Wayne Young

Chief Executive Officer @The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD

Houston, TX, US

As the CEO of the largest behavioral and developmental disability agency in Texas, I oversee the planning and delivery of behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disabilities services to over individuals per year while leading 2600 team members at 40+ care locations with an annual budget of $373+ million. The organizational structure involves 5 primary divisions (Mental Health, Crisis Services, Forensic Services, Access and Community Engagement, and IDD Services), a foundation, and 4 permanent supportive housing complexes. In addition to our 85+ medical staff members, we partner with 3 academic medical centers as a training site for medical students, psychiatry residents & fellows.• Our continuum of care includes: Integrated primary care at 5 locations, Psychiatric Emergency Center (36 beds), Jail Diversion Center (41 bed), Crisis Respite (16 beds), CSU (16 beds), CRU (18 beds & 16 beds), 24 SRO’s emergently housing homeless, Crisis Call Line + calls and regional 988 response center), 27 CIRT teams, Homeless outreach team, ACT/FACT Teams, multiple outpatient clinics, Offender/Re-Entry Clinics, diversion courts, Harris County Jail (4th largest jail in the country), 5 primary care clinics, Juvenile Detention Services, Alternative Sentencing Dual Dx Resident Treatment Program (140 beds), Peer Respite home (10 beds), Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams, 20 non-law enforcement 911 MH response teams, School based care locations, Detox (8 beds) and outpatient SUD treatment, 5 apartment complexes, 200 transitional housing units, IDD Services, 4 IDD Cottages for residential care, IDD Crisis & Respite, & ECI services

Texas Tech University

Bachelor of Science (BS), Human Development and Family Studies, General

The University of Dallas

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Health Services Administration

Texas Tech University

Masters of Education (M.Ed.), Community Counseling