blue cross blue shield, the mexican consulate is there, the red cross is there. and we're there to provide all the services any family may need. and if you need something that's not there, let me know. we will find it for you. and that's going to be open and continue until june 1st. we are open from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. there's also food there and a play center for children. and please come and see us. any victims, anybody that needs help, please come there. it's a resource for everybody. there's also a victim services center at the civic center that's run by the school district. and that's for anybody affected in the school district. and they have that service there. we thank everybody. we appreciate your support, and please, keep our victims in your prayers. these families of the deceased children and school teachers, and keep us strong. thank you. >> thank you, and now i'm going to call up seven leaders of seven different state agencies to give you a very brief explanation of what their particular agency does. there are more than seven that are involved in this process. but we're callingp these seven. first is the health and human services commissioner, cecily young. >> good afternoon. i'm cecily young, and executive commissioner at health and human services. we do medicaid, s.n.a.p., and we have eligibility assistance available, and we'll continue to have eligibility assistance available on an ongoing basis wruns we move into the next phase of this. additionally, as the governor mentioned, we have an 888 number. it's for mental health services. 888-690-0799. this is run by hill country local mental health authorities. so it is local, it is a 24-hours, 7 days a week call center able to connect people with services, counseling, medication, telecounseling services, and telepsychiatry services. and they will be able to insure that anyone in the community that calls in will be connected to other available mental health services. so it is a way to triage, again, to try to make it as easy as possible for the members of the community. >> thank you. next is the texas department of insurance commissioner, cassie brown. >> good afternoon. i'm cassie brown. i serve as the commissioner of insurance for the texas department of insurance. tdi is here to insure that insurance companies are appropriately and quickly handling claims. what our department does is oversee the health insurance as well as the workers compensation insurance claims. so if you are going to -- if you're a private sector employee, i'm sorry, if you're a public sector employee, those employed by the school district or first responders, they'll have workers compensation coverage. private sector employees should check with their employer to see if they carry workers comp. workers comp covers mental illness and ptsd, so please make sure that you are taking advantage of that benefit for you. we have staff available at the fairplex center to help you start the process, for processing your workers compensation claims and to explain all of the benefits available to you under the system. >> thank you. now for the teachers retirement system, brian guthrie. >> thank you. good afternoon. my name is brian guthrie. i'm the executive director of the teachers retirement system of texas. we're here today to not only help the families of the two teachers who tragically lost their lives and provide them the benefits they are due, but also to help all the employees of not only this school district but all the surrounding school districts to make sure they have access to mental health and behavioral health services. we also recognize that not all the employees of these districts are members of our system. and offer our health care program, but we want to thank our partners for extending those benefits to everyone who is employed in this district or any of the surrounding districts. thank you. >> thank you. and now for the texas employees retirement system,p porter wilson. >> i am porter wilson, executive director of the employee retirement system of texas. we provide retirement benefits and more importantly, health insurance benefits to state employees and also to employees of higher education in the community, so the local community college employees will get health insurance from health select of texas which is provided by blued of texas. we have activated 24-hour crisis hotline to help connect medical and mental health services, and we have that information available on the flier. >> thank you. and now from the texas workforce commission, ed serna. >> my name is ed serna, i'm the executive director of the texas workforce commission. the workforce commission has a local presence on main street in our local workforce development office. through that office, we'll provide child care services for not only the families of the victims but also anyone who is associated in the school or first responders. we'll also look to protect any tana or s.n.a.p. benefits an individual is receiving. so that they don't lose those benefits because they're unable to work or to continue their training. we'll also assist with anyone needing priority concerning unemployment benefits or businesses that need assistance during this time. we're available locally, so please, and we're also out at the assistance center as well. thank you.