“A mental health professional will now work alongside the New Braunfels Police Department’s 911 dispatchers, ready to divert nonemergency mental health calls away from officers and toward clinicians and other resources to best suit their needs.”

FROM: New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

“The City of San Antonio is exploring the creation of a diversion and recovery program that would send people with mental illness and substance use disorders to treatment instead of jail. City leaders say the approach would provide person-centered, trauma-informed care while reducing incarceration costs and improving long-term outcomes.”

FROM: Texas Public Radio

“The Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas supports children who have experienced the death of a loved one through its several different grief camps.”

FROM: Texas Public Radio

“The diversion center would shift low-level offenders from jail to treatment, aiming to reduce overcrowding and in turn, providing relief to taxpayers.”

FROM: KENS5

“A couple of tiny crocheted hearts from the Peyton Heart Project have now reached every continent after arriving in Antarctica’s Port Lockroy in January. The hearts – symbols of hope created to raise awareness about suicide and mental health struggles – are part of a global effort to spread messages of care and remind people that every life matters.”

FROM: Dripping Springs Century News

“Integral Care is preparing to launch its third mobile van to bring behavioral health care services closer to Travis County residents.”

FROM: Community Impact

“The proposal comes after two veterans who died by suicide outside the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital last year.”

FROM: KSAT

“Bastrop-area residents seeking a place to connect, share experiences and navigate life’s challenges can take advantage of a range of local support groups focused on specific topics and situations.”

FROM: Community Impact

“The Bastrop Public Health Department reported that more than 1,200 unique users have registered to use its Behavioral Health 360 program that launched in late September.”

FROM: Community Impact

“A 2024 study from the American College of Cardiology reports weekly strength training lowers the risk of death from any cause in women by 19% and men by 11%.”

FROM: KXAN

“New Braunfels City Council approved an interlocal agreement between the New Braunfels Police Department and the Hill Country Community MHMR Center that looks to strengthen the city’s response to mental health-related calls.”

FROM: Community Impact

“Hope Squads are made up of peer-nominated students that get months of training.”

FROM: KSAT

“Tony Rowe, a 19-year Army veteran, founded the nonprofit Paddles for Warriors.”

FROM: KSAT

“Every other year, the project conducts the thriving student index, which works together with the College Student Mental Wellness Advocacy Coalition”

FROM: Daily Texan

“Parents play a critical role in partnering with mental health professionals to support their child’s wellbeing. “

FROM: San Antonio Report

“San Antonio officials moved to support a feasibility study that could lay the groundwork for a diversion center in Bexar County aimed at steering people with mental illness or intellectual and developmental disabilities away from the criminal justice system and into treatment.”

FROM: San Antonio Report

“Chief mental health officer says city wants to look at triage for 911 calls before expanding popular mental health response teams.”

FROM: KSAT

“The pilot program is the only one of its kind in the nation, expanding substance use counseling in a unique way.”

FROM: KSAT

“Setareh Ghaznavi from NAMI Central Texas shares tips for managing post-holiday stress and incorporating self-care into 2026.”

FROM: CBS Austin