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Adoption

  • Adoption Choices of Texas

    Texas-licensed, full-service adoption agency. Birth parent hotline 24/7: 945-444-0333; adoptive parents: 832-971-1358.

  • Texas Adoption Center

    Statewide

    Licensed infant adoption agency in Texas offering personalized support to expectant parents considering adoption and to adoptive families, plus post-adoption services. Call 512-893-7943 or text 361-461-3742.

  • Texas Adoption Resource Exchange (TARE) — DFPS

    Statewide

    Becoming a foster or adoptive family in Texas: how to begin with the Department of Family and Protective Services, requirements, steps and information meetings.

Free / Subsidized Childcare

  • AVANCE — Head Start and Early Head Start

    Head Start for children three to five, and Early Head Start for expectant mothers and children six weeks to three years, from a Texas family-education nonprofit.

  • ChildCareGroup

    Dallas early childhood leader: Head Start and public Pre-K programs, home visiting programs, child care scholarships (financial help with child care) and family resources including Help Me Grow North Texas. Child care assistance: 214-630-5949.

  • Head Start & Early Head Start

    Nationwide

    Free preschool, child care and family support for eligible families. Find a program near you online or by phone (Mon–Fri 8–6 ET).

Churches / Baby Closets

  • Prestonwood Pregnancy Center

    Free pregnancy services and sonograms in Richardson, Southwest Dallas and Fort Worth. Its Family Resource Center lets new and expecting moms earn store credit ($15 per in-person class) to shop the boutique for baby and maternity items; classes in English and Spanish on pregnancy, parenting and more.

Clothing / Supplies

  • Prestonwood Pregnancy Center

    Free pregnancy services and sonograms in Richardson, Southwest Dallas and Fort Worth. Its Family Resource Center lets new and expecting moms earn store credit ($15 per in-person class) to shop the boutique for baby and maternity items; classes in English and Spanish on pregnancy, parenting and more.

Domestic Violence

Employment

  • Dress for Success Austin

    Career development programs and professional attire for women in Central Texas, through referrals from nonprofit and government agencies.

  • Dress for Success Dallas

    Interview attire through partner referral agencies, and a career centre for women seeking work.

  • Dress for Success Houston

    Interview attire through partner referral agencies, and a career centre for women seeking work.

  • Dress for Success San Antonio

    Interview attire through partner referral agencies, and a career centre for women seeking work.

  • American Job Centers (CareerOneStop)

    Nationwide

    Free local help with job searches, training and career services. Find your nearest American Job Center online or by phone.

  • Dress for Success

    Nationwide

    Professional clothing and career support for women. Find your local Dress for Success on the website.

  • Easterseals — Employment Services

    Nationwide

    Job training and employment support for people with disabilities through local Easterseals affiliates.

  • Goodwill Career Centers

    Nationwide

    Free job training, career coaching, résumé and interview help at local Goodwill career centers.

Potential Financial Assistance

  • The Salvation Army — Texas Division

    Statewide

    Emergency rent and utility assistance to help families struggling with basic bills stay in their homes; local teams assess each family's needs.

  • Catholic Charities USA (Find a Local Agency)

    Nationwide

    Find the Catholic Charities agency serving your area for emergency, family and housing help.

  • Modest Needs

    Nationwide

    Small one-time grants for working individuals and families facing an emergency expense. Apply online.

  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul

    Nationwide

    Parish volunteers who help neighbors in need. The national office does not give direct help: ask your nearest Catholic parish for its St. Vincent de Paul conference.

  • The Salvation Army

    Nationwide

    Emergency rent, utility and other assistance through local Salvation Army offices nationwide.

Food Programs

Health Assistance

  • CommUnityCare Health Centers

    Central Texas health centres providing care regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, including CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care.

  • Legacy Community Health

    Houston-area community health clinics offering care from free pregnancy testing to prenatal and postnatal care, with screening for food, housing, financial and transportation needs.

  • Nurse-Family Partnership — Texas

    Statewide

    A registered nurse visits expectant parents at home during pregnancy and the child's first years, about two and a half years in all. Texas has more than 20 local programs, including Houston, Dallas (Parkland, Ascend), Tarrant County, San Antonio (University Health, Catholic Charities, The Children's Shelter), Austin (Any Baby Can), El Paso, Lubbock, Waco, Laredo, Tyler, the Permian Basin and the Coastal Bend. Nurse-Family Partnership is now run by Changent.

