The Steve Fund

UNCF and Steve Fund Partner to Improve HBCU and PBI Student Mental Health

The Steve Fund Answers Call to Action from the Surgeon General Advisory

About the Steve Fund

The Steve Fund is dedicated to supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.

Right at this moment, there are young people of color who are failing academically, suffering emotionally, and/or in some cases are facing serious risk, because population-specific factors influencing mental health are too poorly understood and not acted upon. We are taking action.

Resources

The Steve Fund Crisis Response Task Force Releases Recommendations for Higher Education Institutions and Employers on Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being of Students of Color.

We are in this together, and help is always available.

TEXT STEVE to 741741 to access a culturally trained Crisis Text Line counselor.

Join the Steve Fund #STRENGTH in SHARING

The Steve Fund is partnering with Harry’s and young men of color to speak up about mental health. Together, we aim to find the help, hope and healing we all need to thrive.

Today, there is a mental health crisis in our communities. Too many young people of color are failing academically, suffering emotionally and facing serious risk. Why? Because mental health is poorly understood and not acted on. Click HERE to find out more

Latest News

Equity in Mental Health

The Steve Fund and the Jed Foundation have partnered to create the Equity in Mental Health Framework with ten expert recommendations for America’s colleges and universities to better support the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color. Read news release.

New! – Download Toolkit

Text STEVE to 741741

Are you a young person of color? Feeling down, stressed or overwhelmed? Text STEVE to 741741 and a live, trained Crisis Counselor will receive the text and respond to you quickly to provide support. The volunteer Crisis Counselor will help you move from a hot moment to a cool moment. Share this resource and learn more.

The Knowledge Center

The new Steve Fund Knowledge Center is a resource for expert information about the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color. It contains videos of presentations, panels and interviews with experts, white papers, Webinars and more. Visit the Knowledge Center.

Self Care Blog Series

For Young Women of Color: Balancing High Expectations with Self-Care

Self-Care Blog: Adapting to New Beginnings in the New Year

Meeting Social Anxiety with Gratitude

The Steve Fund in the Media:

"Building Knowledge and Capacity Among Organizations Serving Young People of Color is a Critical Element of the Steve Fund’s Mission. Therefore, We Offer an Array of Programs and Services Based on the Framework and Designed to Assist Colleges and Universities and Nonprofits in Improving Their Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Support for Students of Color."

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What Steve Fund Partners Say:

SEO Scholars excited to partner
“Given our mission of enabling young people from underserved and underrepresented communities to maximize their opportunities for college and career success, SEO Scholars is excited to partner with The Steve Fund on providing critical educational content related to the mental health and emotional well-being of our College Scholars. SEO Scholars is a free eight-year academic program that gets low-income public high school students to and through college with a 95% college completion rate.”

We look forward to our work with the Steve Fund
“As an organization focused on equipping high achieving men and women of color with the skills, coaching and connections they need to lead organizations and communities worldwide, we look forward to our work with the Steve Fund as we add best practices in mental health and emotional well-being to our programs’ curricula. It’s an important addition that will help maximize our impact on the lives of the young diverse people we serve.”

The NAACP is grateful to the Steve Fund
“The NAACP is grateful to the Steve Fund for introducing critical mental health knowledge and best practices through presentations in front of thousands of young people at the NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO). We consider this a critical addition to this leading achievement program targeted at African American high school students.”

Our Mission: Promoting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color

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