The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD

About The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD

The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD (formerly Mental Health & Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County) is Harris County's state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority. In Fiscal Year 2016, the center provided mental health and intellectual and developmental disability services to 51,518 unduplicated individuals in Harris County through its four service divisions: Mental Health Outpatient Services, Mental Health Forensic Services, Intellectual Disability and Autism Services, and Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program. The Agency also served over 18,000 individuals at the Harris County Jail through its contract with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas, The Harris Center strives to provide high quality, efficient, and cost effective services so that persons with mental disabilities may live with dignity as fully functioning, participating, and contributing members of our community.