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healing and create a culture of well-being in our nation— ensuring that every person in every community has the conditions and support needed to be well. With shifting care models, a growing desire for reform, a strong evidence base of what works, and recent national initiatives to address mental health and substance misuse, there is a national moment of opportunity. Together with our partners, we are poised to increase access to integrated whole-person care, invest in the upstream determinants of well-being, and shift the national conversation and action from doing good things to being accountable for outcomes. Together, we must drive the transformative changes at the scale needed to ensure a national culture of well-being. Well Being Trust began operations in Oakland, California, in January 2017 as an independent 501(c)(3) public charity. With an initial endowment of $130 million, we are dedicated to creating innovative solutions for well-being that significantly reduce the personal, familial, social and economic costs of mental illness, substance misuse and related ills, while increasing human flourishing. Our Approach We are engaging health systems, philanthropies, businesses and organizations across all sectors and perspectives, and community residents, to work together to increase access to integrated whole-person care, advance public policy and investments, and apply evidence-based strategies to address the underlying drivers of disease and its human and financial costs—with a priority focus on those who are most vulnerable. Our Goals Working in partnership, we invest for impact in six focus areas: • Easing access to care and to the determinants of well-being • Building resilience in children, teens and families • Reducing suffering from depression, anxiety and social isolation • Decreasing addiction and substance use while promoting recovery • Creating hope for people and families living with serious mental illness • Eliminate stigma everywhere, and grow a culture of well-being in healthy, equitable, resilient communities OUR VALUES Loving-Kindness and Compassion Dignity and Respect Radical Inclusion and Equity of Opportunity Social Justice for All