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Danette Castle

CEO, Texas Council of Community Centers

Danette Castle serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Council of Community Centers. As an association, the Texas Council represents the 39 Community Centers of Texas on public policy and legislative matters affecting the statewide public system of care for people with intellectual disabilities, serious mental illness and substance use disorders.

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Health

Congress must expand the Excellence in Mental Health Act

By Danette Castle, Dec. 3, 2015

A lack of ready access to mental health treatment results in nearly insurmountable problems when our emergency rooms, nursing homes, homeless shelters and prisons take on that role in addition to their primary responsibilities.