Indigent living and mental health support in Waco, TX
June 21, 2015 9:48 AM Subscribe
A series of events that I don't want to get into in detail has my sister living in Waco, TX without a job and without much social support and in need of mental health care. Does anyone know of any specific resources there that she can use?
I don't completely understand what is going on with my sister, but she has no job (but has a place to live) and she has a history of making really (cripplingly, to the point of affecting others) bad choices that have led my parents and I to think she needs mental health care. She's basically hit the bottom. And it would be awesome if there was a list of resources I could point her toward to help with basic living needs and mental health care for her while she tries to restart her life. Does anyone have anything they can link here that I can share with her?
I don't completely understand what is going on with my sister, but she has no job (but has a place to live) and she has a history of making really (cripplingly, to the point of affecting others) bad choices that have led my parents and I to think she needs mental health care. She's basically hit the bottom. And it would be awesome if there was a list of resources I could point her toward to help with basic living needs and mental health care for her while she tries to restart her life. Does anyone have anything they can link here that I can share with her?
At the MeFi Wiki Homeless Survival Guide page, there are links to online directories that can be searched by location for a variety of resources, including mental health care:
posted by Little Dawn at 10:21 AM on June 21, 2015
Possibly a long shot, but I know these people and they do good work: you could get in contact with someone from Church Under the Bridge. They are a really compassionate and competently run organization that might be able to tell you what other resources are available in Waco. If your sister is religious at all, they are also a very supportive community and might be useful to her as a safety net.
posted by theweasel at 10:53 AM on June 21, 2015
posted by theweasel at 10:53 AM on June 21, 2015
The government-level services seem to be through the Heart of Texas MHMR Center. She (or your) can call their intake line for a screening; I would assume they would be able to refer her/you to appropriate resources if they don't think her problems are severe enough for support through that program. (If she does qualify, she likely will get case-management services for help with housing, job training, etc. as well as psychiatric services.)
It looks like there's also an FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) with clinics through Waco; FQHCs generally serve low-income patients with no insurance or with Medicaid. According to their mission statement, "The Heart of Texas Community Health Center, (dba Family Health Center) is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center delivering medical, dental and behavioral services to the underserved citizens living in McLennan County, Texas." You (or she) could call and see what the requirements are for behavioral health services (depending on their policies, she might need to get set up there with a primary care provider first, but that may not be a bad thing).
posted by jaguar at 1:52 PM on June 21, 2015
It looks like there's also an FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) with clinics through Waco; FQHCs generally serve low-income patients with no insurance or with Medicaid. According to their mission statement, "The Heart of Texas Community Health Center, (dba Family Health Center) is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center delivering medical, dental and behavioral services to the underserved citizens living in McLennan County, Texas." You (or she) could call and see what the requirements are for behavioral health services (depending on their policies, she might need to get set up there with a primary care provider first, but that may not be a bad thing).
posted by jaguar at 1:52 PM on June 21, 2015
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