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We’re proud to see Tiffanie Williams-Brooks, our Director of Child and Adolescent Services, featured on @kprc2 and @abc13houston discussing the importance of mental health during the back-to-school season.
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The theme for this year's Mental Health Awareness Month is "More Than Enough," which focuses on joining our voices to advocate for mental health, and highlighting that regardless of our diagnosis, appearance, or socioeconomic status, each of us we are worthy of happiness, support, love and life. The Harris Center is listed among local community resources.
Following more than a year of program building, Harris County Public Health (HCPH) is launching a new initiative to improve the lives of individuals experiencing hardship by providing an integrated, “no-wrong- door” service care approach across different local agencies. The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD is among these organizations.
The help and support of the care team at the Southwest Clinic and the Hospital-to-Home program at the Harris are highlighted in this special mental health awareness piece.
The ACCESS Harris County program, operated by Harris County Public Health, will provide services to targeted groups in Harris County that’ve been identified as having critical needs. The program will work in collaboration with other agencies like the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, the Harris Health System and the county’s Community Services Department, among others.
In this week’s episode, our show host Blanca Quezada discusses the importance of mental health with Tricia Novotny, a licensed professional counselor and practice manager at the Northeast Youth and Family Wellness Center for the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD.
Officials with the Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities officially welcomed city leaders and guests to a new Houston center aimed at offering a safe space for youth in crisis who are within the Harris County juvenile probation program.
The Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has opened a new Youth Diversion Center in Houston, which will offer a safe space for young people aged 13-17 who have engaged in low-level offenses. The center will provide programs for those in need of temporary respite care due to a mental health crisis or psychological and social intervention programs. Referrals to the center will come from the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, and the center aims to foster community and family reintegration.
