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Rural Texas awaits mental health windfall after expanded state investment
This article was published by KXAN on August 20, 2023. AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Across 25,000 square miles of the Texas Panhandle, Nancy Tanner can offer scant help to rural Texans in a worsening crisis. “People…
Behavioral health campus on fast track for city
This article was published by Uvalde Leader-News on August 6, 2023. Five years after conception and a little over a year after the Robb tragedy, construction on a 40,000-square-foot behavioral health facility to be located…
Discussing school safety with kids
This article was published by Click2Houston on September 7, 2023. Students are well-informed about school safety and they probably have more opinions than you may know. That is why discussing fears or concerns with your…
Specialized Therapy Team Launches To Support At-Risk Youth in Hays County
This article was published by San Marcos Record on July 27, 2023. A specialized response team was recently introduced to support at-risk youth in need of intensive assistance in Uvalde, Comal and Hays Counties. According…
Law enforcement suicide: How state & federal governments support officers, track deaths
This article was published by KXAN Austin on July 5, 2023. AUSTIN (KXAN) — “Cops are those individuals others look to solve problems and protect persons in need. Weakness is not seen as an…
El Paso receives $50 million for expanded mental health care
This article was published by El Paso Matters on June 21, 2023. The El Paso Behavioral Health Consortium Legislative Task Force consists of the El Paso Chamber, El Paso Children’s Hospital, El Paso Psychiatric Center,…
Using Digital Technology to Respond to the Youth Mental Health Crisis
This article was published by The Commonwealth Fund on July 26, 2023 and is authored by the Meadows Institute’s Kacie Kelly, Lindsey Engelman, and Solome Tibebu. Mental illness among young people in the United States…
Mental health issues are soaring among Texas children, here’s how doctors are helping
This article was published by The Dallas Morning News on June 12, 2023. Abigail McGowan went numb the day after the music stopped. The drum major and French horn player helped lead the Anna High…
Preyor-Johnson: Gonzales could be key to preventing gun violence
This article was published by the San Antonio Express-News on May 25, 2023. As time moves forward from the Uvalde massacre that stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary…