Covenant Children’s Hospital launched the region’s only comprehensive outpatient pediatric behavioral health program in late 2023, staffed by pediatric psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and licensed professional counselors. In its first year, the Pediatric Relational Health Center saw over 75,000 encounters, serving more than 12,000 unique patients. This included over 58,000 telehealth visits, 13,000 outpatient visits, and 3,000 partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient visits. The hospital also partners with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, also in Lubbock, to support the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium’s telehealth access program, which provides services to 830 schools in 197 districts. Recently, the hospital was awarded a $4.1 million grant from the state to build a new pediatric inpatient unit, expanding its services and further integrating its outpatient program.
