Family Help in Texas: Helping Resources

Take an honest look at your child's behavior and family situation.
Become informed of your child's issues.
Network the resources listed on the Family Help pages and throughout the Focus website to find referrals to mental health services and supportive programs.
Follow through on professional advice and treatment plans.
Build a support system from family, friends, self-help groups, and your place of worship.

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Hotlines & Helplines - Programs & Services

Self-Help & Support Groups

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1-866-620-1418

EAGLE VALLEY RANCH

Residential treatment center

for girls, ages 12-17

Scholarships available

1-866-514-4744

RED ROCK CANYON SCHOOL

Residential treatment center

for youth, ages 12-17,

with year-round enrollment

1-800-635-4441

FALCON RIDGE RANCH

Residential treatment program

for girls, ages 12-17,

with year-round enrollment

1-866-968-4673

MOUNT CARMEL YOUTH RANCH

Christian-based short-term and long-term outdoor therapeutic programs for boys, ages 12-18

1-866-971-3322

CEDAR BREAKS ACADEMY

Residential treatment center

for girls, ages 12-17,

with year-round enrollment

1-800-793-7401

RE-CREATION RETREAT

Therapeutic boarding school

for girls, ages 13-17,

with year-round enrollment

435-691-0856

FUTURE MEN

Christian residential program

for young men, ages 16-20,

with year-round enrollment

417-546-4171

COLT SCHOOLS

Christian outdoor programs

for youth, ages 12-18

406-722-2658

NEW HOPE

21-day outdoor and wilderness camps

held each month throughout the year

417-683-9793

BONNEVILLE CANYON RETREAT

Life skills learning center

for young men, ages 18 and over

1-866-800-9517

Helping Resources

Advocacy, Inc.

512-454-4816 Austin

1-800-252-9108

Advocates for, protects, and advances the legal, human, and service rights of people with disabilities.

Association for Neurologically Impaired Children (AFNIC)

512-444-1641

Advocates for children with neurological disabilities (e.g., Tourette Syndrome), provides support to families. Visit Tourette Syndrome.

Attention Deficit Disorders Association--Southern Region (ADDA-SR)

281-897-0982

Resource, support, and advocacy network for those effected by ADD and ADHD. Visit ADD & ADHD.

Children's Health Insurance Program

1-800-647-6558

Health insurance for children, 19 years and younger, whose families earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid health care, yet cannot afford to buy private insurance. Read Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits Update (02-01-04).

The Elisa Project

214-369-5222

1-866-TEP-1999

Promotes healthy living and awareness of the signs of eating disorders through educational programs and resources. Visit Eating Disorders.

Learning Disabilities Association of Texas

1-800-604-7500

Parent/professional organization that promotes the education and general welfare of individuals with learning disabilities.

Mental Health Association of Texas

512-454-3706

Broad-based citizens' organization to promote mental health, prevent mental health illness through research and education, and improve care and treatment for persons with mental illness. Go to their Parenting Information site. Visit Bipolar Disorder.

Partners Resource Network

1-800-866-4726

Provides services across the state of Texas to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with all types of disabilities.

Prevent Child Abuse Texas

512-250-8438

Works to prevent child abuse and neglect in all its forms throughout Texas. Visit Abuse and Abuse: Emotional.

PROVE - Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education

Provides information on vaccines, and the immunization policies and practices that affect the children and adults of Texas.

Rachel Alert Network

Helps prevent abductions through awareness education and provides information to friends and families of abducted persons.

Reach Me

409-935-5183

Helping protective parents when their child is being sexually abused by the other parent and the courts have failed to protect the child.

TexProtects

214-442-1672

The Texas Association for the Protection of Children advocates for the prevention of child abuse, the well-being and safety of young people, and the healing of survivors. Visit Abuse and Neglect.

Texans for Safe Education

1-800-572-2905

Citizens' group whose purpose is to defend the safety of children by educating the public on society's dangerous current decision to give psychiatric drugs to an estimated 1,000,000 of the school-age children in Texas. Read Letter to the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) regarding their opposition to the Child Medication Safety Act.

Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

512-474-7190

Ending sexual violence in Texas through education, prevention, and advocacy. Visit Abuse: Sexual.

Texas Center for the Missing

713-599-0235

Missing children's organization that provides child ID kits, parent education programs, search assistance, and supportive services. Visit Runaways & Missing Children.

Texas Council on Family Violence

512-794-1133

1-800-799-7233 24-Hour

Works to end family violence through partnerships, advocacy and direct services for women, children and men.

Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse

1-800-346-3243 24 Hour

Develops information that may assist in locating missing children and adults, and publishes and distributes a monthly bulletin listing missing and unidentified persons from Texas as well as missing persons from other states who may be in Texas. Visit Runaways & Missing Children.

Texas Youth Commission World of Prevention

512-424-6336

Directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of child and adolescent problems and the promotion of youth development in families, schools and communities. Visit Adolescence.