Perspectives

The Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network was awarded a half-million dollars to continue filling gaps for services for homeless and runaway youth in the agency’s region, which includes McLennan, Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill and Limestone counties. The Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network’s Klaras Center for Families received the award through The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Family and Youth Services Bureau’s (FYSB), Runaway Homeless Youth “Basic Center Program.” “This is our 2nd win for this program,” said Tom Christian, Director of Grants and Special Projects for the Klaras Center for Families. “It is a three-year Federal grant that amounts to $151,350 per year, for three years ($454,050 in total), to support our “Safety Net” Basic Center Program housed at the Chase House. In the first iteration of this grant (beginning in 2019) we helped over twenty runaway youth to gain access to immediate shelter and support services in the effort to get them integrated into safe housing and back into community.”