Our Mission
Xfil is a 501 (c) 3 or low-profit limited liability company (L3C) founded by Veterans and their family members who wanted to bring new, effective, and innovative intervention and support services to all veterans, active duty service members and their families. Xfil Founders strive for interventions that provide anonymity, builds resilience and creates a veteran-centric friendly ecosystem of wellness where data and technology intersect the mental health space.
Why We Exist:
We exist for the 22 Veterans a day committing suicide, for their families and loved ones. We are that social phalanx standing guard for the next individual who is thinking about the impossible, who needs to reach out of the darkness to the light but not be exposed or stigmatized. We exist for those who just need someone to listen when they feel that nobody truly understands. We exist to bridge the civilian-military divide, to create cultural competency that transcends from service members to Veteran, and Veteran to civilian.
The Solution
Free confidential, Mental Health-based text messaging counseling service for any veteran or active duty service member and their families from anywhere in the U.S. 24/7. The text will be routed to a live, trained, volunteer counselor (specifically peer-to-peer support model), usually working from a laptop or desktop computer from their home-or wherever- using XFil’s texting dashboard. XFil is not a replacement for mental health care, but when a veteran feels isolated, lost and alone, it’s a point of connection as a way to get a more stable frame of mind.
When service members return home and re-integrate themselves into civilian life, they often face challenges related to their time on active duty. The unique strain of military service can prove harmful unless these individuals receive assistance from concerned third parties. XFil is bridging the transitional, crisis, civilian-military divide. XFil can become a place where veterans and active duty service members can find ways to continue to serve or see this as an extension of their service. The only way to solve this crisis is for veterans to help veterans or look out for our own community.
Look at it as low-impact and low cost with high potential for delivering the best information possible for those in need. Statistics show that most individuals are more willing to share their true feeling and issues by text anonymously and confidentially then they would in person. Why? Freedom judgement or stigmatization which is already systemic in the veteran population.
Furthermore, Xfil can gather a wellspring of anonymized data. For example, Xfil can look for patterns in historical conversations that end up being higher risk or identify specific issues within specific active military units. By grounding in historical data, we can predict the risk of new texter’s coming in or what factors cause certain core issues with certain military units, veterans, and family members. (Predictive Analytics).
This money is being raised to pay our legal fees to draft & file paperwork with the state of Illinois to become an official organization.