, MPH

Curriculum Training

Early Childhood, Stand Strong * Stay Safe

In this training, participants learn to present the Stand Strong • Stay Safe Early Childhood curriculum to PreK through 1st Graders. CPE/CEU credits available for participants in Texas.

More Info

Navigating Rough Waters: Post-Pandemic & Children's Mental Health

July 27, 2023

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

No Cost

Janet Pozmantier, MS, LPC, LMFT, RPT

Webinars/Workshops

But what is typical childhood behavior? When should I be concerned? Learn strategies to recognize and help kids with mental health concerns.

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Announcing The 2023-2024 Webinar Series

New dates for the Building Pathways to Healthy Minds Webinar Series have been published!

Preschool children learning Stand Strong Stay Safe

Now Scheduling Summer and Fall Training!

Welcome to Spring! This time of year, ChildBuilders’ staff is reaching out to schools, centers, daycares, and other organizations to

Announcing The Winter/Spring 2023 Webinar Calendar

New dates for the Building Pathways to Healthy Minds Webinar Series have been published!

ChildBuilders Earns a Four-Star Rating From Charity Navigator

Houston – ChildBuilders is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency has earned a

Our
Impact

In 2021-2022,
ChildBuilders served:

156

Schools & Centers

32,568

Children & Teens

989

Educators & Parents

Be Part of the Solution

$25

Help
One Child

$250

Equip
Ten Children

$500

Prepare
One Classroom

Thank You

to our supporters!

Fiscal Year 2022, July-June

Foundation Support

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Foundation • The Brodsky Foundation
The Cameron Foundation • The Powell Foundation
The Edith & Robert Zinn Foundation
The Esther Friedman Family Foundation
DiPortanova Foundation • Frankel Family Foundation
The George Foundation
George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation
Harris County Hospital District Foundation
Herman H. Fleishman Foundation
Leslie L. Alexander Foundation • The Powell Foundation

Corporate Support

Bank of America Matching Program
CAF America
H-E-B
Insperity
Monarch Real Estate Group
First Community Credit Union
TPC Group

Individual Giving

Lauren Alarcon • Sheila Aron • Maggie Bartram • Dorothy Bates • Jeffrey Bates • Francine Beckman • Mary Bicknell • Gail & Roger Ide • Marty Buck • Gloria Cooke • Jean Davis • Ivy Dolf • George Dolson • Jeff Duester • Alan Feiveson • George & Carol Ford • Jan Fuerst • Jamie Goeres • Edgar Gomez • Dr. Robert Guynn • Missie Hills • Ali & Austin Hoffman • Fernando Isart • Jennifer Kilgore • Elissa Kirkham • Gretchen & Jeff Lash • Joel Levine • CaNeechia Mack • Debbie Martinez • Alicia R. Mattison • William McCullough • Evelyn Cantorna Miro • Virginia Mithoff • Jeff Nash • William D. & Mary Nash • Audrey Nath • Joyce Nimetz • John Ntagha • Liz Palmer • Adrianne Poyet-Smith • Janet Pozmantier • Jeanine Reno • Michelle Sacks • Cy Sanders • Melissa Schuck • John Simon • Katie Stewart Anchondo • Steven Tesney • Dennis Thankachan • Lia Vallone • Donald Wheeler • Evelyn Wisenberg

Organization Support

Brighter Funds
Carbaugh Family Fund
The Chapelwood Foundation
Charity Guild of Catholic Women
Kappa Delta Alumnae
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
Spindletop Community Impact Partners