Experiencing and surviving trauma affects our brains and bodies in very specific ways:

• Confusion
• Inability to make a decision
• Feeling like everything is our fault
• Anxiety
• Hyper-vigilance
• Body aches
• Fatigue
• Compromised immune system
• Loss of sleep, nightmares... and this is just to name a few. 

If you are experiencing trauma or are a survivor of intimate partner violence and/or sexual assault, trauma-informed therapy can assist with getting your past in the past and helping you move forward.

You don't have to struggle anymore.

With our help, you can get your life back. Contact us now to learn more about our services which are 100% free of charge.

Get the Help You Need

Call 888-621-0047 for our support hotline. If you’re needing immediate assistance, dial 911 and ask for help.

Free

Therapy services include assessments, treatment planning, and ongoing therapy services. Clinicians treat children and families in several areas including stress management, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other issues. 

Our targeted case management and skill enhancement services help families to identify natural supports and strengths to develop a plan to address the families' needs and make lasting behavioral changes. All of our services are community-based, people-centered, and family-driven.

Psychiatric services are provided by board-certified psychiatrists who develop individualized treatment plans, and provide psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and consultation services.

Spanish Speaking available

Children, youth, and young adults who are in extended foster care.

Pathways accepts: 

• Traditional Medicaid
• Superior Star Health
• Star
• Star Kids
• CHIP
• Wellpoint Star
• Community First Star

Hill Country MHDD provides Outpatient Treatment Services called "HODOS" for Adults 18 years and older. HODOS stands for:

Hill Country MHDD

Outreach for chemical

Dependency and

Outpatient

Services

"HODOS" is an ancient Greek word that portrays an image of a path or way in a culture where walking was the primary mode of transportation. Walking on a path involves choosing to enter the path and to pursue it in each direction, progressing toward a destination, addressing safety not getting lost, and arriving at a goal.

The purpose of this name is to focus on "a shift away from crisis-oriented, deficit-focused, and professionally-directed models of care to a vision of care that is directed by people in recovery, emphasizes the reality and hope of long-term recovery, and recognizes the many pathways to healing for people with addiction and mental health challenges" (Surgeon General Report). In focusing on person-centered services, each individual is assessed and specific services tailored to what is important to them are created.

Ages 18+.

We are providing Individual and Group Therapy Sessions in the Fredericksburg and Kerrville area.

Group Therapy teaches:

• SAMSHA Relapse Prevention
• Motivational Recovery
• Life Skills

Currently, Groups Meet at 1127 E Main St, Kerrville, TX 78028.

For more information, please contact Kim Williamson

Free.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) Youth Empowerment Services (YES!) offers no-cost services to eligible youth between the ages of 16-24 to gain the necessary education, training, and skills to enter the workforce and meet employer needs.

Services offered:

• Tutoring, study skills, training, instruction, and dropout prevention
• Alternative secondary school services or dropout recovery services
• Paid and Unpaid Work Experience
• Occupational Skills Training
• Education offered concurrently with workforce preparation and training for a specific occupation
• Leadership Development Opportunities
• Support Services, Financial Support, incentives
• Mentoring
• Follow-up services
• Guidance and Counseling
• Financial Literacy Education
• Entrepreneurial (Owning a Business) Training
• Labor Market information
• Post-secondary Preparation and Transition Activities

Steps for the YES! program:

• Eligibility Determination
• Objective Assessment
• Development of an ISS (Goal Plan)
• Program Participation
• Follow Up Services

Get started by attending an information session.

• Orientations are held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 PM.
• To join, click here or paste this link into a new browser and save it until the next session is about to start.
• For assistance, call (346) 248-7799.
• Meeting ID: 992 5144 0356
• No meeting password is required.
• (Registration on Eventbrite is encouraged but not required.)

Services are based on eligibility.

Hill Country MHDD Centers offer compassionate care and support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The Kerrville Special Opportunity Center is a day habilitation center for adults diagnosed with IDD.

