Strengthening Mental Health Recovery

Across the Hill Country

Recovery from the 2025 and 2026 floods extends beyond rebuilding homes and businesses. For families across the Texas Hill Country, access to counseling, grief support and mental health care remains an important part of moving forward.

The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country has invested more than $6.2 million across 13 nonprofit and community partners to expand mental health services and strengthen long-term recovery throughout the region.

Expanding Mental Health Support in Our Communities 

Key investments include, but are not limited to:

• School-Based Mental Health Care: A $770,700 grant is supporting Kerrville ISD's REACH initiative, expanding confidential counseling for employees, specialized trauma support for students and campus wellness resources over three years. Additional investments support mental health services in Hunt ISD and Ingram ISD.
• Expanded Counseling Access: A $360,000 investment in New Hope Counseling has helped expand its clinical team and bring services to Hunt, reducing initial appointment wait times to just one to three days. Counseling is available at no cost to residents directly or indirectly affected by the floods.
• Specialized Grief Support: A $340,000 investment in the Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas is providing multiyear therapy for children and families navigating grief and loss.

Together, these efforts are building a stronger, more connected network of mental health resources, helping ensure residents can access compassionate care throughout the long-term recovery process.

Residents can explore available counseling, grief support and other services through the Foundation's Mental Health Resource Hub. To see the full list of grantees, and to learn more about available resources and the Foundation's recovery efforts at rebuildkerr.org.

In the News

• Volunteers needed to plant 1,000 trees at Lehmann Monroe Park restoration kickoff
  • The Kerrville Daily Times
• Community Foundation awards $677K as flood strain hits local nonprofits
  • The Ker County Lead
• Charitable aid helps Uvalde flood victims
  • Uvalde Leader News

Impacted by the Floods?

FEMA Individual Assistance is now available to eligible residents affected by the floods. This assistance may help households with disaster-related needs as recovery continues across the region.

If you were affected by the 2025 or 2026 Texas Hill Country floods, please complete the Needs Assessment. Your responses help recovery partners better understand ongoing needs, identify gaps in available resources and connect households with recovery support.

The assessment is not an application for financial assistance. You may also opt in to receive text updates about available recovery resources and services.

Were you affected by the floods? 

Please complete our needs assessment, and a case manager will be in touch with you. 

Click here for Needs Assessment.