Burke

Known originally as Deep East Texas Regional MHMR Services, the Burke Center was founded in 1974 and today provides a variety of quality behavioral healthcare services to people with mental illness, mental retardation, and chemical dependency. One of forty-one community centers in the State of Texas, the result of legislation passed in 1965, the Burke Center provides services in a twelve county region that includes: Angelina Co, Houston Co, Jasper Co, Nacogdoches Co, Newton Co, Polk Co, Sabine Co, San Augustine Co, San Jacinto Co, Shelby Co, Trinity Co, and Tyler Co.