About 
Be Well Texas

Be Well Texas Nurse presenting information about Narcan during a community event

Be Well Texas is working to transform how people living with substance use, substance use disorder (SUD) and/or mental illness throughout Texas are cared for and treated.

Our mission is to provide access to high-quality, low-barrier, evidence-based care throughout Texas. 

We are an interprofessional team of scientists and practitioners who leverage science, innovation and capacity building. 

Our newest endeavor is the Be Well Texas headquarters, which holds our outpatient clinic that provides treatment services statewide through our virtual clinic and our programs providing recovery support services throughout Texas. We offer treatment via virtual visits on a smartphone, mobile device or computer, as well as in-person options—making access available anywhere in Texas.

Our Beliefs

  • We believe compassion is fundamental to improving outcomes. 
  • We believe stigma is unacceptable and incompatible with recovery. 
  • We believe addiction treatment and related services should be an essential part of healthcare. 
  • We believe high-quality care programs should be easily accessible and offered equitably. 
  • We believe the most successful and sustaining models depend on collaborative, community solutions. 

Our Values 

  • Compassion:  We take intentional action to care for ourselves and others. 
  • Empowerment: We empower each other and our community to their best. 
  • Inclusion: We draw strength from diversity, leveraging the experience and voices of all our stakeholders. 
  • Collaboration: We harness the power of healthy relationships and trust to learn, adapt and achieve our goals. 
  • Accountability: We bring our best, taking responsibility in our community and in systems of support.  

What We Do

  • We work with a statewide network of over 133 community-based organizations and hospital partners to improve quality and access to treatment and recovery support services. 
  • We train and mentor health care providers to use medications to treat substance use disorder. 
  • We operate the Be Well Texas Clinic in San Antonio, Texas that provides in-person and virtual visits to people anywhere in Texas. 
  • We conduct cutting-edge research through our NIH-supported research program to develop new interventions and therapies to reduce the burden of substance use disorder. 

Our Funding

Be Well Texas treatment and services are made possible through funding from:

  • Texas Health and Human Services Commission
    • Texas Emergency Response COVID-19 for Behavioral Health, HHS000843300001
    • Office-Based Opioid Treatment, HHS000562000001
    • Medication Assisted Treatment, HHS000878900001
    • Medication Assisted Treatment Alcohol and other Substance Use Disorders, HHS001196700002
    • Virtual Behavioral Health, HHS001196700002
    • Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, HHS001196700002
    • Recovery Support Services Expansion, HHS001196700002
    • Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, HHS001196700002
    • Recovery Residence Housing-Emerging Adults, HHS001196700002
    • Texas Targeted Opioid Response - Treatment and Administration, HHS001046900001
    • Recovery Support Services, HHS001054500001
    • Support for Hospital Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Texas, HHS001054500001
    • Testing and Mitigation Supplies Distribution, HHS001042300006
  • Health Resources and Services Administration-Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
    • Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Mental and Behavioral Health, G28RH46309-01-00

*Special thanks to our donors whose contributions to our program make possible a variety of services that have an impact on the daily lives of people in Texas who are living with substance use disorder.

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