Welcome to Bluebonnet Trails Community Services
Our mission is to ensure the provision of accessible, efficient and effective services that support the dignity and independence of those we serve. Within our communities, we are privileged to serve adults with serious mental illness; children and adolescents with serious mental illness or emotional disorders, autism or pervasive developmental disorders; persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and infants and toddlers with developmental delays. We invite and encourage you to look through our website and learn more about us. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by calling 512-255-1720 or emailing us at info/bluebonnetmhmr.org.
Bluebonnet Trails is on Facebook!
Bluebonnet Trails Community Services is pleased to announce the launch of our new Facebook page! For updates about our services, health related news, and community efforts, "Like" us to learn what we are currently working on in your community. Discover how we are providing counseling and other services to those affected by the wildfires in Bastrop and surrounding counties. In addition to news and updated, check out the BTCS YouTube channel to learn how BTCS services are impacting central Texas. Visit our Facebook page by clicking on the following Facebook icon link below:
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Sharing Our Community Voices
Bluebonnet Trails is privileged to provide life changing and in many cases, life saving mental and behavioral health services to thousands of Central Texans in our eight-county service area. We’ve created this video channel to give them, and our community partners a voice and a place to share their stories. It is our hope these videos will educate and enlighten everyone who watches, about the critical role Bluebonnet Trails plays in every community we serve.
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Supported Employment Program - BTCS and Lockhart Collaboration
Learn how BTCS is helping build self confidence through the Supported Employment Program which works to train, employ, and provide the opportunity for full and active lives to Central Texas residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Community Living
Listen as father and daughter, Glenn and Jessica Muhlstein share their experience with community living and how Bluebonnet Trails Community Services (BTCS) has helped them care for one another. The partnership cultivated between BTCS and Kenmar Residential Services, Inc, operator of the Centers Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF), is a pivotal relationship for families with intellectually and developmentally challenged family members, like the Muhlstein family.
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No Barriers The Special Needs Employee
Bluebonnet Trails Community Services employment program empowers people affected by intellectual and developmental disabilities. BTCS services help persons with disabilities become successful and valued members of the workforce.
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Working With Young Offenders
Watch Scott Matthew, Executive Director of Williamson County Juvenile Justice Center, as he speaks on the importance of incorporating counseling and psychiatric programs in elevating the level of care provided to juveniles in detention, as well as the importance of continuing to fund mental health services
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Hope for Autism through Early Intervention
Learn about the Early Childhood Intervention services that BTCS provides through their partnerships by listening to the Badorek Family testimony on their experience with autism.
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Crime and Mental Illness
Bluebonnet Trails partners with the criminal justice system to treat those with mental illness as people not criminals. Everyday lives are changed because of this partnership.
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BTCS Honors Veterans
With gratitude, Bluebonnet Trails honors the dedication and service of our veterans. Listen to the experiences of our warriors describing their personal stories—what it means to come home from combat and readjust to civilian life—and the hope and encouragement of the Veteran Peer-to-Peer program
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BTCS Day Habilitation Learning and Living
Learn about BTCS' partnership with the Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services which helps people with developmental delays to pursue independent and productive lives. The program gives people with developmental disabilities and their families the choice to live in the comfort of their homes, without having to forfeit the care and services needed on a day-to-day basis
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Bluebonnet Trails and Community Health Centers Partners in Care
Learn about a powerful partnership transforming mental health services in Central Texas. Central Health Centers of South Central Texas (CHCSCT) has partnered with BTCS to address the critical need for immediate and personal attention for Central Texans facing mental disabilities.
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Family Bringing Help Home
BTCS' Early Childhood Development program partners with families to help children grow, learn and stay healthy. Parents and professionals work together as a team to identify and address the needs of the children involved. The team develops a plan for services and assesses the child's progress. For many parents BTCS’ PRIDE program is an ideal resource --- providing information, direction and a manageable process to improve the development and lives of their children.
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The Home Depot and the BTCS Supported Employment Program
Bluebonnet Trails Community Services (BTCS) is dedicated to assisting intellectually and developmentally disabled Central Texans gain independence through the Supported Employment Program (SEP). BTCS has partnered with The Home Depot and other companies to achieve this goal. This video explores the relationship between BTCS, The Home Depot and SEP participants, and the benefits for all involved. SEP services assist people who want to work in their community. These services are available in both the Center's Adult Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Networks.
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