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For a medically complex child or adult, the transition from hospital to home can be a difficult one. Our mission is to make this process smoother and less overwhelming by assisting with everything from coordinating the discharge process with the hospital case manager to settling in after returning home. No matter your situation, having the right help in place can make a world of difference to you and your family.

24/7
Updated within the last 2 months.

The Charlie Naylor Campus offers a wide array of non-clinical services and supports to help youth initiate, support, and maintain recovery from substance use disorders.

The Charlie Naylor Campus offers youth and young adults:

  • Peer Counseling with trained staff who are also in long-term recovery.
  • Facilitated Support Group Meetings. Support groups allow participants to share their experiences in an environment that encourages vulnerability and honesty.
  • Social Activities that promote a healthy, sober engagement with life.
  • Education and Employment Support. This includes; resume building, homework help, application support, guidance and resources, and referrals to other agencies.
  • Community Service Projects for our youth and young adults to give back to the community. Past projects have included a community garden, volunteering at animal shelters, and working community events.

Youth age 13-21.

Free

Admin Hours: Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED Program Hours: Monday: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM Tuesday: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM Wednesday: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM Thursday: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday: dependent upon activities (Follow Events) Saturday: dependent upon activities (Follow Events) Sunday: CLOSED Messaging System On-Call Hours: Monday - Friday: After 5:00 PM and Before 8:00 AM Saturday and Sunday: 24 hours
Updated within the last month

If you are currently experiencing homelessness or are at risk of becoming homeless, Homelink can help by assessing your situation and connecting you with the most appropriate housing resource.

This Homelink Access Point serves young adults 18-24.

After enrolling with Homelink, if your need is not met by an immediate referral, you must maintain your eligibility every 30 days. This will be explained further during your Homelink assessment.

Hours
Monday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last 4 months.

Community Health Workers, or Promotores de Salud, increase wellness by reaching out to, connecting with, and engaging underserved families and communities to help improve health outcomes for themselves, their families, and the communities in which they live.

Methodist Healthcare Ministries' Community Health Workers are certified by the Texas Department of State Health (DSHS).

Services include:

  • Establishing positive, trusting relationships with community residents in or from underserved communities.
  • Helping patients/clients, families, and underserved communities overcome barriers in language and culture to better connect to quality health care services and resources.
  • Connecting underserved populations to health care services and resources.
  • Providing informal counseling, support, and follow-up home visits for patients/clients.
  • Aiding in the creation and maintenance of community partnerships, collaborations, programs, and services.
Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last 3 months.

Case Management

Following the ACT model, we have case management teams that provide services to all of the clients assigned to the team. Each client has multiple case managers working with them on a weekly rotation.

Our clients benefit by having multiple direct care staff providing input and strategies to best assist them reach their goals. Our clients have continuity of care when a case manager may be absent due to illness or vacation, as well as moving to a different position and no longer providing case management services. Each team has a Team Leader who coordinates the recovery and treatment plan of each client with the case managers and coordinates with the other community providers the client is utilizing for services.

Psychiatrist

We have agreements with psychiatrists to see clients who are receiving services from True MHS. We do not provide psychiatric services directly through True MHS. Our agreements with psychiatrists enable us to schedule an initial appointment within a few days of intake to our case management services, rather than clients waiting several months for an initial appointment.

This is extremely beneficial for our new clients who begin our services following an inpatient hospital admission. The client can be seen within 7 days after their discharge date for their follow-up psychiatric appointment. Then the client will be scheduled with the psychiatrist for monthly follow-up appointments. If a client has an outpatient psychiatrist that they have a relationship with and want to continue their services, we are still able to provide case management services and the client does not need to change doctors.

