[1] Project HEAL is the only major direct service nonprofit in the U.S. focused on equitable healthcare access for people with eating disorders.
The organization's mission is to break down systemic, healthcare, and financial barriers to eating disorder treatment.
[2] Project HEAL was founded in 2008 by Liana Rosenman and Kristina Saffran, who had met while undergoing treatment for anorexia nervosa.
[4] Also in 2017, the organization partnered with the producers of To The Bone, a film about anorexia that was released worldwide on Netflix in July 2017.
[5][6] Since inception, Project HEAL has helped hundreds of people access treatment and are spearheading a movement to reform and transform the American mental health care system to work for everyone, not just the privileged few