Chief Executive Officer at Hands of Healing Residential Treatment Center Inc - Baytown, Texas, United States
Hands of Healing is a non-profit Organization committed to make a difference in the lives of Children, Youth and Families, by seeding Health, Happiness and Hope, one home at a time. Our Organization provides a wide array of social services to underserved and "at risk" communities, serving multiple contracts with the Texas Department of Family Protective Services (DFPS) and Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC).We currently operate two General Residential Operation facilities, providing services to 33 male youth, in Baytown TX, and 30 male youth in Harlingen TX, ages 8-17, . Each program is regionally, demographically and culturally supportive and serve the needs of youth who are a ward of the state, from all regions of Texas. As an Organization providing wraparound services, Hands of Healing possesses a license and contract(s) with the state of Texas, to provide Foster Care credentialing. This includes, marketing and procuring potential Foster Parents, providing Foster Home development, provide Foster Parent training with the goal of placing, ages 1 day to 17 years old in suitable Foster homes. Our agency is licensed to provide these services in both our Houston and Harlingen offices. In June of 2020, we will also be contracted with the state of Texas to complete adoption services.Our contracts for Substance Abuse, Substance Use, and Evaluation and Treatment with the state, as well as our contracts with Medicaid and multiple Managed Care Operations are our primary referral source for clients in need of therapeutic services. These services include individual and group therapy, outpatient drug treatment, drug education, anger management, parenting classes and much more. These services are currently available onsite in our Baytown office and will be available in our Harlingen office by July 2020.