Giving today helps save lives and ensures a safer, more hopeful and prosperous future for us all—because, substance use and mental health disorders affect us all.
Each day—for 40 years now!—we see young people and families work hard at their recovery with the assistance of New Directions’ evidence-based resources. But did you know that just $1.00 of your support saves our larger community $12.00 in reduced emergency room visits, hospitalizations, school drop-outs, and legal charges?*
New Directions is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Your tax-deductible gift to New Directions positively impacts our community in measurable ways—and most importantly, saves lives!
We welcome contributions in cash, in-kind donations, and planned gifts including stocks, bonds, and real estate. Your gifts help New Directions to provide individuals the treatment services they need, regardless of their ability to pay.
Why Now?
New Directions has served more than 50,000 young people and families since 1981. Many lives and families have been saved. Yet, there are increasing needs for our services throughout the Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio region.
Our communities are being ravaged by heroin, opiates, fentanyl, carfentanil at epidemic rates. All of these drugs have become one in the same—Once a prescription, now an addiction. And, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, alcohol remains the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Scientific research shows the disease of addiction does not discriminate against anyone regardless of age, race, gender, or socio-economic background.
We have had thirteen-year-old expectant mothers in residential care. Seventeen-year-old young men challenged with mental health concerns along with substance abuse, while navigating adult responsibilities. We have hundreds of twenty-somethings attending intensive therapy 2-3 times a week—many continue to pursue their education and high school diplomas.
We recognize that the work we do is bigger than we are, which is why we value our partnerships with colleagues, agencies, businesses, volunteers, as well as organizational partners such as Hitchcock Center for Women, and our affiliate Crossroads Health. And, with your support, New Directions will continue to offer solutions for a brighter future with positive community impact. For example, 68% of New Directions clients—twelve months after discharge—report an improvement in school performance.
Substance use and mental health disorders can affect anyone, so, perhaps you can relate to our clients, whether with personal experience, or that of a friend or family member. Your own experience could help others, and your support will help reclaim lives.