To help our clients achieve success, our case managers:

  • Coordinate the transition from the hospital after discharge to the client’s home
  • Teach coping strategies for experienced symptoms
  • Teach awareness of triggers for experienced symptoms
  • Teach coping strategies to address triggers
  • Educate about the benefits of taking medications
  • Assist and educate clients to complete doctor appointments
  • Assist and educate clients to fill prescriptions at pharmacies
  • Substance abuse education and assistance with rehabilitation
  • Teach interpersonal and social skills
  • Help secure safe housing
  • Teach budgeting and money management skills
  • Educate about community resources and how to access them
  • Assist clients access resources for employment
  • Assist clients access resources for education
  • And teach our clients anything else they need for their recovery and success

In addition to case managers meeting directly with clients in the community, we provide 24-hour crisis support to assist our clients after business hours. 

Vivian Suniga Send email
Updated within the last 1 month.

Here’s how Safe Place works:

Step One – A young person enters a Safe Place and asks for help.

Step Two – The site employee finds a comfortable place for the youth to wait while they call the licensed Safe Place agency. For the greater San Antonio area that is Roy Maas Youth Alternatives (RMYA).

Step Three – An RMYA staff member will talk with the youth to get more information and explain that an SAPD officer can escort them to the RMYA Bridge Emergency shelter.  If the child is agreeable, the RMYA staff will contact SAPD to transport the youth to the shelter. 

Step Four – Once at the Bridge, direct-care staff and counselors meet with the youth and provide support. Agency staff ensures the youth and their families receive the help and professional services they need.

This program is for youth under the age of 18 in need of immediate help and safety.

Free

Open 24 hours
Youth Hotline
(210) 340-8090
Updated within the last 4 months.

The Adult Behavioral Health Services Integrated Care team provides holistic medical, psychiatric, and recovery services that empower patients to make positive life changes. The team works with each person to set and achieve goals for restoring and maintaining health and personal well-being. Services include medical treatment by psychiatric and primary care staff in the same clinic location, health and wellness coaching and support, therapy, skills development, and comprehensive coordination with community resources.

Enrollment
(210) 261-2427
Updated within the last 1 month.

The New Start program increases engagement in substance abuse treatment, behavioral health, and HIV services for underserved populations at risk for HIV/AIDS.

Program services include:

  • substance use treatment
  • mental health counseling
  • patient navigation
  • HIV testing

Additional Benefits:

  • HIV Home Self Test Kits
  • Bus Passes
  • Gift Cards

Eligibility criteria:

  • must be 18 years old or older
  • must live in Bexar County
  • must currently be using or have a history of drug use in the past 12 months
  • must be living with HIV or be at risk of acquiring HIV

FREE

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last 2 months.

Services

  • Medical
  • Adult Medicine
  • Women's Health
    FREE pregnancy testing available!
  • Pediatric Medicine
  • Teen Health
  • Senior Care
  • Behavioral Health
  • WIC Program
  • STD/HIV Screening & Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory
    (Provided by Quest Diagnostics)
Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last month

We can provide information on what food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters are available near your location. We can also help you apply for Food Stamps. For assistance, call the number below.

Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Updated within the last 5 months.

Veterans helping veterans is a Ministry, found it at true Vision Church, that brings veterans within the surrounding communities together for Fellowship to collaborate and share information on Veteran Affairs, claims and benefits. This ministry assists in providing meaningful insight about underutilized resources made available by the Department of Veterans Affairs to our country’s veterans.

Along with collaborative information shared during the fellowship, guests from different agencies of the Veterans Affairs Community will provide representations of the latest issues concerning veterans. VHV is not staffed with the Department of Veterans Affairs trained or certified Personnel therefore we do not advise veterans on how to file Veterans Affairs claims. Through Ministry we encourage our fellow veterans, provide information of where are some resources entitled to them can be obtained, and pray with them while they journey through their post military years.

Click here if you would like to receive notifications of upcoming meeting dates, and we will add you to our subscriber list.

Hours
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday: CLOSED
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Anthony Grant
Updated within the last week

Helping patients understand what happens after their physician has diagnosed a life-limiting illness is a standard educational component when consulting families. We educate clients about facts and myths of hospice care so they have a better understanding of the condition and how to deal with it.

