NON-CRISIS 1-800-299-3699
(TOLL FREE)

NON-CRISIS 1-806-337-1000
(AMARILLO AREA)

About Us

Welcome to Texas Panhandle Centers!

Texas Panhandle Centers Behavioral and Developmental Health is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic and is a locally controlled non-profit organization that serves adults and youth with severe mental illness, substance use conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and children from birth to three years of age who experience developmental delays.

TPC provides quality behavioral and developmental health services to over 10,000 individuals and their families each year with the goal of meeting their needs at the right time and place and to keep people connected to their community of choice.

The Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers prioritize quality, experience, innovation, advocacy, and is at the heart of what we do every day Making Lives Better for those we serve.


Libby Moore
Executive Director

Texas Panhandle Center’s Evolution

  • Mar 1966
  • 1967
  • Sep 1973
  • 1988
  • 2000
  • Dec 2010
  • Mar 2022
  • May 2024

March 1966
Amarillo Community MHMR Center


• City of Amarillo Appointed Board of Trustees
• Served only Potter and Randall Counties

1967
Amarillo State Center for Human Development


• Land donated by the Harrington Foundation
• Served clients in 23 counties of the Texas Panhandle

September 1973


• Expanded services to upper 21 counties of the Texas Panhandle

1988
Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority


• Established offices in Dumas, Borger, Perryton, Pampa, Hereford, Clarendon, and Amarillo.

2000
TPC Mental Health Mental Retardation


• Merger of Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority and Amarillo State Center

December 2010
Behavioral and Developmental Health


• Rebranded to better reflect focus and erase stigma attached to intellectual disabilities

March 2022
CCBHC Certification


• Texas Panhandle Centers certified as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic

May 2024
Bivins Pointe Building


• Ribbon cutting and dedication of TPC's Bivins Pointe Building.
• Consolidation of Behavioral Health Services to the Medical Center