  • Abortion Pill Reversal hotline

    Nationwide

    Started a chemical abortion and regret it? Call as soon as you can.

Housing Assistance & Shelters

  • Family Gateway

    Dallas emergency shelter and supportive services for children and families experiencing homelessness.

  • SEARCH Homeless Services

    Houston nonprofit connecting people living on the streets, individuals and families, with permanent housing, health services and financial benefits, plus ongoing wrap-around support to stay housed.

  • Family Promise

    Nationwide

    Prevention, shelter and housing help for families facing homelessness, through nearly 200 local affiliates. Find yours on the website.

Infant & Baby Equipment

  • The Attic (One Accord for Kids)

    Midland resource centre stocked with clothing, car seats, beds, bedding, toys, diapers and baby gear for foster and adoptive families, families in crisis, and clients of partner organizations. Submit a request online.

Mental Health & Postpartum Assistance

  • Nurse-Family Partnership — Texas

    Statewide

    A registered nurse visits expectant parents at home during pregnancy and the child's first years, about two and a half years in all. Texas has more than 20 local programs, including Houston, Dallas (Parkland, Ascend), Tarrant County, San Antonio (University Health, Catholic Charities, The Children's Shelter), Austin (Any Baby Can), El Paso, Lubbock, Waco, Laredo, Tyler, the Permian Basin and the Coastal Bend. Nurse-Family Partnership is now run by Changent.

  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

    Nationwide

    Call or text 988 any time if you are in crisis.

  • National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

    Nationwide

    Call or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA, free and confidential, for support before, during and after pregnancy.

  • Postpartum Support International HelpLine

    Nationwide

    Support and local resources for postpartum depression and anxiety.

Parenting Classes

Pregnancy Centers

  • Houston Pregnancy Help Center

    Free, confidential pregnancy testing, ultrasound, childbirth and parenting classes, fatherhood classes and pregnancy case management at its Fifth Ward (743 Shotwell, 713-675-2800) and Downtown (3636 San Jacinto, 713-942-2100) centres. Walk-ins welcome.

  • Prestonwood Pregnancy Center

    Free pregnancy services and sonograms in Richardson, Southwest Dallas and Fort Worth. Its Family Resource Center lets new and expecting moms earn store credit ($15 per in-person class) to shop the boutique for baby and maternity items; classes in English and Spanish on pregnancy, parenting and more.

  • Real Options

    North Texas pregnancy clinic offering free, confidential pregnancy testing, sonograms and information on your options at clinics in Allen, Melissa and South Dallas, plus a mobile unit.

  • Trotter House (formerly Austin Pregnancy Resource Center)

    Free, confidential pregnancy help in Austin since 2005: limited sonograms, consulting and accurate information about all your options, with other Trotter House centres in the area.

  • American Pregnancy Association

    Nationwide

    Free, confidential pregnancy helpline and a search for local pregnancy centers, adoption agencies and maternity homes.

  • Care Net Pregnancy Decision Line

    Nationwide

    Free, confidential pregnancy decision coaching by phone, and a map of 1,200+ affiliated pregnancy centers.

  • Heartbeat International (Worldwide Directory of Pregnancy Help)

    Nationwide

    Search 7,000+ life-affirming pregnancy help locations by state, city or ZIP.

  • Option Line

    Nationwide

    Call or text 24/7 to talk about a pregnancy and be connected with a pregnancy center near you.

Special Needs Assistance

Support for Fathers

  • MET, Inc. — Fatherhood Programs

    Fatherhood EFFECT (funded by Texas DFPS, using the 24/7 Dad curriculum) and Fatherhood FIRE for fathers, father figures and teen fathers with children 0-17, in Montgomery, Liberty and San Jacinto counties.

  • National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

    Nationwide

    Resources for dads from a national clearinghouse funded by HHS’s Office of Family Assistance.

Transportation

  • Family Promise

    Nationwide

    Local Family Promise affiliates help families facing homelessness, including gas cards, transit passes and car-related help where available.

  • Medicaid rides to medical appointments (NEMT)

    Nationwide

    Medicaid covers free rides to covered appointments for members with no other way to get there. Call your Medicaid health plan, ideally two days ahead.