Texas Opens Terrell Center For Youth To Serve Adolescents With Complex Behavioral Health Needs

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) opened the Terrell Center for Youth, a specialized residential youth treatment facility designed to serve adolescents in foster care with complex mental health, substance use, or intellectual and developmental disability needs. The center will be operated by HHSC, and will serve to 30 youth ages 13 to 17 years old who are under DFPS conservatorship

The 89th Texas Legislature appropriated $35.2 million for the Terrell Center for Youth during the 2026-27 biennium. The facility is intended to increase access to intensive . . .