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Welcome
to the Burke Center
Known originally as Deep East Texas
Regional MHMR Services, the Burke
Center was founded in
1974 and today provides a variety of quality behavioral healthcare services
to people with mental illness
and intellectual and
developmental disabilities and through the provision of substance abuse prevention services.
One of thirty-nine community centers in the State of Texas, the result of
legislation passed in 1965, the Burke Center provides services in a twelve
county region that includes: Angelina Co., Houston Co., Jasper Co.,
Nacogdoches Co., Newton Co., Polk Co., Sabine Co., San Augustine Co., San
Jacinto Co., Shelby Co., Trinity Co., and Tyler Co.
Since 1974, the Burke Center has greatly expanded it services and continues
to look for ways to improve the quality of life for its clients. The Center
has shaped a strong reputation across the state for public service, good
stewardship of its resources and a strong commitment to the communities it
serves.
The Burke Center’s missions statement is “Working Together to Improve Lives”
and this is evident today through its continued dedication to the people it
serves.
The Burke Center provides services through
contracts with the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas
Department of Aging and Disability Services, and the Texas Department of
Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
Learn more about the Burke
Center by watching this
informational video: Burke Center
Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Burke-Center/96823144122
Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/burkecenter
Additional Resources can be found at the
Rural East Texas Health Network at www.rethn.org
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