(409) 784-5400 SPINDLETOP CENTER Helping People Help Themselves 2750 S. 8TH ST BEAUMONT TX 77701 Phone: 409-784-5400 • 800-317-5809 TDD: 800-735-2989 • VOICE: 800-735-2988 InTake (menTal healTh) 409-839-1002 crIsIs lIne (24/7): 800-937-8097 SPINDLETOPCENTER.ORG STCTR.ORG TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF PEOPLE WILL SUFFER SOME FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS OR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY. ONE PERCENT OF PEOPLE HAVE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. SPINDLETOP CENTER OFFERS HELP OPTIONS IN A CARING, RESPECTFUL ATMOSPHERE. Helping people help themselves Spindletop Center provides a variety of healthcare services to people with: • Mental Illness • Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities • Chemical Dependency Issues • Early Childhood Developmental Delays There are 39 community MH/IDD centers in Texas. The community center system was established after the passage of the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1965. The purpose of community centers is to provide services to people with MH/ IDD in an effort to allow them to live and work in the community. The center provides services in Jefferson, Orange, Hardin and Chambers counties and serves approximately 8,000 individuals a year. Spindletop employs nearly 500 staffers and is governed by a nine-member board of trustees appointed by the commissioners’ courts in the four-county area. f f Our mission is to promote independence, self-advocacy, and recovery. We ensure access to professional, respectful and cost- effective services in a supportive, person-centered environment. We value all persons and treat them with dignity and respect. We develop services responsive to your needs, values and desires. We at Spindletop also value and respect families for the important role they play in our clients’ recovery. –Dr. N. Charles Harris, CEO Spindletop Center
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Helping people help themselves
Spindletop Center provides a variety of healthcare services to people with:
• mental illness
• intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Chemical dependency issues
• early Childhood developmental delays
There are 39 community MH/IDD centers in Texas. The community center system was established after the passage of the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1965. The purpose of community centers is to provide services to people with MH/IDD in an effort to allow them to live and work in the community.
The center provides services in Jefferson, Orange, Hardin and Chambers counties and serves approximately 8,000 individuals a year. Spindletop employs nearly 500 staffers and is governed by a nine-member board of trustees appointed by the commissioners’ courts in the four-county area.
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Our mission is to promote independence, self-advocacy, and recovery. We ensure access to professional, respectful and cost-effective services in a supportive, person-centered environment.
We value all persons and treat them with dignity and respect.
We develop services responsive to your needs, values and desires.
We at Spindletop also value and respect families for the important role they play in our clients’ recovery.
–Dr. N. Charles Harris, CEOSpindletop Center
what our ClientS Say
Beaumont409-839-1002 (Intake and Crisis)Main: 409-784-5400 • 800-317-5809TDD: 800-735-2989Voice: 800-735-2988Youth Services409-839-2200
Lumberton409-880-4658
Orange409-883-7074 • 409-839-3864
Port Arthur409-983-6138
Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)409-784-5435
Substance Abuse409-839-1033
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities409-784-5481 (Intake)
Housing Assistance for Clients409-839-2224
Crisis Line (24/7) 800-937-8097 • 409-838-1818
Spindletop Center’S ServiCeS
“The process of recovery for me was an extremely long one. Nothing happened in an instant or overnight, but I have picked up the skills necessary to survive in life in recovery from mental illness and drug abuse.”
–B.H., Spindletop Client“[My son is] on his second day of school! I sure do miss him while he is there, but I know that he is having fun and it’s really good for him. ECI [Early Childhood Intervention] has been the best program, and I am really thankful for ECI!”
–t.A., Spindletop parent
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Spindletop Center has housing options available for its clients who qualify.
For eligibility questions, or to start the application process, call
409-839-2224
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How we CAn Help
• To receive Center mental health services, adults must be 18 or older and be diagnosed (either through Spindletop or another medical professional) with Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder or Major Depressive Disorder. Spindletop also offers substance abuse treatment services. Children and adolescents must be 3-17 years old and have any of the three aforementioned disorders or emotional/ behavioral problems.
• Services at the Center are also available to persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. These services include community supports, respite, employment assistance, supported employment, vocational training, day habilitation, behavioral support and specialized therapies.
• Children from birth to age three who have developmental delays or serious medical diagnoses that could affect development may qualify for Early Childhood Intervention services.
• General services include: day programs, employment programs, housing assistance, benefits assistance, medication/med management and recreation.
