OUR HISTORY

Rainbow Days, Inc. (RDI) was founded in 1982 in Dallas, TX by current Chief Executive Officer, Cathey Brown. Cathey began the first support group for young children of alcoholics in the Dallas area. During the weekly support group sessions, the children discussed how to manage their feelings, cope with problems and make healthy choices. The demand for these groups grew rapidly. With the increased need, Rainbow Days began implementing support groups in other sites throughout the Dallas community.

Now, 26 years later, RDI has expanded services to include an array of alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) prevention programs and has served more than 82,000 children in the Dallas community alone. In addition, we have trained more than 24,000 professionals across Dallas, the state of Texas and the nation in how to implement at least one of RDI's support groups or other accredited prevention programs with children in their own communities.

Rainbow Days is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and as a 501 c (3) organization receives funding from a variety of federal and state agecies. The United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, foundations, corporations, and individual donors.

Rainbow Days Brochure

Rainbow Days Fact Sheet

Where Are They Now - the kids in the first RDI group

Click here to check out our 25th Anniversary Video
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