Outreach, Screening, Assessment, and Referral (OSAR)
The Council provides OSAR services in Health & Human Services Commission Region 2 as a subcontractor of Helen Farabee Centers, a local mental health authority, whose main office is in Witchita Falls.
(800) 621-8504
24 Hour Crisis Hotline
Misty Manie, Program Director, Outreach, Screening, Assessment, and Referral, Email: info@abirecovery.org
For OSAR services in the Wichita Falls area, call (940) 224-6200.
OSAR Services
- Screenings
- Assessments
- Crisis Intervention
- Motivational Counseling
- Referrals to Treatment or other Support Services
- Interim Services
- Follow-up
The following counties are served:
- Archer
- Baylor
- Brown
- Callahan
- Clay
- Coleman
- Comanche
- Cottle
- Eastland
- Fisher
- Foard
- Hardeman
- Haskell
- Jack
- Jones
- Kent
- Knox
- Mitchell
- Montague
- Nolan
- Runnels
- Scurry
- Shackelford
- Stephens
- Stonewall
- Taylor
- Throckmorton
- Wichita
- Wilbarger
- Young
Federal Priority Population Requirements for Treatment
Based on the federal priority populations established by SAMHSA Block Grant regulations, federal priority populations (e-CFRT, Title 45: Public Welfare, Part 96, 96.131), Texas is required to ensure the following three priority poulations are given preference:
- Pregnant injecting individuals will be admitted within 48 hours.
- Pregnant individuals will be admitted within 48 hours.
- Injecting drug users will be admitted within 14 days.
State Priority Populations for Treatment
Texas has established priority populations for entering state-funded substance use disorder services. State priority populations come after the SAMHSA priority populations and are identified as:
- Individuals identified as being at high risk for overdose will be admitted to requested services within 72 hours.
- Individuals referred by DFPS will be admitted to requested services within 72 hours.
- All other populations.
The coalition offers free educational presentations on topics such as uderage drinking, tobacco, marijuana, prescription drug misuse, and behavioral health promotion. Literature is also available on these topics.
For more information, contact us at 325-673-2242, ext. 1000
For other resources on Mental Health, please visit mentalhealthtx.org.
