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April
2, 2011
Local
MHDD Organization receives
Texas Veterans Commission Grant
The Texas Veterans Commission announced the recipients of over two
million dollars in grants from the Texas Veterans Commission Fund for
Veterans’ Assistance. Hill Country MHDD Centers was awarded
$164,213 for providing Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans
suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, and Skills Training for
Veterans and their dependents who are working through issues associated
with deployment and reintegration. Areas of focus for Skills
Training include managing daily responsibilities, communication skills,
assertiveness skills, social skills, stress reduction techniques, anger
management, identifying and utilizing community resources and informal
supports, recognizing and modifying unreasonable beliefs and
expectations, identifying and utilizing acceptable leisure time
activities, and independent living skills.
All Veterans and their dependents from within Hill Country’s 19 county
service area are eligible for services. A Veteran is someone who,
at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The
United States of America, for an amount of up to and including their
life. Veterans are from all conflicts and all branches of the
military including Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and
National Guard. The dependent of a Veteran includes the Veteran’s
spouse, surviving spouse, child, parents, and/or siblings who are
directly impacted by coping with the impact of the Veteran’s deployment
or the Veteran’s reintegration into the local community.
“We are proud to be able to serve our Veterans and their
dependents,” said Linda Werlein, CEO of Hill Country. “They have
put their lives on hold and sacrificed in order to serve our country
and we need to ensure that we are here to serve them.”
Veteran services through Hill Country are available at the ten mental
health clinics throughout Hill Country’s service area. Veterans
and their dependents within Hill Country’s service area can contact the
local clinic for further information or visit
www.hillcountry.org/Services/Veterans for more details.
This program is made possible by a grant from the Texas Veterans
Commission Fund for Veterans’ Assistance. The Fund for Veterans’
Assistance provides grants to organizations serving veterans and their
families. Funding for these grants comes from a portion of
Veterans scratch-off lottery ticket sales. For more information
on the Texas Veterans Commission please visit www.tvc.state.tx.us or
call the Veterans Hotline at 1-800-252-VETS (8387).
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