In the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Comal County, mental health professionals at the Ecumenical Center are urging families to focus on communication, awareness and emotional support.

It’s a reality many parents and families are dealing with: How do you talk to your child as violent videos of Charlie Kirk getting shot are being shared on social media?

When devastating floods swept through the Hill Country on the Fourth of July, first responders weren’t the only ones who ran toward the crisis. Counselors also mobilized to take on the task of caring for the community’s mental health.

When tragedy hits, people in the South Texas community ask the same thing: what can I do to help? The Ecumenical Center in San Antonio has a good answer.

The Ecumenical Center, a trauma-informed organization with specialized counselors, will not have its contract renewed past April 2024 to run the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

The Uvalde County Commissioners Court voted to not renew their contract with the Ecumenical Center, which has provided counseling services to the community after the Robb Elementary shooting in May 2022.

Center for Healing and Hope of South Texas is expanding five years after opening following the shooting in Sutherland Springs.

Teams from The Ecumenical Center for Education, Counseling and Health are heading to El Paso to provide on-site services following the recent shooting.

The Uvalde Resiliency Center was established almost immediately following the horrific events that happened at Robb Elementary, being temporarily set up at the Uvalde County Fairplex.

They’ve been in Uvalde since it happened -- a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, which left the small town torn apart by grief, anger, uncertainty and suspicion.

The Uvalde Together Resiliency Center opened as a place for the community to get the resources they need as they move through the Robb Elementary tragedy.