The gist
At a May 13 meeting, Fort Bend County commissioners approved creating the Fort Bend County Employee Mental Health and Behavioral Health Task Force aimed at providing mental health-related services to county employees.
“Fort Bend County Health and Human Services’ commitment is to promote and protect [the] health and well-being of not only the residents but also of our own staff,” said Dr. Letosha Gale-Lowe, director for Fort Bend County Health and Human Services.
According to agenda documents, the task force will:
- Identify key strategies to provide mental and behavioral health services to county employees
- Identify a comprehensive framework to implement services
- Produce a set of guidelines and recommendations for implementing services and/or referral of services for employees
- Engage with community stakeholders
- Evaluate services already available to county employees
According to agenda documents, the committee—which will report to Commissioner’s Court—will be comprised of seven members from county departments including one person from:
- The county judge’s office
- The county attorney’s office
- Behavioral health services
- Health and human services
- The sheriff’s office
- Human resources
- Risk management
Moving forward
The task force became effective May 13, officials said.
