The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD Partners with Ascend HR Corp for Chief Medical Officer Search
3/9/2021 - Houston Chronicle
Largest behavioral and developmental disability community center in Texas treats nearly 80,000 patients each year partners with Ascend HR Corp | HR Maximizer Inc on Chief Medical Officer (CMO) search.
Support line available if you feel stress/anxiety over mask mandate removal & the reopening of Texas3/8/2021 - CW39 Newsfix
The Harris Center has a free 24/7 Mental Health Support Line for Houstonians who might be experiencing anxiety, stress, or emotional challenges, due to the Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order lifting the mask mandate and reopening Texas.
Free mental health support for Houstonians3/4/2021 - Fox 26 Houston
As the pandemic continues to affect people's mental health, Jennifer Battle, Director of Access for the Harris Center, was featured on Fox 26 this morning to discuss our COVID Mental Health Support Line
Funding Cuts So Deep They Kill3/2/2021 - Houston Chronicle
In the fall of 2018, Harris County established the Judge Ed Emmett Mental Health Diversion Center, where people picked up on low-level misdemeanors can be sent for mental health support instead of jail.
The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD and the Texas Health and Human Services Continues to Offer the COV1/14/2021 - Woodlands Online
Texas HHS launched a statewide mental health support line to help Texans experiencing anxiety, stress, or emotional challenges.
Houston police reform advocates seek to bolster resources for mental health interventions1/10/2021 - Community Impact News
This article is the third and final part of a series exploring Houston’s police reform task force report
The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD and the Texas Health and Human Services Continues to Offer the COV12/28/2020 - The Katy News
In March 2020, the Texas Health and Human Services launched a 24/7 statewide mental health support line to help Texans experiencing anxiety, stress, or emotional challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Operated by the Houston-based The Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Development and Disability (The Harris Center), the support line continues to offer trauma-informed support and psychological first aid as COVID-19 cases increase and the pandemic brings new challenges during the holiday season.
Support line offers Texans free mental health help amid COVID-19, holidays12/24/2020 - The Houston Chronicle
This holiday season, COVID-19 concerns and gathering restrictions can leave people feeling lonelier and more anxious, but there is a number Texans can call for free confidential support.
Where to donate in Houston this giving season12/22/2020 - The Houston Chronicle
The year might be ending, but there's still a lot of need in the Houston area as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues.
ZT Corporate CEO Taseer Badar Joins The Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Board of Trustees12/9/2020 - Business Wire
The Harris Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Development and Disability (The Harris Center) announced today Taseer Badar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Houston-based private equity firm ZT Corporate, has joined its Board of Trustees, effective immediately.