The proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 outlines projected revenues and expenses totaling $45.5 million, demonstrating Burke’s ongoing commitment to providing comprehensive behavioral health and developmental disability services to our counties. Proposed FY 2026 Budget
Burke’s Anne Bondesen Receives 2024 Shining Star Award
[Lufkin, Texas] — Burke’s Anne Bondesen has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Shining Star Award from the Texas Health and Human Services Community Resource Coordination Group (CRCG) Team. The award recognizes her exceptional contributions to the Houston and Trinity Counties CRCG, which is dedicated to serving children and youth in these regions of East […]
The Texas Mental Health Crisis
Texas Association of Counties produced this video to explain how communities across Texas are facing significant challenge providing services to their citizens with mental health needs.
Burke counselor uses life experiences to help children with mental illness
By Caleb Beames, Multi-Media Journalist, see the original KTRE story here. LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) – Everyday at Burke, employees help people who find themselves deep in depression and dealing with anxiety. One of those is Callie Hunt. Hunt not only listens to her patients, she also understands what they are going through. Twelve years ago, […]
Nacogdoches special needs teacher overcame extreme shyness, depression
NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) – At one time or another, even the most outgoing person has experienced some degree of shyness. Fewer people are so shy it prevents them from functioning at all. One Nacogdoches woman overcame her shyness and the depression it created following mental health counseling from Burke. Violet Porter is tonight’s Survivor. It’s […]
Parents’ Journey Through Mental Illness
Published in the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel on May 16, 2016 News Editor’s note: The following feature is the second in a series highlighting May as mental health month. Names have been changed to protect the family’s privacy. By Colin Rowan, Burke Edward and Victoria have had difficult conversations in the last year, but none was […]
