Supported Employment is an additional service that CHCS consumers are able to receive to assist them in finding and obtaining employment and teaches them the skills necessary to manage their mental illness while maintaining employment.  Click Here

The Center administers up to two years of rental assistance to applicants who are actively receiving treatment in CHCS programs and need rental assistance.

TBRA is a contract funded by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).

To take advantage of the Supported Housing Programs you must meet these qualifications:

• be a current adult mental health consumer with The Center for Health Care Services Outpatient Clinics. (CHCS offers services for mental health disorders and substance use challenges.)
• have verifiable income
• be verifiably homeless by HUD definition (an individual or family with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or campground)
• have a valid government-issued I.D., birth certificate, and Social Security card

The Integrated Wellness Clinic offers an integrated approach to health care services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness and mental illness.

Individuals receive psychiatric services, primary care services, nursing services, case management, and rehabilitative services.

The MVPN offers free and confidential support groups for veterans, soldiers, and family members.

We also provide opportunities for veterans and families to find support through MVPN social events and volunteer opportunities and act as a guide to community resources through peer support services.

To contact us electronically, visit the Contact Us page. 

For more information, click here.

The Center assists active duty, retired, and veteran service members with The Military Veteran Peer Network Project. In addition to integrated health services, we train and team you with a "Battle Buddy," a veteran who provides peer-to-peer role support.

The Center and MVPN also work with the Texas Veteran Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery Project (TVJDTR), training law enforcement on effective crisis intervention strategies when encountering a veteran experiencing the effects of mental illness.

Comprehensive mental health services to support each person’s goals for recovery, including:

• psychiatric evaluation and treatment
• medication management
• wellness counseling and education
• individual and group therapy
• psychiatric care
• psychosocial rehabilitation
• and case management

For Enrollment, call 210-261-2427 or 800-316-9241.

The Center for Health Care Services (CHCS) offers a sliding fee scale and accepts all patients regardless of inability to pay

Coordinated Specialty Care services for Bexar County residents ages 15-30 years who are experiencing First Episode Psychosis.

The program provides intensive, wrap-around services by a team of clinicians and peer support specialists.

Ages: 15-30.

The Center for Health Care Services (CHCS) offers a sliding fee scale and accepts all patients regardless of inability to pay.

As part of our Outreach, Linkage, and Support Services, 210 StreetReach provides referrals, linkage, and support to people in need of substance use treatment, mental health services, medical care, and/or support services.

For Harm reduction supplies call 210-740-1521 or email [email protected]. 

A partnership with the SAPD Mental Health Unit that pairs clinicians with officers to respond to individuals with Mental Health needs who frequently use 911 and other emergency resources.

Formerly known as LOC-5, CTS is an adult behavioral health outpatient program for individuals who recently experienced a crisis episode and need intensive care management services.

People experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis can often benefit from a detoxification program and stabilization unit rather than a busy emergency room. Josephine Recovery Center—a 16-bed therapeutic facility open 24/7—offers a safe, effective alternative for Bexar County adults recovering from a behavioral health crisis.

Josephine Recovery Center (JRC) provides a safe environment staffed at all times by psychiatric nurses, skilled crisis therapists, and counselors. If participants are willing to engage in activities and treatment geared toward recovery, JRC can provide an effective alternative to emergency room care.

A multi-agency and multidisciplinary team organized to provide comprehensive care coordination aimed at reducing the reliance on emergency services by the most acute individuals in Bexar County.

SMART is a multidisciplinary team, including the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department, Acadia Ambulance, STRAC and CHCS, and includes 2 licensed Master’s level mental health professionals, a care manager, Sheriff’s deputy, and paramedic.

The goal of the program is to provide appropriate de-escalation and triage, and reduce incarceration or emergency and inpatient services by providing ongoing engagement.

Activities to help intellectually disabled individuals become more independent in daily and personal skills.

Adult Day Care provides meals, medical care, medication supervision, transportation, social and leisure activities, and personal care services.

Provides children and young adults with disabilities a place to go during school holidays and summer.

Activities to help intellectually disabled individuals become more independent in daily and personal skills. Assistance with acquiring, retaining, or improving self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills necessary to live successfully in the community and to participate in home and community life.

Serves ages 8-21

Being mentally healthy in childhood means reaching developmental and emotional milestones, learning healthy social skills, and how to cope when problems arise. When there is a concern that a child might not be meeting these milestones, The Center offers an array of services that can help.

Our goal is to strengthen and support families by providing services for an array of issues, including, sadness or depression, fear or anxiety, persistent nightmares, low self-esteem, social isolation, harming self or others, behavioral problems, academic problems, running away, and truancy, school bullying, parenting support, child abuse/assault, divorce, grief/loss and a history of trauma.

Children’s mental health treatment is for Bexar County youth ages 3 – 17 with a DSM-V Diagnosis, and includes the following services:

• skills training
• counseling
• medication training and support
• psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring
• family partner support

A team of Qualified Mental Health Professionals provides clinical crisis assessment, stabilization, and referrals for hospitalization or other appropriate mental health services for Bexar County residents experiencing significant mental health conditions.

Any child living in Bexar County can receive crisis services — they do not have to be a CHCS client.

