Confidentiality
Your employer, coworkers, and family are never contacted without your written consent. We know the stigma around asking for help, and we built a safe path around it.
About us
About Beyond A Step
Beyond A Step is a volunteer led 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 92-0299222, founded in 2021 by Michelle Katz. We connect first responders, last responders, and veterans in Northwest Arkansas with confidential mental health care, physical wellness programs, and nutrition support, and we cover the cost for everyone who qualifies.
What is our mission?
Beyond A Step exists to give the people who serve our communities real access to mental health, physical health, and nutrition support. The trauma of service, the stigma around asking for help, and the cost of care keep too many heroes from getting support. We remove those barriers.
How did it start?
A small group of friends wanted to honor the 20th anniversary of September 11. In seven days the plan grew into an event of 84 people that raised more than $1,000 for local service departments. That week became Beyond A Step.
What guides our work?
Three commitments shape every decision we make about who we help and how we help them.
No cost to you
Cost should never stand between a hero and healing. Support is free for qualifying applicants, whatever their financial situation.
Whole person care
Mind, body, and nutrition are treated together, because lasting recovery needs all three.
Who provides the mental health care?
We partner with Heroes Behind The Line for licensed mental health counseling. Mental health requests go directly and confidentially to their team of professionals, who specialize in care for first responders and veterans. Beyond A Step never sees those requests.
How can donors check our work?
Beyond A Step holds the Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency, which means our finances, programs, and leadership are published for anyone to review.