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Hill Country Family Services outlines pantry, counseling and jail‑based mental‑health work
Summary
Agency representatives described local programs — a grocery‑style pantry, senior services, financial assistance and a jail‑based mental‑health program — and said they funded a full‑time position to expand crisis response and help reduce jail use for mental‑health needs.
Representatives from Hill Country Family Services told the court Jan. 13 that the nonprofit has served Kendall County since 1985 and operates a grocery‑style pantry, a thrift store to support services, a garden producing about 1,600 pounds of produce per year, and financial assistance and case management for residents in crisis.
The presenter described a recent expansion of mental‑health support in partnership with the sheriff and the coalition that helped fund a full‑time counselor, Joyce Garcia, who previously worked in the jail. The presenter said the agency is partnering with the public defender's office to offer a mental‑health component within the defender's work in Kendall County and that the agency helps support LifeSpot active‑shooter app subscriptions across local entities.
Commissioners thanked the agency for filling gaps the county had not budgeted for and noted the role philanthropic match played in leveraging state grant funds such as the Texas Indigent Defense Commission award.
