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Camino Real Community Services is a non-profit organization providing mental, behavioral, and intellectual disability services to Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Karnes, La Salle, Maverick, McMullen, Wilson, and Zavala counties. Click here for location and other information about our services in your county.

Camino Real Community Services is also the designated Community Mental Health Authority and the Authority for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. As the authority, It has the responsibility for eligibility determination, coordinating care, and managing a network of providers of direct services.

Camino Real Community Services is also a provider of services and supports to persons with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and developmental delays who meet eligibility criteria.

Camino Real's service area stretches across 10,000 square miles of a primarily rural and frontier area of the state. The ECI grant expands this service area to include Guadalupe, Gonzales, Bee and Live Oak counties, adding 3,735 square miles for a total of 13,735 square miles that make up the service delivery area. To represent the needs of local communities the Camino Real Board of Trustees oversees the functions of the Center. These trustees are appointed by the local county commissioner's courts of Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Karnes, La Salle, Maverick, McMullen, Wilson and Zavala Counties.

Emma Garcia - Executive Director Send email
(210) 357-0310
Marcelo Villarreal, MD, MPA - Medical Director Send email
(210) 357-0321

Mental illness is characterized by a temporary or persistent inability to cope effectively with life's changes. Individuals with mental illness often experience difficulties coping in our complex society and are often overwhelmed by everyday activities and stresses. With treatment, many people with mental illness can return to productive, enjoyable living.

Camino Real Community Services offers a wide array of services designed to meet the needs of individuals with mental illness. These services include Screening, Assessment, Referral, Case Management, Medication Related Services, Counseling, Crisis Intervention, and a full range of Rehabilitative Services, and Family Support. Camino Real serves persons of all ages.

  • Assessment
  • Crisis Services
  • Continuity of Care
  • Case Management
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Medication Services
  • Psychosocial Rehabilitation
  • Assertive Community Treatment Alternative (ACT-ALT)
  • Supportive Employment
  • Supportive Housing
  • Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Diagnosis (COPSD)
  • Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services

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Veronica Sanchez, MA, LPC Send email
(210) 357-0320
Updated within the last 2 months.

We have "Peer to Peer" Support where Vet help Vets.

Our Veteran Peer Support Specialists have gone through at least two levels of training preparing them for effective Peer Support and Outreach work.

In addition to individual support contacts, our Veteran Program staff hold regular Peer Support Groups. Our program of individual support, advice and networking has proven to be extremely valuable and a Vet friendly source of mentorship and guidance.

Click here or call for more information.

Deanne Pape MH Program Director Send email
(210) 357-0300
Amber Ramos, BSW, Air Force Veteran Ramos, BSW, Air Force Veteran
(830) 310-5300
Updated within the last 3 months.

The Military Veteran Peer Networks' mission is to establish camaraderie and trust with each other, identifying and vetting community resources, and collectively contributing to the communities where we live. Our goals are to provide one-on-one peer support sessions, Veteran peer groups, and Veteran Treatment Court support to increase access to Military-informed culturally competent mental health providers, and to create an inclusive environment where SMVF peers can gather to share experiences and create supportive relationships.

Many of these programs cannot be truly successful and accomplished without volunteers to help facilitate them. We know that your time is very important as well as your knowledge. We would like to invite you to share your resources with our community Service members, Veterans and Families.

Click here or call us for more information on volunteering.

Deanne Pape, MH Program Director
(210) 357-0300
Amber Ramos, BSW
(830) 310-5300
Updated within the last 1 month.

The YES Waiver is a home and community based services waiver that allows for more flexibility in the funding of intensive community-based services to assist children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances to live in the community with their families.

Goals:

  • Reducing out-of-home placements and inpatient psychiatric treatment by all child-serving agencies;
  • Providing a more complete continuum of community-based services and supports;
  • Ensuring families have access to parent partners and other flexible non-traditional support services as identified in a family-centered planning process;
  • Preventing entry into the foster care system and relinquishment of parental custody; and
  • Improving the clinical and functional outcomes of children and adolescents.

Services:

In addition to the services already offered under Camino Real Community Services' Children's Mental Health Program, the following are services of the YES Waiver:

  • Adaptive Aids and Supports
  • Community Living Supports
  • Family Supports
  • Minor Home Modifications
  • Non-Medical Transportation
  • Paraprofessional Services
  • Professional Services
  • Respite
  • Supportive Family Based Alternatives
  • Transitional Services

Camino Real Community Services will assess you for eligibility.

Demographic Criteria:

  • Be between 3 and 18 years of age;
  • Reside in Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Karnes, La Salle, Maverick, Mc Mullen, Wilson, or Zavala County; and
  • Reside in a non-institutional setting with the child's or adolescent's Legally Auhtorized Representative; or in the child's or adolescent's own home or apartment, if legally emancipated.

Clinical Criteria:

  • Have serious functional impairment or acute severe psychiatric symptoms as indicated by:
  • Risk of Self Harm
  • Disruptive or Aggressive Behavior
  • Family Supports
  • School Behavior
  • Current Diagnosis
  • There is a reasonable expectation that, without YES Waiver services, the child or adolescent would qualify for inpatient care.

Financial Criteria:

  • A child or adolescent must be eligible for Medicaid.

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Updated within the last 2 months.