Hospice Services Include:

  • Aide Services
  • Bereavement Counseling
  • Medications as Related to Hospice Diagnosis
  • Nursing Services
  • Physician Services
  • Social Worker Support Services
  • Spiritual Care Services
  • Volunteer Services
24/7
Updated within the last 2 months.

Hospice focuses on caring, not curing and in most cases care is provided in the patient's home. Hospice care also is provided in freestanding hospice centers, hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities.

The hospice team develops a care plan that meets each patient's individual needs for pain management and symptom control.

Among its major responsibilities, the interdisciplinary hospice team:

  • Manages the patient’s pain and symptoms; 
  • Assists the patient with the emotional psychosocial and spiritual aspects of dying; 
  • Provides needed drugs, medical supplies, and equipment; 
  • Coaches the family on how to care for the patient; 
  • Delivers special services like speech and physical therapy when needed; 
  • Makes short-term inpatient care available when pain or symptoms become too difficult to manage at home, or the caregiver needs respite time; and 
  • Provides bereavement care and counseling to surviving family and friends.
24/7
Updated within the last 2 months.

General Women’s Care:

  • Family Planning
  • Pre-Pregnancy Counseling
  • Free Pregnancy Testing
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases Counseling and Treatment
  • Well-Woman Care (Annual Physical)
  • Gynecological Problems

Obstetric Care:

  • Prenatal Orientation/Education
  • Prenatal Care
  • Obstetric Deliveries
  • Post-Partum Education
Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Updated within the last month

The Texas A&M University Colonias Program helps increase self-sufficiency and enhances the quality of life for colonias residents all along the Texas-Mexico border.

Colonias are economically distressed, relatively undeveloped communities located near population centers on the U.S. side of the border. They often lack one or more neighborhood infrastructure elements such as running water, electricity, or paved roads.

Colonias program staff partner with a wide variety of public and private agencies to provide literacy and job training, health education, and economic and community development for colonias residents.

Oscar J Munoz Send email
(800) 633-2374
Updated within the last year

Here’s how Safe Place works:

Step One – A young person enters a Safe Place and asks for help.

Step Two – The site employee finds a comfortable place for the youth to wait while they call the licensed Safe Place agency. For the greater San Antonio area that is Roy Maas Youth Alternatives (RMYA).

Step Three – An RMYA staff member will talk with the youth to get more information and explain that an SAPD officer can escort them to the RMYA Bridge Emergency shelter.  If the child is agreeable, the RMYA staff will contact SAPD to transport the youth to the shelter. 

Step Four – Once at the Bridge, direct-care staff and counselors meet with the youth and provide support. Agency staff ensures the youth and their families receive the help and professional services they need.

This program is for youth under the age of 18 in need of immediate help and safety.

Free.

Open 24 hours
Youth Hotline
(210) 340-8090
Updated within the last 4 months.

We assist and pay for the uninsured, the homeless, veterans, and those re-entering society from prison to obtain Texas ID's, Birth Certificates, and Social Security Cards.

An ID makes it possible to apply for a job, housing, food stamps, disability, and to open a bank account. We also help those we serve to connect with those resources.

24/7
Ramon Chapa, Jr Send email
(210) 365-5250
Updated within the last month

Here’s how Safe Place works:

Step One – A young person enters a Safe Place and asks for help.

Step Two – The site employee finds a comfortable place for the youth to wait while they call the licensed Safe Place agency. For the greater San Antonio area that is Roy Maas Youth Alternatives (RMYA).

Step Three – An RMYA staff member will talk with the youth to get more information and explain that an SAPD officer can escort them to the RMYA Bridge Emergency shelter.  If the child is agreeable, the RMYA staff will contact SAPD to transport the youth to the shelter. 

Step Four – Once at the Bridge, direct-care staff and counselors meet with the youth and provide support. Agency staff ensures the youth and their families receive the help and professional services they need.

This program is for youth under the age of 18 in need of immediate help and safety.

Free.

