A new expansion to Bexar County’s Applewhite Recovery Center opened Thursday on the South Side, adding 130 beds to the county’s only residential campus dedicated to treating people with both mental illness and substance use disorders.

Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores, who represents Precinct 1, where the facility sits, called the $28 million an investment “in people, families and in our entire community.”

She said the project is a critical step toward addressing behavioral-health needs in the county.

“Far too often, individuals in our justice system are dealing with mental illness, and many times they go back into jail again and again and become repeat offenders,” Clay-Flores said. “ This facility gives probationers struggling with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major mood disorder

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