Charlotte: I am not an attorney, but I have worked with mental health programs and substance abuse programs. I believe your history is preventing you from getting cooperation and/or assistance from the people you've been trying to get assistance from (i.e the school and the police). I believe your history qualifies you, though, to get professional assistance to help connect you to your children -- legally. I'm not saying you don't have a legal right to them now, but I'm saying you need professional people to help you see them within your rights.
A good place for you to start this process is by contacting the Henderson County Mental Health Program. I tried to pull their web page up, but it is not responding. You may even qualify for transportation to and from appointments, but you need to call someone in your county mental health center and explain what you are trying to accomplish (see your children). They will evaluate your situation and tell you how they can assist you. From what you've told us here, I believe a "counselor" will be assigned to your case.
Until you contact mental health, I don't believe you will have much success in getting assistance from anyone else with respect to your children. So, it's my opinion that if you want help, you need to start by calling Henderson County Mental Health. If you can't get through (or if Henderson county doesn't have a mental health program anymore), I've provided a web page where you can contact someone in the state who will help get you through to the closest resource people in your area.
http://texas.nami.org/About.htm
If you do not understand what is written on the web page above, here is an e-mail address for you that will connect you to the state's mental health assistance. Write an e-mail and send it to this address below describing your problem and why you want help.
[email protected]
If you need more help in connecting to someone within the mental health system in Texas, I will try to help you do that to the extent I'm able from here.
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