El Paso Community Mhmr

El Paso Community Mhmr, doing business as Emergence Health Network, is a non-profit mental health and social services organization based in El Paso, Texas, that serves as the local mental health authority for the region. The organization functions primarily as a direct federal grant recipient (64% of recent awards) delivering mental health, substance abuse treatment, housing stability, and crisis intervention services to vulnerable populations, with a secondary footprint as a sub-recipient on pass-through grants from state intermediaries.

Emergence Health Network's federal grant portfolio centers on homelessness prevention and housing, behavioral health services for children and transition-aged youth, substance abuse treatment and harm reduction, and criminal justice diversion. The organization holds recurring annual awards from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), which funds rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, case management, and Homeless Management Information Systems. Representative CoC recipients awards include $358,788 (awarded December 1, 2025, completing November 30, 2026), $281,972 (awarded January 1, 2026, completing December 31, 2026), and $316,934 (awarded January 1, 2025, completing December 31, 2025). Beyond CoC, Emergence Health Network holds SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services grants supporting school-based mental health care, a Children Mental Health Initiative serving El Paso County youth ages birth to 21 with serious emotional disturbance (awarded September 30, 2024, completing September 29, 2028), and a Healthy Transition Program for youth ages 16 to 25 with serious mental illness or substance use disorders (awarded September 30, 2024, completing September 29, 2029). The organization also received a SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment first-responder naloxone training and distribution grant (FR-CARA) covering six Texas counties in the Upper Rio Grande region (awarded September 30, 2023, completing September 29, 2027), supporting training of 1,500 first responders and distribution of 8,000 naloxone units over the four-year period.

Customer concentration is dominated by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (44 awards, reflecting the recurring annual CoC funding cycle), followed by SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (11 awards) and SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (10 awards). Emergence Health Network also receives sub-grant pass-throughs from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Governor's Office, including funding for Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (jail diversion and criminal justice support), school-based crisis intervention teams, and substance abuse intervention and treatment services. Total combined dollars obligated across 81 awards since 1991 is $66.4 million, with activity accelerating in recent years: four awards in 2022, fourteen in 2023, five in 2024, and nineteen in 2025.

The organization's grant work serves predominantly low-income Hispanic populations (approximately 83–85% of service populations). Only three awards reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete cliff exposure. Sub-recipient activity includes multiple sub-awards from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for substance abuse intervention and treatment (awarded September 1, 2025), community mental health system navigation, jail-based crisis response, and Mental Health First Aid training, as well as two sub-awards from the Texas Governor's Office for Forensic Assertive Community Treatment and school-based crisis intervention (awarded November 4, 2025, and January 6, 2025). A COVID-19 assistance sub-award from the Texas Division of Emergency Management (March 15, 2022) funded emergency operational support. Emergence Health Network does not hold federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based through CFDA programs and state intermediaries acting as pass-through grantors.