Point Austin: A Blueprint for Mental Health

The Mayor's Task Force issues its report, but the real work is yet to come

"...to plow through the "Final Report" of Mayor Wynn's Mental Health Task Force, released last week. It's a dispiriting..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

City's Racism Task Force Unveils Report

Group focuses on five issues to combat institutional racism

"...after five months of review, the city’s relatively new Task Force on Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities released its..."

April 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Mental Health Care Meltdown: Is There Room for Hope?

Austin police and mental health advocates make recommendations for patching Travis County's tattered safety net.

"...Will Travis County's mental health care system take flight or remain mired in..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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

"...I didn't do that." The stigma of suicide and mental illness caused a snowball effect in Ranus' family. First,..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Mental Health Care Meltdown

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

"...Austin Police Department mental health officers Art Fortune, Joel Pridgeon, and Sgt. Jeff..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Forces Within the (Task) Force: The Working Groups

"...The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force included 17 community members representing organizations that have..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature

Abbott Appoints Domestic Terrorism Task Force in El Paso's Wake

Thoughts, prayers, committees

"...injured, Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed a Domestic Terrorism Task Force to coordinate law enforcement responses, and a Texas..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Health Care Needs Your Help to Slow COVID-19’s Spread

Keep your distance

"...the Chronicle went to press, the Department of State Health Services reported 83 cases spread across 19 counties, although..."

March 20, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Local, State Health Leaders Try to Keep Up with COVID-19

Six known cases in Travis County but actual number likely higher

"...try to head off what may be a looming healthcare crisis in Central Texas and across the country, driven..."

March 16, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas

Two APD Officers Indicted for Murder in 2019 Shooting of Mauris DeSilva

Death led to calls for better mental health crisis response

"...DeSilva, who was brandishing a knife while undergoing a mental health crisis on July 31, 2019 at the Spring..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"...in January a separate city initiative, the Live Music Task Force. Its charge: A holistic, searching look at the..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Daily Hustle: 5/13/10 (Updated)

Arizona travel ban, water conservation, and other subjects left unsaid

"...Morning briefings began with the Mayor's Mental Health Task Force's annual report. "In spite of all..."

May 13, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Recovery Projects

Help for defendants who are homeless, alcoholic, or mentally ill

"...cooperation with Austin Travis County Inte­gral Care (formerly the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center), provides housing for up..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo

Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees

"...As subcommittee members of the Live Music Task Force point out, every Austinite can help musicians simply..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Beside the Point

The Council gears up for 2006

"...Advisory Committee's polyform presentation scheduled in between the mayor's Mental Health Task Force report and the aforementioned water talk...."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Moriarty flings more poo at the city

"...a self-dealing network of contractors and abetted by McCracken, forced him from his job. On the subject at hand,..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 5/11/10

City Council highlights this Thursday

"...the March recommendations of the Citizens Water Conservation Implementation Task Force, with an eye towards a 10 year conservation..."

May 11, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Counseling

Light work at this week's City Council

"...the 2pm briefings: After a report on the mayor's Mental Health Task Force comes the Arts, Culture & Music..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Faster Than Sound: Cheer Up Charlies Principal Maggie Lea Takes on Breast Cancer

Cheer Up Charlies co-owner reflects on business and mental health evolution following diagnosis. Meanwhile, the Convention Center expansion gets approval by Music Commission, and Project ATX6 announces a new lineup.

"...outdoor screenings as Cinema East. The two eventually joined forces to run Cheer Up Charlies, which relocated to Red..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Beside the Point

It's nickel-and-dime time at City Hall

"...City"). PowerPoint-wise, there's a 10:30am presentation of the Mayor's Mental Health Task Force Monit­or­ing Committee's third annual report and..."

April 25, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

COVID-19 Emergency Center Takes On Social Service Needs

Task forces tackle food access, behavioral health, homelessness

"...(EOC) has been established to help coordinate city departments, governmental agencies, and nonprofit service providers during the COVID-19 pandemic..."

April 4, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Lege Lines: A Second Shot at Tackling Maternal Mortality

After years spent gutting women’s health care, are lawmakers doing enough?

"...Gynecology journal. The state's own Maternal Mor­tal­ity and Morbidity Task Force bolstered the findings, showing that between 2011 and..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

How Austin's Queer Community Supports Its Own

Spotlighting the LGBTQ people and orgs looking after our health, youth, elders, and art

"...us alive, nurtured, and determined. After all, without our health, our youth and elders, art, and outlets to let..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Med School Solution

A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?

"...19, the presid­ent and CEO of Travis County Central Health, Patricia Young Brown, woke to find her face spread..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...thankful for the recommendations the City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force had just laid at their feet. Vanessa Fuentes..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Making Ends Meet

The new AISD budget hurts, but less than in past years

"...budget has a little something for just about everyone: healthy raises for teachers, slight increases in staffing for support..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Soldier's Heart

Thousands of Iraq War veterans will come home to face serious psychological problems and a system unready to help them

"...a particularly bloody summer and fall, many military and mental health experts predict the rate of PTSD will actually..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Dan Frosch

“Reimagining” APD and Its Huge Budget Starts Now

City Council and the city manager try to move away from policing, but is it enough?

"...of a potential transfer can be found in traffic enforcement; instead of sending officers to crashes that may only..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...partner or friends to help share costs, and no health insurance. She uses South Austin Health Center, a city..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]

As May money season opens, candidates blossom

"...property manager Experience: city commissioner (urban transportation, urban renewal); health and human services administrator; Council candidate (2005) Issues: health..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

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