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Foster (Host Home) Provider Opportunities
Foster (Host Home) Provider If you have a caring heart and are looking for a rewarding opportunity, this one may be for you. We offer an excellent opportunity for you to provide a family environment for adults with intellectual disabilities. You provide the care; we provide 24-hour professional support. Income from this opportunity is tax-exempt. You…
Read MoreHOTBHN Wins Award To Help Youth Trafficking Victims
WACO, TX – ln line with its vision to invest in innovative projects that support survivors of sex trafficking, the Office of the Governor awarded the Heart of Texas Behavioral Network’s Klaras Center for Families (KCF) close to $100,000 to continue operations of its Hope Shelter Program. The Hope Shelter Program provides emergency shelter services…
Read MoreSAVE THE DATES: IDD ON THE BIG SCREEN
The Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network is honored to partner with the Deep In The Heart Film Festival organizers to encourage people to view two documentaries that will bring Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) onto the movie screens of the Waco Hippodrome. There will be two documentaries that will showcase the importance of community…
Read MoreVeterans One Stop Patron & Veteran of Three Wars Receives Formal Resolution of Service
98-YEAR-OLD VETERANS ONE STOP PATRON RECEIVES FORMAL RESOLUTION OF SERVICE WACO, TX – Ira Walton, who served in three wars in his 30-years of military service and has been a patron at the Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center’s Veterans One Stop since 2015, formally received a resolution of service at the Veterans One Stop in…
Read MoreBernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation Awards $400,000 For Behavioral Health Initiative
WACO, TX – The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation has awarded the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network, formerly Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center, a $400,000 grant to further advance a building project that will better centralize and innovate behavioral health services in Central Texas. This follows a generous $100,000 planning grant awarded by the…
Read MoreFront and Center: National Suicide Prevention Month & Zero Suicide Initiative
WACO, TX – September is National Suicide Awareness Month, and the Heart of Texas Behavioral Network, the Local Mental Health Authority for McLennan, Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill, and Limestone counties, is taking the lead in not only reducing people dying by suicide but getting to zero suicides. This is why the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health…
Read MoreHOTBHN Wins Nearly $50,000 From Local Foundation
WACO, TX – The Cooper Foundation voted on March 23 to approve a $49,950 grant to the Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network (HOTBHN) for roof repairs at its 2010 LaSalle Avenue facility in Waco—which houses the Veterans One Stop and Behavioral Justice Programs. “The purpose of the proposed capital project is to ensure the continuation…
Read MoreShort-Term COVID Relief Funds Are Now Available
WACO, TX – The Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network has Pandemic Emergency Assistance Funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF-PEAF) program to address housing and supplemental needs of families who have been financially impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic. Eligibility for funding includes: Eligibility for these funds also requires the need be short-term in…
Read MoreWade Bowen Family Foundation Donation To Benefit Youth Homelessness
WACO, TX – The Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network (HOTBHN) has received a $25,000 donation from the Bowen Family Foundation to advance the work being done for young adults experiencing homelessness. The Bowen Family Foundation, based in Waco, is a local foundation established by Texas country music singer and songwriter Wade Bowen and his family…
Read MoreBold Initiatives Spur HOTRMHMR Rebrand
LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY AUTHORITY REBRAND HEADLINES BOLD INITIATIVES WACO, TX – New name, with the same promise of accessible, caring, and responsive behavioral health and disability and rehabilitative support services, takes a bold new step with an even bolder rebrand: Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network. The new name follows 53-years of operating as…
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