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Bexar County Mental Health Cuts Impact Thousands, Jobs at Risk

9/22/2025

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Bexar County's mental health authority plans staff cuts and will eliminate its methadone program after losing $4.5 million in COVID-19 recovery funds.
The Center for Healthcare Services expects to serve 2,800 fewer individuals this fiscal year due to a $2.4 million loss in federal funding.
CEO Jelynne LeBlanc Jamison calls for a new psychiatric hospital and a diversion center for low-level offenders with mental health issues.
Funding cuts jeopardize 85 jobs, with 46 employees reassigned, and the center lost 200 methadone treatment slots for uninsured individuals.
Jamison highlighted that the average treatment stay is too short, resulting in repeated emergency room visits.

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Bexar County's mental health authority plans staff cuts and will eliminate its methadone program after losing $4.5 million in COVID-19 recovery funds.
The Center for Healthcare Services expects to serve 2,800 fewer individuals this fiscal year due to a $2.4 million loss in federal funding.
CEO Jelynne LeBlanc Jamison calls for a new psychiatric hospital and a diversion center for low-level offenders with mental health issues.
Funding cuts jeopardize 85 jobs, with 46 employees reassigned, and the center lost 200 methadone treatment slots for uninsured individuals.
Jamison highlighted that the average treatment stay is too short, resulting in repeated emergency room visits.