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Information and Referral
As part of your service plan, you may be referred to available resources in the community that best meet your needs and support your efforts to become more self-sufficient. You may choose, on your own, to access the available resources below:
| 211 | 2-1-1 Texas, a program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, is committed to helping Texas citizens connect with the services they need. | visit website |
| APAA | APAA is a non-profit organization with the purpose of providing recovery support services to individuals in or seeking recovery from alcohol or drug addiction. | visit website |
| Attitudes and Attire | Attitudes & Attire™ builds the self-esteem of women entering the workforce and to provide professional interview attire. | visit website |
| City of Dallas-Grandparent Raising Grandchildren Program | The Grandparent Support Program is a member of Dallas County Kincare Network, a group of organizations and agencies in Dallas County who provide assistance to grandparents and other relatives raising children. | visit website |
| Concord Counseling Center | The Concord Church Counseling Ministry provides counseling for the community and aids in the professional development of counselors and supervisors | visit website |
| Consumer Credit Counseling Services | CCCS has been providing consumers with the tools necessary to improve their financial wellness. | visit website |
| Habitat for Humanity | Helping make simple, decent and affordable housing a reality. | visit website |
| Head Start of Greater Dallas | Head Start of Greater Dallas serves low-income, preschool-age children and their families at 40 center locations throughout Dallas County. | visit website |
| Interfaith housing Coalition | Helping families transition to self-sufficiency and new hope! | visit website |
| Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Free at Last Support Groups | Each group is designed to encourage, equip, and enable participants to become healthy and productive believers in Christ. | visit website |
| People Helping People | The People Helping People Program (PHP) has been assisting 62+ years of age or disabled homeowners with minor exterior home repairs. | visit website |
| Project RIO | Project RIO provides a link between education, training and employment during incarceration with employment, training and education after release. | visit website |
| Southern Area Behavioral Healthcare | Southern Area Behavioral Healthcare provides competent crisis and urgent psychiatric care services to South Dallas. | visit website |
| Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas | If you are in crisis or contemplating suicide, call us. Our trained, caring counselors are ready to listen. We're available 24/7 at (214) 828-1000. | visit website |
| Texas Attorney General Child Support Division | As the official child support enforcement agency for the State of Texas, the Office of the Attorney General provides services for parents who wish to obtain or provide support for their children. | visit website |
| Texas Department of Family Protective Services | The mission of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is to protect the unprotected—children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. | visit website |
| The Texas Workforce Commission | The Texas Workforce Commission offers workforce development services to Texas job seekers, employers, and more. | visit website |
| The Family Place | The Family Place is the largest family violence service provider in the Dallas area reaching out to thousands of victims of family violence each year with award-winning programs that keep women and children safe. | visit website |
| Union Gospel Mission- Center of Hope | Our goal is to restore homeless men, women and children of our community to a productive life by encouraging them in their Christian faith and teaching them needed life and job skills. | visit website |
| Volgel Alcove | To improve the lives of young homeless children during their critical developmental years and to support their families as they begin the process of emotional and economic recovery. | visit website |
