Victoria County receives $20 million for mental health facility
Published 1:10 pm Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Victoria County has received $20 million in state funding for the construction of a new mental and behavioral health facility, a project county officials say will address a longstanding regional need.
The funding came from Texas Health and Human Services and will support the Victoria County Mental and Behavioral Health Facility, which is being built near Victoria Regional Airport. County officials said the overall project is expected to cost about $40 million.
Site work is already underway at the location.
County Judge Ben Zeller said the project is intended to expand access to mental and behavioral health services in the area.
“As with creating our regional public defenders office, constructing a ground-up mental and behavioral health facility is filling a very real need for people in our area,” Zeller said in a statement.
Zeller said county leaders are grateful for the support they have received from the state, including from Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham), as the project moves forward.
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“This is a project that committed people have been working on for some time to move from the drawing board to blueprints to becoming a reality,” Zeller said. “This twenty million we’ve received from HHS will help move another major County initiative forward.”
The facility will be the first newly built mental and behavioral health center in the region in years, according to the county.
Jakob Gurley is a multimedia journalist with the Victoria Advocate. He can be reached at jakob.gurley@vicad.com.