Program has presentations on online gaming, online grooming, social media, sleep hygiene

FROM: KSAT

Texans overcoming tobacco addiction can now access more cessation tools through the Texas Department of State Health Services’ Texas Tobacco Quitline.

FROM: Texas Health & Human Services

Georgetown's number of mental health 911 calls has grown so large that the police have created a new team to address the issue. The unit is called the Crisis Intervention Team.

FROM: Texas Behavioral Health & Justice Technical Assistance Center

Last September, city council set aside more than $7 million in funding to expand services city-wide. That expansion started in January.

FROM: KENS5

Illumma Ketamine Clinic in Austin Texas is offering ketamine assisted therapy, which blends conventional talk therapy with ketamine therapy.

FROM: KXAN

The nonprofit has been offering free services to victims of violence in the community since the Summer of 2023

FROM: KSAT

The Department of Human Services’ San Antonio Youth Commission and the Metropolitan Health District’s Project Worth Teen Ambassadors have opened the third annual teen mental health survey.

FROM: KSAT

A regional nonprofit will manage Comal County’s planned $8.75 million mental health facility, the county commission decided on Thursday.

FROM: New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

Next month, mentally ill individuals accused of committing minor crimes will be “diverted” to a new 25-bed facility instead of jail cells in Travis County.

FROM: The Texas Tribune

APD and City of San Antonio officials say they have been discussing adding “mental health” to the traditional police, fire, and emergency medical services options 911 callers get.

FROM: KSAT

The Jarrell Community Library offers many different types of support to people, including mental health, learning, and domestic violence programs.

FROM: OCLC.org

A group of Round Rock high schoolers launched a nonprofit to aid students experiencing homelessness, the organization has expanded its reach to help aid families struggling with food and housing security districtwide.

FROM: KXAN

Texas colleges and universities are struggling to keep up with the demand for mental health services amid a statewide shortage of care providers.

FROM: Texas Community Health News

An ordinance for the new roles was approved Feb. 15 during a city council meeting.

FROM: KVUE

The Hays County Commissioners Court recently approved the creation of a behavioral health coordinator position within the Hays County Health Department. The is the first position created by the county to address mental health and substance abuse outside of the criminal justice system.

FROM: Hays County

Changes to grant funding criteria have expanded access to financial assistance for veterans and their families in Williamson County.

FROM: Community Impact

Central Health, Travis County’s hospital district for low-income residents, opened a new specialty care clinic in January.

FROM: Community Impact

In response to the rapid increase in behavioral health crises in Texas, there is a new inpatient health center for Williamson county teens.

FROM: KXAN

Rock Springs, a mental health and substance abuse treatment facility in Georgetown, celebrated the opening of a new 24-bed unit for adolescents ages 13-17 on Jan. 31.

FROM: Community Impact

Nation's Largest and Top-Ranked Pediatric and Women's Hospital Celebrates First Hospital for Central Texas Families with Ribbon Cutting

FROM: PR Newswire