Integral Care Budget Would Layoff 48 Employees

Cuts will affect patient programs

"...Integral Care, the public mental health care provider that delivers..."

Aug. 31, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Integral Care Union Drive Nears the Finish Line

Helping the helpers

"...than a year of organizing, the United Workers of Integral Care are on the verge of unionizing the workforce..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

After Long Labor, an Integral Care Union Is Born

County's largest mental health provider comes to terms with workers

"...After a yearlong campaign, the United Workers of Integral Care succeeded in their effort to unionize Integral Care,..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Largest Mental Health Care Provider in Austin Plans Layoffs

Integral Care could cut up to 5% of positions

"...Integral Care, the largest provider of mental health services in..."

Aug. 17, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Texas Anti-Choice Legislation Continues to Damage Health Care and Undermine Local Control

As GOP postures with SB 22, women’s health care pays the price

"...Pap smear, and low-cost contraception. The quality of the care and timeliness of the service felt "empowering and comforting";..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dell Medical Is Bringing Health Care to the Homeless

UT school forms a street team

"...on the street. With a new federally funded mobile care team, UT-Austin's Dell Medical School, CommUnityCare, and Integral Care..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas' Rickety Health Care System Heads for a Fiscal Cliff

As D.C. dollars dry up, millions of uninsured Texans see no signs of improvement

"...for the system that's supposed to provide lifesaving health care to millions of its most vulnerable residents. About 5..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, Austin Choirs Seek Community Through Virtual Worship

Music remains an integral part of most religions, so what happens when the choir can't meet?

"...place and choir members meet virtually only for pastoral care...."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Nataleah Small

The People Care; the Problem Is the Government

"...workers. We are located in the emergency departments, intermediate care units, hospice, the Austin State Hospital, the Seton Shoal..."

June 14, 2010 Postmarks

Community College Funding Crisis Resolved

Deal restores $154 million Perry vetoed in June.

"...announced that they had found a solution to the community college funding crisis caused in June by Perry's ham-handed..."

Oct. 23, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...officer John Coffey. They are, however, surprised at the community's response. King suffered from schizophrenia, and she had a..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Why Should Anyone Care Now?

"...only be described as stunned silence: "Why should anyone care about Doctors' Mob now?"..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature by Kent H. Benjamin

How Austin Handles Mental Health Emergencies

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

"...the Judge Guy Herman Center for Mental Health Crisis Care, they're greeted in a clean, white, and sterile space..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Layoffs at County’s Largest Mental Health Provider Approved by Board of Trustees

Nurse describes “sloppy and dysfunctional” leadership

"...The Integral Care Board of Trustees voted unanimously, Aug. 31, to..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

A New Jail for Travis County?

County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry

"...to feel the world spinning as her freedom, her community, and her privacy disappear. She knows what it's like..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Austin Homeless Service Organizations That Need Your Help Now

Donate money and materials

"...the new coronavirus spreads through Austin, many in our community are struggling to cope with forced isolation and social..."

March 19, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Palm School: A Battle Between City, County, Advocates, and Rodeo Austin

County Judge Eckhardt goes big, community stands firm

"...– the legacy primary school for Austin's Mexican American community from 1892 to 1976. As Downtown, the Eastside, and..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Meet the Candidate: Todd Radford

Lakeway police chief seeks sheriff's post

"...Todd Radford started his career in law enforcement nearly 30 years ago as a..."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z

Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent

"...who would not otherwise be eligible for subsidized health care unless pregnant...."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z

Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent

"...who would not otherwise be eligible for subsidized health care unless pregnant...."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After Five Decades, Austin Recovery to Close

Nonprofit succumbs to financial challenges made worse by COVID

"...decades as a cornerstone of the Central Texas recovery community, citing financial struggles made worse by COVID-19...."

April 22, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Asking About APD

Department seeks feedback on its approach to community policing

"...its survey on "the Austin Police Department's approaches to community policing and how they may be improved." In an..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

City Council Ready to Move on From Camping Ban

"Council made a decision, and it's time for us to move past the divisiveness in the community"

"...next step is to connect people with providers – Integral Care, Caritas, Front Steps itself, or others – that..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

First Xylazine-linked Overdose Deaths Reported in Travis County

Overdose reversal drugs don't work on this tranquilizer

"...County officials held a press conference today alerting the community that five people have died since May from drug..."

Aug. 30, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...pick her children up from school. Ranus knew her community supported and cared for her family during a crisis...."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Breakdown

Travis County's mental health system is cracking under growing patient load

"...since some time after he began classes at Austin Community College in the 1980s. One time, she said, he..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Walk-In Walk-Out

County commissioners change course on substance abuse treatment funding

"...23, Travis County commissioners voted to send $125,000 to Integral Care's existing substance abuse initiatives, a seemingly positive move..."

Nov. 9, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

With Mental Health Diversion Center Forthcoming, Sheriff Still Wants More Humane Jail Facilities

Can healing happen in jail?

"...Hernandez has made improving mental health care in jail one of her top priorities since being..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

ProLodges Saves and Changes Some of Austin's Most Vulnerable Lives

Can the city keep them open?

"...for the last six years. "You've got to be careful out there," Hernandez told us in the hallway of..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Medication-Assisted Therapy to Treat Opioid Abuse

Sponsors unveil new partnership at CommUnityCare clinic

"...parts of the country," says Dr. Nick Yagoda of CommUnityCare, Austin's largest safety-net health provider. "But just from our..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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