Open 24 hours
Youth Hotline
(210) 340-8090
Updated within the last 4 months.

Here’s how Safe Place works:

Step One – A young person enters a Safe Place and asks for help.

Step Two – The site employee finds a comfortable place for the youth to wait while they call the licensed Safe Place agency. For the greater San Antonio area that is Roy Maas Youth Alternatives (RMYA).

Step Three – An RMYA staff member will talk with the youth to get more information and explain that an SAPD officer can escort them to the RMYA Bridge Emergency shelter.  If the child is agreeable, the RMYA staff will contact SAPD to transport the youth to the shelter. 

Step Four – Once at the Bridge, direct-care staff and counselors meet with the youth and provide support. Agency staff ensures the youth and their families receive the help and professional services they need.

This program is for youth under the age of 18 in need of immediate help and safety.

Free.

Open 24 hours
Youth Hotline
(210) 340-8090
Updated within the last 4 months.
7.56 miles away, 5565 FM 78, Kirby, TX, 78219

Here’s how Safe Place works:

Step One – A young person enters a Safe Place and asks for help.

Step Two – The site employee finds a comfortable place for the youth to wait while they call the licensed Safe Place agency. For the greater San Antonio area that is Roy Maas Youth Alternatives (RMYA).

Step Three – An RMYA staff member will talk with the youth to get more information and explain that an SAPD officer can escort them to the RMYA Bridge Emergency shelter.  If the child is agreeable, the RMYA staff will contact SAPD to transport the youth to the shelter. 

Step Four – Once at the Bridge, direct-care staff and counselors meet with the youth and provide support. Agency staff ensures the youth and their families receive the help and professional services they need.

This program is for youth under the age of 18 in need of immediate help and safety.

Free.

Open 24 hours
Youth Hotline
(210) 340-8090
Updated within the last 4 months.

The Easter Seals ECI program serves infants and toddlers ages birth to 3 years with developmental delays, medical diagnoses that typically result in developmental delays, and hearing and vision impairments.

Anyone can refer a child for an evaluation. Services are based upon the concerns of the infant or toddler's family as well as the concerns of the interdisciplinary team based upon their professional opinions and observations during the evaluation.

An Individualized Family Service Plan is developed with the family and services are selected based upon the type of discipline, frequency, and intensity that will best meet the child's needs.

Services are provided in the child's natural environment (where the child spends his or her day. All children and families are provided with a service coordinator and case management services. Children must be re-evaluated for continued eligibility annually.

Transition services are also provided to all families to ensure that children need to continue to receive services after his or her 3rd birthday.

Insurance, Medicaid, Tricare, CHIP are accepted and families may be required to pay a monthly fee based on a sliding scale.

Office hours: Mon-Fri, 8:00am-5:00pm
Linda Tapia
(210) 614-3911
Lou Mangold
(210) 614-3911
Updated within the last 1 month.

The San Antonio Food Bank assists clients with application and renewal assistance for various federal benefits.

Call or email with questions regarding benefits assistance.

Free.

Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Sunday: CLOSED
Denise Morales
(210) 486-3750
SAFB Benefits Assistance
(210) 431-8326
Updated within the last 2 months.

FAM210 is a confidential, free program at University Health that connects those diagnosed with HIV, or anyone interested in HIV-related topics, to support and understand those living with HIV. Our peer mentors have the experience, skills, and knowledge of living with HIV.

We provide family-centered primary and secondary specialty medical care for individuals who identify as transgender, women of all ages, infants, children, male youth up to age 24, and the affected family members of these populations.

Updated within the last week

Texas HCS (TX HCS) is our company that provides HCS services (Home and Community-Based Services) in our Beaumont, Harlingen, McAllen, and San Antonio service regions…offering 3 and 4 person group residences, along with the entire array of available HCS services since 1993 in San Antonio and McAllen, since 2000 in Beaumont, and most recently since 2007 in Harlingen.

We take great pride in the development of each of these companies, each serving many people with great success.

