El Paso MHMR

Social problems like poverty, drug abuse and violence , destroy families and communities and leave children emotionally damaged, unprepared to learn and robbed of their full potential. El Paso Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center ( referenced in this report as EPMHMR or Center) assists Texas' most vulnerable citizens – Texans with either or both severe and persistent mental illness and mental retardation – and helps individuals and families solve their problems and take care of themselves.