Community leaders in a rapidly growing Texas county work together to promote better care for people with mental illnesses
One afternoon each month, the conference room at Bluebonnet Trails Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center in Williamson County, Texas, slowly fills with a diverse group of community leaders and decision makers from a wide array of agencies and organizations. They represent a variety of perspectives, including community mental health services, social services, physical health services, county government, criminal justice, and law enforcement. They are here to address an issue that can have a profound influence on the overall functioning and fiscal …