ABOUT US
Integral Care helps people build health and well-being so everyone has the foundation to reach their full potential.
Integral Care helps people build health and well-being so everyone has the foundation to reach their full potential.
We support adults and children living with mental illness, substance use disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities in Travis County. Our services include a 24-hour helpline for anyone who needs immediate support, ongoing counseling to improve mental health, drug and alcohol treatment to help with recovery, and housing to regain health and independence. Integral Care helps provide a strong foundation for well-being.
26,191
Travis County Residents Served Last Year
949
Staff in Austin/Travis County
$140M
Operating Budget
Last Year
56 Years
of Proud Service to Our Community
As the Local Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority, Integral Care strengthens our community by supporting our most important asset, our people, to achieve well-being. Integral Care provides individuals with high quality mental health care, collaborates with community partners to strengthen programs and systems, and works to raise awareness of mental health issues in our community.
Integral Care will strive to uphold core values related to people, equity, integrity, excellence, collaboration and compassion.
Integral Care’s greatest strength is people – our team members, those we support, their families, and the Travis County community. We build strong connections with all of them while promoting an environment of inclusion, equity, and diversity.
Integral Care is dedicated to eradicating institutional racism, advancing a culture of inclusion, and supporting people of all identities. We establish policies that remove barriers to health equity, access, and quality services. We work proactively to identify and address biases in our environment.
Integral Care delivers on our promises and is accountable for our performance. We build trust through ongoing, honest, transparent communication with our clients, team members, stakeholders, collaborators, and funders.
Integral Care is committed to providing person-centered, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, evidence-based, and culturally adaptive care. We ensure our culture, leaders, and team members are continuously improving and innovating.
Integral Care listens first, aligns with other service providers, and supports community movements aiding people living with mental health, substance use, and IDD needs. We coordinate community efforts to facilitate systems of comprehensive care.
Integral Care engages the people we support, our community, and our team members with empathy, care, and understanding. We are a source of comfort to every person we encounter.
In 1963, President Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act. The Act helped establish community mental health centers throughout the country – bringing care for people living with mental illness out of institutions and back into the community. Integral Care, formerly the Austin-Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, has worked for five decades to make that bold vision a reality in Travis County.
Since 1967, Integral Care has supported the health and well-being of adults and children living with mental illness, substance use disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Integral Care was the first community center to provide high-quality, community-based behavioral health and intellectual disabilities services in Central Texas so that people seeking our services could reach their full potential and thrive.
As the Local Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority, Integral Care partners with local organizations to strengthen a community network in support of mental health, offers guidance to other behavioral health agencies, and continues to battle stigma surrounding mental illness throughout the community.
Integral Care had a modest start with one location on Red River Street and a Quonset hut next door, which housed our methadone clinic. We now have over 40 locations across Travis County.
Integral Care is here and ready to meet the needs in Travis County for the next 50 years and beyond.
The beginning of the 2020s sent shockwaves through the world, taking a toll on our collective health – mentally and physically. Today, Integral Care seeks to heal our community and plan for delivery of critical care in a new and ever-changing landscape. Integral Care’s FY23-25 Strategic Plan is built around four foundational goals that will guide our work for the coming years – Cultivate Workforce, Build Equity, Deliver Quality Health Care, and Collaborate.
Support team members’ well-being, provide opportunities for growth, and recruit a team that reflects the people we support.
Build racial and health equity in the community and an inclusive environment for team members and providers.
Provide responsive, innovative, evidence-based, suicide-safer health care to the individuals we support.
Collaborate with governmental, nonprofit, private sector, and community organizations to meet the needs of our community.