A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...bank account, and all these other things that are incremental steps that lead you towards employment and housing. But..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Set Supper Club Auction to Benefit People Experiencing Homelessness

Win a 1:1 pastry class with Erin McDowell and support the unhoused

"...and artisanal goodies. But Set offered a twist: promoting mental health education. Hwang had worked at a psychiatric hospital..."

July 17, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: The Wrong Way, The Right Way

ALEC, APA two associations with different responses to our challenging times

"...as various speakers have called for more funding for mental health as one response to the hard-to-ignore epidemic, the..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Sen. Kirk Watson on the 86th Texas Legislature

“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”

"...the Texas Senate. His committee posts have included Finance, Health & Human Services, and Higher Education. – Michael King..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Meet the Candidate: Todd Radford

Lakeway police chief seeks sheriff's post

"...You've put a premium on improving officers' understanding of mental illness while in charge of LPD. How does the..."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Lege Lines: Kill Bill(s)

Abbott vetoes more than 40 bills

"...want to hold a patient who, for reasons of mental illness, they believe is a risk to themselves or..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A 3-D Race for the Bench

Three Dems vying for high-profile felony court

"...his position to advocate for a holistic approach to mental health issues, including creation of a "forensic" mental health..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...federal Medicaid money, the cruelest cuts will be to health and human services: 330,000 children will lose Medicaid coverage..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Postmarks

"...so we could help Sophia through her bouts of mental anguish. Instead, she was forced to remain at Rosewood,..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

Naked City

The Open Door Preschool, which offers its services to low-income, disabled, and non-disabled children alike, gets to stay in its old building -- from which its landlord had planned to evict it -- at a new, more expensive, lease.

"...in spite of, Open Door's landlord, the Austin/Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, depending on whom you ask...."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Hundreds Die-In at Texas Capitol to Demand Movement on Overdose Crisis

Legalizing fentanyl test strips is only step one, advocates say

"...access to Narcan, affordable housing, safe syringe programs, and mental health care. Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, who filed the..."

Feb. 20, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

The Merry Month of May’s Depressed Cake Shop, Celebratory Cinco de Mayo, Julep-Joltin’ Kentucky Derby, and the Visual Delights of Craft Beer Packaging

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...May is, among other things, Mental Health Month – and several Central Texas bakeries are..."

May 3, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...• Embracing Mental Wellness at Home and in the Workplace (Connection &..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

How Does School District Policing Support Local Students?

To serve and protect

"...to serve four functions: law enforcement, mentorship, counseling and mental health services, and the development of educational opportunities for..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Feature by Autumn A. Arnett

Eckhardt: The State of the County Is ...

Thursday address slams Lege, props up local entities

"...• Mental Health Care: Eckhardt talked of efforts to reduce the..."

Feb. 12, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

Niche Justice

Travis County specialty courts try to break the cycle of crime

"...and juvenile drug courts, DWI court, felony and misdemeanor mental health courts, a family violence court, Project Recovery (a..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Panhandlers for God

Not all street solicitors are created equal – some owe their souls to the company church

"...is not licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services to operate a drug rehabilitation program, nor has..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

UT Teaching Assistants Fired Over Letter Supporting Palestinian Students

Faculty lend their support, citing censorship concerns

"...approached by a student asking if they could provide mental health resources for Palestinian, Muslim, and Arab students, given..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Soundwaves' New Exhibit Envisions 20 Austin Songs as Art Prints

Signed Spoon and Sue Foley pieces fundraise for the SIMS Foundation

"...As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the SIMS Foundation partners with Soundwaves..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...old, is without a doubt one of the most mentally ill people ever sent to Texas' death row. During..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Pro-Cop Group Submits Signatures for High-Priced Staffing Plan

Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot

"...a step in the right direction [with] more paramedics, mental health clinicians, and harm reduction outreach teams," THRA co-Director..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans SB 29 Dead, For Now

Critical win at the Lege welcomes Pride Month festivities

"...the Trevor Project's 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found (yet again) that affirming gender identity among..."

May 28, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

AISD Hears Loud and Clear: No Cops in Schools

Austinites call for schools to defund its police, too

"...more resources to be directed toward students' emotional and mental health needs. Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, was the..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Aaricka Washington

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

The tale of the comedy genius' lost film, and how he shredded it

"...was just arrogance, a mean streak or an undiagnosed mental health disorder, it basically made him a funnier Klaus..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Day Shall Come

British satirist Chris Morris puts a human face on security theater

"...God talking to him through a duck (Moses’ delusional mental health issues are dealt with, as is Morris’ way,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Limbaugh Rant Puts UT MasculinUT Program in Limbo

University program halted until after summer

"...well as UT for supposedly treating masculinity "as a mental health challenge, that too many men are simply crumbling..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A

Breaion King arrest doc heads up the Oscar short list

"...pulls no punches on her own troubled history of mental health, damaging and inappropriate mental health treatments, her dependence..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

What to Make of It

Local activists seek justice for black lives

"...also works toward holistic solutions in education and general health. "When David Joseph was killed, we did an emergency..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Meet the Candidate: John Sisson

Sheriff candidate calls for end to S-Comm

"...JS: I'm concerned with the mental health and the medical issues within the jails. The..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Executing the Mentally (and Physically) Ill

Texas gets ready to execute a schizophrenic man

"...the U.S. Supreme Court), sparking national debate about the mental competence standard for executions...."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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