If you are interested in IDD Services, please call our IDD Centralized Intake Line at 830-387-5970.

Hill Country is a contracted provider of Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Medicaid waiver programs; however, we also serve as the Local Intellectual and Developmental Authority (LIDDA), which means we cannot and do not endorse any particular provider. If you or someone you help support receives services through HCS or TxHmL, our Service Coordinators will present all available provider options, including Hill Country, in order to help you make an informed choice about the program that will best meet the needs and goals of the person served.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) Youth Empowerment Services (YES!) offers no-cost services to eligible youth between the ages of 16-24 to gain the necessary education, training, and skills to enter the workforce and meet employer needs.

Services offered:

• Tutoring, study skills, training, instruction, and dropout prevention
• Alternative secondary school services or dropout recovery services
• Paid and Unpaid Work Experience
• Occupational Skills Training
• Education offered concurrently with workforce preparation and training for a specific occupation
• Leadership Development Opportunities
• Support Services, Financial Support, incentives
• Mentoring
• Follow-up services
• Guidance and Counseling
• Financial Literacy Education
• Entrepreneurial (Owning a Business) Training
• Labor Market information
• Post-secondary Preparation and Transition Activities

Steps for the YES! program:

• Eligibility Determination
• Objective Assessment
• Development of an ISS (Goal Plan)
• Program Participation
• Follow Up Services

Get started by attending an information session.

• Orientations are held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 PM.
• To join, click here or paste this link into a new browser and save it until the next session is about to start.
• For assistance, call (346) 248-7799.
• Meeting ID: 992 5144 0356
• No meeting password is required.
• (Registration on Eventbrite is encouraged but not required.)

Services are based on eligibility.

New Horizons helps families and the community solve challenges brought about by intellectual or other developmental disabilities (IDD).

We partner with Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (MHDD) to provide individualized services to our disabled citizens.

We provide:

• Residential Services
• Medical Services
• Life Coaching
• Employment Services
• Recreational Activities

If you are interested in IDD Services, please call our IDD Centralized Intake Line at 830-387-5970.

Ages: 18+.

Click here to contact us.

Click here for more information.

Hill Country is a contracted provider of Home and Community. Based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Medicaid waiver programs; however, we also serve as the Local Intellectual and Developmental Authority (LIDDA), which means we cannot and do not endorse any particular provider. If you or someone you help support receives services through HCS or TxHmL, our Service Coordinators will present all available provider options, including Hill Country, to help you make an informed choice about the program that will best meet the needs and goals of the person served.

Boys and Girls Club provides young people with:

• A safe place to spend time during non-school hours and the summer as an alternative to the streets or being home alone.
• A chance to play, have fun, laugh and learn.
• Opportunities to build new skills that raise each child's belief that he or she can succeed and receive recognition for personal accomplishments.
• Ongoing relationships with caring adults and connections to new friends in a positive environment, reinforcing a sense of belonging, personal accountability, civility and civic responsibility.
• Generation-changing programs that support a commitment to learning, positive values, healthy habits and high expectations for success as an adult.

Ages: 6 - 18.

Rates:

• Afterschool: $50
• Spring/winter/summer breaks: $50/wk
• Annual Membership Fee: $10

Our Healthy Lifestyles strategy develops young people’s capacity to live healthfully by educating youth about fitness, nutrition and smart decisions. Activities focus on instilling positive conflict resolution techniques, engaging in positive behaviors, setting personal goals, and building resistance skills that nurture and strengthen their minds and bodies.

We support the development of healthy bodies through nutrition, physical exercise and movement, making healthy choices, and connecting to nature.

The Job Resource Center is open to help anyone find a new or better job. A computer lab is available for job searching and to submit job applications. Staff and volunteers are available to advise, review resumes, and conduct practice interviews.

For more information, click here.

We are located inside Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Free service!

CJCGC trains women and men through a 10-week class utilizing the Jobs for Life(TM) curriculum. Each intern (client) is equipped to understand the dignity of work, complete a vocational plan, and build a network to pursue God’s plan for their life.

