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800-643-1102
Serving our
children and
adults
In Four
counties in
South Texas
| Webb County |
| Adult Services-Laredo |
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1500 Pappas St. 78041 |
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(956) 794-3000 |
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TTY (956) 794-3293 |
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Children’s Services-Laredo |
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1500 Pappas St. 78041 |
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(956) 794-3060 |
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TTY (956) 794-3486 |
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Toll Free Crisis Hotline: 1-800-643-1102 |
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| Jim Hogg County |
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Hebbronville |
| 517 W. Viggie 78361 |
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Main Office (361) 527-5771 |
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TTY (361) 527-3861 |
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Toll Free Crisis Hotline: 1-800-687-4241 |
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| Starr County |
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Rio Grande City |
| 600 N. Garza 78582 |
| Main Office (956) 487-3748 |
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TTY (956) 487-2635 |
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Toll Free Crisis Hotline: 1-800-687-4240 |
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| Zapata County |
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Zapata |
| 101 First Street 78076 |
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Main Office (956) 765-9664 |
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TTY (956) 765-9700 |
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Toll Free Crisis Hotline: 1-800-687-4240 |
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MISSION
Border
Region MHMR
Community
Center will
provide
treatment
services to
consumers
that
increase
their
independence
and quality
of life.
VISION
Border
Region MHMR
will be the
leader in
the
provision of
quality and
cost
effective
Mental
Health and
Mental
Retardation
services
that
maximizes
each
person’s
potential.
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HISTORICAL
OVERVIEW
The Laredo
State Center
was
established
as a
facility of
the Texas
Department
of Mental
Health and
Mental
Retardation
in 1979 by
the 66th
Texas
Legislature
to provide
mental
health and
mental
retardation
services and
supports to
the citizens
of Webb, Jim
Hogg, Starr,
and Zapata
counties.
Previously,
from 1969 to
1979, the
Center
operated as
a mental
health
outreach
clinic of
the Rio
Grande State
Center,
Headquartered
in
Harlingen.
Laredo State
Center’s
administrative
and
outpatient
offices were
located in a
former Air
Force-base
Hospital.
The 73rd
Legislature
approved
bond funding
for
construction
of a modern
facility
through a
rider to the
General
Appropriations
Act. Ground
breaking
ceremonies
for the new
facility
were held in
January
1996, on
14.5 acres
of land
donated to
the center
by the U.S.
Department
of Health
and Human
Services in
1982. The
new
structure is
culturally
sensitive
and designed
to
accommodate
growth in
the number
of person
served.
On September
1st, 2000,
the Laredo
State Center
transitioned
into a
community
center. The
Border
Region
Mental
Health and
Mental
Retardation
Community
Center is
guided and
directed by
a Board of
Trustees
that has
been
appointed by
the county
governments
of its four
county South
Texas
service
area.
Currently,
Border
Region MHMR
has employed
over 250
people to
serve
approximately
2,591
clients with
a budget of
12.8
million.
This agency
provides
support to
both adults
and children
with mental
illness or
mental
retardation
through a
variety of
options
ranging in
intensity
and
duration.
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