About: Overview

Mission Road Ministries is a non-profit organization located in San Antonio, Texas, serving more than 500 children and adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities each day with residential, day services and vocational programs. Mission Road receives support from the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, governmental funding and private donations from foundations and individuals.

Founded in 1947, MRM is one of two non-profit organizations in Texas caring for children with mental retardation who have been removed from their family by Child Protective Services because of neglect and abuse. 

Organizational Chart

Organization Chart

POPULATION SERVED

  • 500 children and adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities
  • Ages 3 through adulthood
  • 64 children and more than 400 adults
  • 95 percent of the clients have secondary diagnoses (in addition to mental retardation) that include cerebral palsy, vision impairments, autism, seizure disorder and varying degrees of emotional disturbance.
  • 20 percent of our children are autistic; 20 of the 64 children are non-verbal

FACILITIES

  • 20-acre South San Antonio campus with 6 cottages (5 childrens, 1 adult), Medical Services, Day Services, Education/Training Center, Laundry, Kitchen, Chapel, Gymnasium and Administration building
  • 1 community home for children, 9 community homes for adults
  • 3 apartment complexes offering semi-independent living for adults
  • The Unicorn Centers, Inc., a vocational training facility for adults located on Hamilton Wolfe in the Medical Center

PROGRAMS

  • Children’s Residential Program serving ages 3-17 years
  • Child Placement Services – placing children referred by Texas Dept. of Protective and Regulatory Services in foster care
  • Adult Residential Services Program serving 18+ year-olds in HCS and ICF-MR group homes
  • Day Activity and Health Services serving severely handicapped adults
  • Day Habilitation Program serving adults with moderate to mild mental retardation
  • Vocational Program (Unicorn Centers, Inc.) – training and job placement for adults
  • In-home and Family Support – serving children and adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities in their own homes

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MISSION ROAD MINISTRIES' BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bruce L. Weilbacher, Chairman 

President, Weilbacher & Associates, P.C.

Stephen B. Wilde, Vice Chairman

President, Glass Management Co.

Kim Peacock, Secretary

Buyer, Personal Shopper, Julian Gold

Jack C. Hebdon, Jr., Treasurer

V.P. & C.F.O., Watermark Hotel Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Van Horn, Immediate Past Chairman

Vice President of Risk Management and Trading Controls, Valero Energy Corporation

 

Sandi Cavazos
Assistant Vice President, Frost Bank

John Dunlap
Account Vice President, Southwest Business Corporation

Maxine Farrimond
Retired, UTSA

David H. Harte
Self-Employed, Retired

Harvey P. Hartenstine
Executive Vice President, Private Client Services Manager, Broadway Bank

Mary Jean Hernandez
Human Resources Manager, NuStar Energy

Kevin McLoughlin
Insurance Agent, Nationwide Insurance

Ed Moore
Vice President, Applied Physics Division, Southwest Research Institute

Dianne Schick
Community Volunteer

Gail Smith
Homemaker, Community Volunteer

Ellen M. Snow, Ph.D.
Educational Psychologist, Educational Associates

Jennifer Sparr
Lawyer, Self-Employed

Barbara Anne Stephens
Consultant, Bacon Lee & Associates

Daniel Tablada, Jr.
Management Consultant

Fred Vanden Bosch
Retired, United States Postal Service

Angie Wiskocil
Sr. Vice President, Software Development/ Information Technology, AT&T

David Zachry
President, Zachry Construction Corporation

Amy D. Zesch
Homemaker, Community Volunteer