Direction 61:3, a nonprofit that serves youth aging out of the foster care system, debuted a new facility expansion at an Oct. 24 event.

The specifics

The nonprofit’s headquarters in north McKinney saw the addition of a new building called the Connection, a 400-square-foot building directly behind the main facility that can serve as a private meeting area.

Direction 61:3 Executive Director Myron Wilson said the facility will be used for counseling and confidential discussions with teens and parents the nonprofit serves. The need for the space arose because the organization’s main facility is an open-format farmhouse without a private meeting space, he said.

“We can meet in there and meet with youth on a regular basis and with parents, and have those intimate conversations that we have to have,” Wilson said at the event.


The roughly $315,000 project took five months to complete, Wilson said, noting that the project also included remodeling the patio and pool on the site.

Also of note

The organization is conducting a Launch a Legacy capital campaign to raise a total of $8.47 million for the construction of a community of homes to house aging-out foster youth.

The plan for the organization’s roughly 5-acre property in north McKinney includes 19 homes, an automotive shop, a community center, garage carriage houses, recreational areas and more.


The organization has raised approximately $850,000 so far, Wilson said. Another $2 million is needed prior to the beginning of construction on the first phase of the project, which includes infrastructure, seven of the planned 19 homes and the community center, he said.