Mental Health

The Veterans Mental Health Department connects veterans to resources that assist them in receiving the services they need. These can include counseling referrals.

Yes, the Veterans Mental Health Department is available to tailor specific training to an organization that serves veteran clients. Send us an email with your request, and we will get back to you to provide the training that meets your organization’s needs.

All of our trainings for free, including CEU credit.

The Justice Involved Veteran (JIV) Program is housed within TVC’s Veterans Mental Health Department and its aim is to improve veteran services across the criminal justice continuum. JIV Managers serve as a resource to provide technical assistance and training to all Veteran Treatment Courts across Texas, partner with the local and state law enforcement to deliver the officers relevant trainings such as trauma-affected veterans and crisis intervention strategies. JIV Managers also collaborate with the local jail and state prison systems to better ensure that incarcerated veterans have access to veteran-specific services and programming.

The JIV Program offers FREE trainings to Veteran Treatment Courts, Law Enforcement,
Community Supervision, Mental Health Providers, and Community Stakeholders.

Trainings include:

• Suicide Awareness & Prevention (CALM & AS+K)
• Military Cultural Competency
• Military-Informed Care
• Mental Health First Aid
• TCOLE 4067 Trauma-Affected Veterans*
• TCOLE 1850 De-escalation Techniques*
• *Denotes Law Enforcement ONLY Trainings

An individual that has a primary nighttime residence that is public or private not meant for human habitation, a shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (to include transitional housing and hotels paid by a charitable organization), or is exiting an institution where they resided for 90 days or less and resided in one of the previous two living arrangements immediately before entering that institution.