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Spindletop Center North Campus
Spindletop Center North Campus
Jefferson County has awarded a grant of $957,474 to Spindletop Center through funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA).
The grant funds will allow Spindletop Center to purchase and install a power generator for its North Campus facility, located at 655 S. 8th St. in Beaumont. The addition is expected to prevent disruptions of Spindletop Center’s critical services to the community during electric service interruptions.
“It is part of Spindletop’s mission to be the safety net for people in our community with mental health, substance use and intellectual and developmental disabilities,” said Holly Borel, Spindletop Center’s chief executive officer. “The need for rapid response of mental health services is never more critical than during and in the aftermath of disasters.”
The generator will assist in Spindletop Center’s ability to dispense medications, provide crisis intervention services, and wellness checks in the area. In addition to those services, the Spindletop Center’s Mental Health Deputies would relocate to the North Campus in times of disaster to “activate and assist law enforcement with specialized response, (and) provide diversions from hospital emergency departments and jail facilities that are overwhelmed during times of crisis.”
“We are so grateful to Jefferson County for the support of our efforts to be ever prepared to respond when our Southeast Texas residents are most in need,” added Borel.
Spindletop Center is a nonprofit health care organization specializing in behavioral health care, programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and substance use services for each stage of life.
The center serves more than 10,000 people annually throughout Jefferson, Hardin, Orange and Chambers counties and has campuses in Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange and Silsbee.