BORDER REGION

On September 1, 2000, the Laredo State Center transitioned into a community center. Community Centers such as Border Region MHMR, were established in local communities throughout Texas to provide mental health and mental retardation services to persons most in need of services - especially those individuals identified as priority population i.e. primarily at risk of hospitalization or State School placement; or exiting from one of these facilities). The driving principal was that persons with mental illness and persons with mental retardation should be educated and live, work, and play in the same setting as all Texans - in their community near family and friends... Border Region Behavioral Health Center is a non-profit, tax-exempt contract agency of the state of Texas that is governed by a nine-member board of trustees appointed by

Primary location: Laredo United States