Nancy Wall
(210) 442-7926
Updated within the last 2 months.

ACCESS provides individualized comprehensive services to address the special needs of individuals with mental health stipulations who are on probation/parole.

Helps with:

  • Outpatient mental health treatment, including medication management
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation
  • Employment
  • Connection to support resources

Criminal Justice referrals needed.

Monday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Thursday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Justice Programs @ Palo Alto
(210) 261-3200
Updated within the last 5 months.

This program creates a coordinated network of serving service members, veterans, and their families.

Alamo Veterans Network evaluates your personal goals and directs you to public, private, and nonprofit organizations providers who can help you reach your goals.

Alamo Veterans Network providers cover a comprehensive range of services, including:

  • Benefits
  • Health & Social Enrichment
  • Clothing & Household Goods
  • Housing
  • Spiritual Enrichment
  • Education
  • Individual & Family Support Services
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Employment
  • Legal
  • Transportation
  • Food
  • Money Management
  • Utilities

The Alamo Veterans Network assists service members, veterans, and their families in the Alamo Area (Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, McMullen, and Wilson counties).

You only have to provide eligibility information once, and Alamo Veterans Network providers work together to serve you.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last 4 months.

The Area Agencies on Aging are dedicated to building a community that supports older residents and allows them to age in place with dignity, security, and enhanced quality of life. Services include congregate meals, home-delivered meals, benefits counseling, care coordination, legal assistance, nutrition, counseling and training, caregiver support, and transportation services.

These Call Center Specialists will provide assistance information and referrals to services for individuals who are 60 years of age or older, as well as individuals of any age who are eligible for Medicare.

Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Alamo Service Connection
(210) 477-3275
Updated within the last 4 months.

Service Coordination

The following programs are facilitated by a staff member, called a Services Coordination Specialist, who oversees the activities and services for eligible individuals.

  • Safety Net Services: These services are intended to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities remain in their own or their family’s home.
  • Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) is a Medicaid waiver program that provides services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live with their family, in their own home, in a foster/companion setting, or a residence with no more than three others receiving services.
  • Texas Home Living (TxHmL): This Medicaid waiver program provides essential services so that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities may continue to live with their families.
  • Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability (ICF/IID) program is a community-based residential service option provided in homes with six or more individuals. This ICF/IID program provides similar services provided in an HCS residential home. The services include staff available to assist individuals with identified needs, access to medical care, the opportunity to attend Day Habilitation or similar programs, and participation in community activities. Click here to learn more. 

The first step in determining if an individual qualifies for IDD services is to complete the Intake Application. Click here for the application form.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last year

It can be confusing to find help for older adults and people with disabilities. Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) are part of the No Wrong Door system, which is designed to streamline public access to long-term services and supports (LTSS).

ADRCs serve as a key point of access to person-centered LTSS specialized information, referral and assistance and provide one-stop access to information for people who need help finding LTSS.

ADRCs help cut through the confusing maze of funding sources, multiple intake systems, and eligibility processes.

Who Should Call an ADRC?

Finding help for older adults and people with disabilities can be overwhelming. When you call 855-YES-ADRC (855-937-2372), it becomes much easier. By making the call, you will talk to a trained professional who will guide you to the right service options to help meet your needs.

Whether you are looking for long-term care services or supports for yourself or someone else, give the ADRC number a call.

  • You can call for yourself or a family member
  • You can call for a neighbor
  • You can call for a friend
  • You can call for a client you are helping

Even if you don’t need services or supports right now, give us a call to learn about what may be available.

Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Bexar County ADRC
(210) 477-3275
Updated within the last 2 months.

In partnership with the San Antonio Food Bank, West Avenue Compassion offers Social Services Referrals. Through the application process, clients can take advantage of working with the SA Food Bank over the phone to qualify for governmental assistant programs such as SNAP, TANF/AFDC, CHIP, etc.

Free.

Tuesday: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Amy Aguinagla
(210) 385-6987
Updated within the last 3 months.