AUSTIN (KXAN) — Across Texas, 15 community health centers will get a boost of federal dollars to help Texans and address the nation’s mental health and opioid crises, an announcement said Monday. The selected community health centers will get a total of $8.8 million to start and expand mental health and substance abuse disorder services, the announcement said. These centers support people who are uninsured, underinsured or enrolled in Medicaid. RELATED: About 98% of Texas counties have a mental health professional shortage A 2023 study ranked Texas as the "worst state for mental health care", citing the availability of mental health services and that Texas had the highest percentage of uninsured adults with mental illnesses. The money comes from the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. RELATED: Texas ranks as worst state for mental healthcare Among the health centers is the Georgetown-based Lone Star Circle of Care. The group will get $600,000. Here are the health centers, where they are located and how much money they will get: Asian American Health Coalition of the Greater Houston Area: Houston: $600,000 Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc.: College Station: $600,000 Brownsville Community Health Clinic Corporation: Brownsville: $600,000 Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, Inc.: Corpus Christi: $565,000 Community Health Center of Lubbock: Lubbock: $548,949 The Community Health Service Agency, Inc. of Hunt County: Greenville: $600,000 Cross Timbers Health Clinics Inc.: De Leon: $600,000 El Centro De Corazon: Houston: $600,000 Ellis County Coalition for Health Options: Waxahachie: $441,376 Heart of Texas Community Health Center Inc: Waco: $600,000 Legacy Community Health Services Inc: Houston: $600,000 Lone Star Circle of Care: Georgetown: $600,000 Lone Star Community Health Center, Inc.: Conroe: $600,000 Project Vida Health Center: El Paso: $600,000 Spring Branch Community Health Center: Katy: $600,000 According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 254 of the 256 counties in Texas have a shortage of mental health professionals. The remaining two counties have partial shortage designations. KXAN has reached out to the Lone Star Circle of Care to learn more about how this money will be used locally. This article will be updated when a response is received.