Our mission To improve the quality of life of persons and their families who are challenged with problems related to mental illness and mental retardation.

Gulf Bend Center is located at 6502 Nursery Drive, Suite 100 in Victoria, Texas. This is the primary location for Gulf Bend Center's outpatient clinic, crisis screening and assessment services, community support services, and administrative offices. Gulf Bend Center was created under the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1965, which established a statewide system of locally, governed public community mental health and mental retardation centers. In 1970, after considerable research and planning by community and state leaders, the Center opened its doors to the people of Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, and Victoria Counties. In 1974, Lavaca County joined the local service area. Our communities look to us as a provider of services for a very special segment of the population of those persons experiencing mental illness, specifically the serious and persistent mentally ill including persons with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. The Center also addresses the needs of persons with developmental disabilities and related conditions.                                                               Annually, the Center will serve approximately 1,900 adults with mental illness, 550 children and adolescents with an emotional disturbance or mental disorder and 200 persons with developmental disabilities.