We are Cannenta Foundation

As a 501(c)(3) organization located in Addison, TX, the Cannenta Foundation’s mission is to provide access to compassionate, culturally sensitive mental health care with improved outcomes by removing financial barriers and offering a comprehensive list of services to help ensure exceptional care.

Currently, we run two programs:

Project Ayuda, which provides low-cost or no-cost bilingual mental health services to underserved communities
Project Adelante, which aims to remove the financial barriers that prevent bilingual clinicians from becoming fully licensed mental health practitioners

Project Ayuda

Project Ayuda strives to break the financial and language barriers to receiving culturally sensitive mental health services.

At the end of December 2022 Project Ayuda:

Provided 67 free or low-cost mental health sessions
Clients showed a 3.6-point reduction in trauma symptoms based on the P-ACES Assessment
96% of clients were first-time therapy clients.

Project Adelante

There is a lack of bilingual clinicians. According to an APA report, there are only 5.5% of psychologists who can provide mental health services in Spanish. Project Adelante strives to empower Hispanic mental health clinicians to complete the requirements for clinical licensure in the state of Texas by removing financial barriers of supervision hours and testing.

At the end of December 2022 Project Adelante:

Supervised and trained two university interns through two university partnerships.
Provided clinical supervision and clinical opportunities to three Licensed Master Social Workers, two Licensed Professional Counselors Associates, and one Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, with three bilingual practitioners completing clinical licensure