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BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE TAKES GIANT STEP FORWARD WITH NEW CERTIFICATION WACO, TX – It is official: The Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center has been awarded the distinction of becoming a Texas-Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, or “CCBHC,” by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The new certification greatly enhances the Center’s commitment to delivering innovative…

Barbara Tate, Executive Director for the Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center, will be retiring August 31, 2019 after 41 years of dedicated service. Over her forty-one years with the Center she has served in many roles. In 2005, following Executive Director Dean Maberry’s sudden passing, the Center’s Board of Trustees unanimously selected her to fill…

WACO, TX – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have studied that mental health disorders are associated with heart disease. Risk factors include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and chronic stress. The Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network (HOTBHN) has spent the past two years ensuring community members receive physical and mental health support…

WACO, TX – We have a new agency website URL, which will deliver the same promise of highlighting our accessible, caring, and responsive support services we have provided for over five decades. Our new URL is: www.hotbhn.org. The new URL also serves as an acronym for our name change, which is the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health…

WACO, TX – The Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network, through its Klaras Center for Families, was recently awarded $1.1 million by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) for the provision of child & adolescent mental health crisis respite programming. These newly awarded funds will help mitigate unnecessary inpatient hospitalization for children living in…

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held on: **Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at 11:45 a.m.** at the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network Imperial Drive Health Campus 6400 Imperial Drive, Waco. Public Notice Of HOTBHN Board Of Trustees Meeting 5-23-2023

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held on: **Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 11:45 a.m.** at the Cameron Building, 110 So. 12th Street, Waco. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8025170168?pwd=RlpSelM5T1FlYzdxck5RNFpUcFZXdz09 Via Telephonic:  +1-346-248-7799, Meeting ID 802 517 0168, Passcode:  914852

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held on: **Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 11:30 a.m.** at the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network Facility 6400 Imperial Drive, Waco. Public Notice 4-27-2023

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held on: **Thursday, February 23, 2023, at 11:45 a.m.** at the Cameron Building, 110 So. 12th Street, Waco. Public Notice 2-23-2023