Children between the ages of 3 and 17.

If you have a question about whether or not your child is in a crisis, you can call the Children’s Mobile Outreach Team (CMOT) at the Crisis Line at (210) 223-SAFE (7233) or 800-316-9241.

Agents will be able to provide you with information on how to proceed (reporting to the emergency room, psychiatric facility, or walk-in clinic).

For youth, ages 3-17.

For immediate crisis concerns, please contact the Children’s Mobile Outreach Team (CMOT) at 800-316-9241 or 210-223-SAFE (7233), or bring the child to the Children's Crisis Unit at 227 W Drexel Ave.

Adult Day Care provides meals, medical care, medication supervision, transportation, social and leisure activities and personal care services.

The Employment team assists in attaining and sustaining competitive integrated employment in the community to include résumé building, interviewing skills, job placement, and job coaching to all Bexar County residents with disabilities.

Serving children and their caregivers with behavioral intervention services, training, case management, counseling, and support.

Serving youth ages 0-5.

Being mentally healthy in childhood means reaching developmental and emotional milestones, learning healthy social skills, and how to cope when problems arise.

When there is a concern that a child might not be meeting these milestones, The Center offers an array of services that can help.

Children’s mental health treatment is for Bexar County youth ages 3 – 17 with a DSM-V Diagnosis, and includes the following services:

• skills training
• counseling
• medication training and support
• psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring
• and family partner support

Ages: 3-17.

For enrollment, call 210-261-3350 or 1-800-316-9241.

Though every child learns at a different pace, sometimes they encounter conditions that pose developmental delays. The Center for Health Care Services ECI program provides assessment, therapy, and other assistance you need to help your baby and your family learn to navigate around the challenges.

CHCS ECI is part of a statewide program for families with children, birth to 36 months, who have exhibited symptoms of developmental delays or disabilities. Family support and specialized services help you strengthen your ability to find the resources you need to improve your child’s development through daily activities. CHCS ECI works with parents or caretakers to help you find learning opportunities within your family’s normal routines of bath time, mealtime, or playtime.

Children, birth to 36 months.

ECI includes early intervention case management, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language, caregiver education, and support services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or medical conditions leading to developmental delays, and who reside in Bexar County SAISD, ECISD, HISD, SISD, and SSISD School Districts.

Being mentally healthy in childhood means reaching developmental and emotional milestones, learning healthy social skills, and how to cope when problems arise.

When there is a concern that a child might not be meeting these milestones, The Center offers an array of services that can help.

Children’s mental health treatment is for Bexar County youth ages 3 – 17 with a DSM-V Diagnosis, and includes the following services:

• skills training
• counseling
• medication training and support
• psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring
• and family partner support

Ages: 3-17.

For Enrollment call 210-261-2427 or 1-800-316-9241.

The Center for Health Care Services (CHCS) offers a sliding fee scale and accepts all patients regardless of inability to pay.

Being mentally healthy in childhood means reaching developmental and emotional milestones, learning healthy social skills, and how to cope when problems arise.

When there is a concern that a child might not be meeting these milestones, The Center offers an array of services that can help.

Children’s mental health treatment is for Bexar County youth ages 3 – 17 with a DSM-V Diagnosis, and includes the following services:

• skills training
• counseling
• medication training and support
• psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring
• and family partner support

Ages: 3-17.

For enrollment, call 210-261-2427 or 1-800-316-9241.

SA Job Development is a supported employment program designed to assist individuals, identified as having an Opioid Use Disorder, in finding gainful employment.

The Sobering Unit is a jail diversion program designed to offer a treatment alternative in lieu of arrest to public intoxicants by providing a medically safe environment utilizing motivational interviewing techniques to engage the individual and offer direct access to treatment.

The Sobering Unit is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and no appointment is necessary.

Join our group of passionate and enthusiastic volunteers!

By becoming a CHCS volunteer, you are contributing to our mission of improving the lives of people with mental health disorders, substance use challenges, and intellectual and developmental disabilities. CHCS Volunteers assist in various ways, including data entry, events, and administrative work, and find the experience deeply rewarding.

If you want to make a difference in our community, please complete the volunteer application and

• Email Yvonne Castanon, CHCS Recruiting Supervisor, at [email protected]
• Mail: The Center for Health Care Services attention Yvonne Castanon at CHCS Volunteer Coordinator, 6800 Park Ten Blvd., Suite 200-S, San Antonio, Texas 78213.

Once the application has been received, you will be contacted to schedule your orientation. All volunteers must be at least 18 years of age and must complete a background check.

We host Online Orientations via Zoom every Wednesday at 2:00 PM.

Click here to join the Zoom meeting. (No password required.) Or call (346) 248-7799 to join the orientation meeting by phone.

Serving youth ages 3-18

The YES Waiver program offers home and community-based services and support to families of children or adolescents with severe emotional and/or behavioral needs. Through a family-driven, team-based approach, the YES program seeks to meet the unique needs of a child and their family by offering individualized services that focus on empowering the family’s strengths.

Expanded Medicaid Services:

• community living supports
• counseling
• family support service
• case management
• professional services and support services for children with intensive needs to prevent out-of-home placements and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations

For youth, ages 3-18.