NEWS
RELEASE
Texas
Health and Human Services Commission
Charles Smith
Executive Commissioner
Date: May 23, 2018
Contact:
Kelli Weldon, 512-424-6951
Texas Awards Millions For Community Mental Health
AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is awarding up to $15
million in grant funds to 31 governmental entities and nonprofit organizations located
across the state to provide mental health services to communities.
In 2017, Rep.
Four Price’s House Bill (H.B.) 13 established HHSC’s Community Mental Health
Grant Program and provides $30 million in state funds over the 2018-19 biennium
to be matched by grantees with local and private funds.
“The Texas Legislature passed several bills, including H.B.
13, designed to improve the delivery of mental health services statewide. I am
pleased by HHSC's diligent work to implement H.B. 13 and expect better outcomes
across Texas because of it,” stated Rep. Price.
Grants
will fund community programs to expand treatment, promote recovery and improve
quality of life for individuals with mental illness. Examples of expanded
treatment and services include supported housing, coordinated jail release,
behavioral health services in schools and peer support services.
Grant funding was awarded through an application
process, which required a project proposal. Grant awardees are required to
match a portion of the state’s grant award to demonstrate their commitment to
addressing the mental health needs of individuals living in their communities.
The
following organizations have been selected to receive funding for the grant
program and will begin providing services in the proposed counties listed
pending execution of contracts:
·
Amistad
Community Health Center – Nueces County
· Baptist
Hospital of Southeast Texas – Jefferson County
·
Boys
and Girls Club of Pharr – Hidalgo County
·
Children's
Medical Center Dallas – Dallas County
·
Collin
County – Collin County
·
Communities
In Schools Houston – Harris County
·
Communities
In Schools North Texas – Denton County
·
Community
Hope Projects, Inc. – Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy counties
·
CommUnity
Care – Travis County
·
Covenant
Health System Foundation – Lubbock County
·
Dallas-Fort
Worth Hospital Council Foundation – Ellis, Erath, Grayson, Hood,
Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell and Wise counties
·
Depelchin
Children’s Center – Harris County
·
Ecumenical
Center – Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Brooks,
Cameron, Comal, Duval, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells,
Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Kleberg, Kimble, Live Oak, Llano, Mason, Medina,
Nueces, Real, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Wilson, Willacy, Webb and
Zapata counties
·
Family
Support Services of Amarillo – Potter and Randall counties
·
Foundation
Communities – Travis County
·
Gregg
County – Gregg County
·
Harris
County – Harris County
·
Hope
Fort Bend Clubhouse – Fort Bend County
·
Joven
– Bexar County
·
National
Alliance on Mental Illness
– Bell, Bexar, Denton, El Paso, Jones, Nueces, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor and Travis
counties
·
NEWCO
– Cooke, Fannin and Grayson counties
·
Project
Vida Health Center – El Paso County
·
SAMMinistries
– Bexar County
·
San
Antonio Clubhouse –
Bexar County
·
Texas
Tech University Health Science Center - Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith,
Hutchison, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Randall and Swisher counties
·
The
Women's Home – Harris County
·
United
Way Amarillo Canyon – Dallam, Potter and Randall counties
·
United
Way Denton County – Denton County
·
University
of Texas Rio Grande Valley – Cameron and Hidalgo counties
·
University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center – Dallas County
·
West
Texas A&M University – Randall County
Funds are
being awarded as part of the second phase of HHSC’s Community Mental Health
Grant Program. HHSC announced awards for the first phase in January 2018.
For more
information on accessing behavioral health services in Texas, please visit https://MentalHealthTX.org.
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