Texas Gov. Abbott vowed to offer mental health help for all in Uvalde, but residents point to roadblocks.

Uvalde residents worry that despite assurances from Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott, mental health resources won't reach many reeling from the school shooting fallout.

UVALDE, Texas — In a picture that Mehle Taylor, 10, drew of Rogelio Torres, one of her close friends brutally killed in last month's school shooting massacre, he wears his favorite red-and-black jacket.

Mehle told her mother how much she misses the boy, who had been her “bus buddy” since pre-kindergarten.

“How do I even begin to tell her she’s never going to see her friend Rogelio again on the bus?” her mother, Tina Ann Quintanilla-Taylor, told NBC News.

Quintanilla-Taylor has not yet sought mental health counseling for Mehle, even though she fears she could later experience post-traumatic stress syndrome or fear returning to school. For now, she's kept her daughter from watching the news and attending memorials or funerals. She decided to let Mehle cope in her own way, at her own pace.

Days after the May 24 shooting, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised an "abundance of mental health services" to help "anyone in the community who needs it ... the totality of anyone who lives in this community." He said the services would be free. "We just want you to ask for them," he said, before giving out the 24/7 hotline number — 888-690-0799.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-gov-abbott-vowed-offer-mental-health-help-uvalde-residents-point-rcna32322


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