Category: Mental Health

A year after surviving the Camp Mystic flood that claimed her cousin Lulu’s life, 10-year-old Dot is finding hope in an unexpected place. Dot Quisenberry, a survivor of the Camp Mystic flood, is receiving grief support through Community Foundation grantee The WARM Place, a Fort Worth-based children’s grief center. https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/camp-mystic-flood-survivor-finds-hope-through-grief-support-after-cousins-death

KERR COUNTY — Alicia Baker can’t bring herself to clean her daughter’s bedroom. Eleven-year-old Madelyn “Emmy” Jeffrey left a pile of craft supplies on the floor in their San Antonio home before heading off to the Guadalupe River with her grandparents, where they drowned in the flood last Fourth of July. A year later, the […]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Healing takes time, physically, mentally, and emotionally. A year after flash flooding ravaged Central Texas and the Hill Country, people are still working to rebuild their communities and heal from the tragic loss of more than 130 people. Dr. Julie Kaplow, executive director of the trauma and grief center at the Meadows […]

KERR COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — One year after devastating flooding swept through Kerr County, many families are still working to rebuild their lives — both physically and emotionally. While homes and infrastructure can be repaired, the emotional toll of that day continues to linger. Now, a network of nonprofits, backed by millions in grant funding, […]