The Bible is used as a textbook to help interns understand their journey, God-given value, and purpose. To increase employability, interns are trained to use standard computer programs like Microsoft Office or career-specific programs like QuickBooks. With the opportunity to complete industry-recognized certifications, interns increase their marketability to employers.

For the application, click here:

Intern Application

Men and Women.

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Dalton Elementary.

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Uvalde High School.

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Morales Jr. High School.

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Flores Elementary.

Communities In Schools programs surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Our evidence-based approach, adapted to meet each community’s unique needs, is the basis for our success.

Basic Needs: A student cannot focus in the classroom if he or she is hungry, cold or tired, or cannot see the board. Site coordinators see to it that students' basic needs are met each day.

Enrichment: Our Site coordinators enroll students in a wide variety of after-school and summer programs, field trips and youth conferences to help them gain experience that is essential to meeting college and career goals.

Academic Assistance: Our site coordinators work hard to ensure that students have the resources to progress academically. From providing students with tutors to finding and creating quiet spaces where students can study, we do whatever it takes to create an optimal learning environment for our students.

Life Skills: Through one-on-one workshops, team building, and guest speakers, we work with students to develop social-emotional learning, character education, social skills building, and conflict resolution.

Behavioral Interventions: Many of our students face and overcome difficult obstacles in their lives. However, their survival skills aren’t always effective in the classroom or in the workplace. Our program teaches students positive ways to cope with anger, conflict resolution, and other strategies to keep them focused on school.

Family Engagement: Site coordinators connect families with counselors and social workers to make sure that home is a healthy, nurturing environment where a student can feel safe.

This program is for students at Uvalde Dual Language Academy.

The 3H Youth Ranch uses the power of nature as a tool to build new purposes, strengthen character, and engender personal integrity in young men. The balance of wilderness experiences such as camping, coupled with classroom and vocational education, creates a positive environment for boys to grow emotionally, intellectually, and physically. The treatment program is based on the aims and ideals of Scouting. 

The atmosphere is safe, structured, and supervised by a trained team of professionals and promotes acceptance of authority, responsibility for personal actions, and skills building. Each youth has an individualized treatment plan designed to ensure success upon return to his family and community.

Male youth

Hill Country MHDD Centers offer compassionate care and support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Provider Services support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, helping them to achieve an interdependent life and live to their fullest potential.  Personalized, specialized services may include:

• in-home, community, and work supports
• transportation
• behavioral supports
• respite
• day habilitation

If you are interested in IDD Services, please call our IDD Centralized Intake Line at 830-387-5970.

Hill Country is a contracted provider of Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Medicaid waiver programs; however, we also serve as the Local Intellectual and Developmental Authority (LIDDA), which means we cannot and do not endorse any particular provider. If you or someone you help support receives services through HCS or TxHmL, our Service Coordinators will present all available provider options, including Hill Country, in order to help you make an informed choice about the program that will best meet the needs and goals of the person served.

Family Service Association offers numerous professional counseling services including: Individual, Couples, Family, Group, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Consultations.

We also provide specialty educational groups such as Anger Management and Domestic Violence Prevention designed to help maintain personal wellness. Services are offered locally in the San Antonio metropolitan area and our rural locations. The services are provided through a combination of at-home and office-based visits. Our licensed counselors are available days, evenings, Saturdays, and by special appointment.

Our counseling professionals provide services to include working with children, youth, families, and seniors. Our team has many specialized skills to successfully address a wide range of counseling needs. Services are offered for both short and long-term depending on individual needs. We are available to assist with the following:

• Anger Management
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Child Sexual Abuse
• Depression
• Domestic Violence
• Grief Support
• LGBT Issues
• Life Skills
• Parenting
• Relapse Prevention
• Relationships
• Stress
• Substance Abuse
• Victimization from Crime
• And more!

Our behavioral health counseling services are available now in both in-person and telehealth formats, at the discretion of the client, after an initial in-person session for enrollment purposes.

For more information, please contact the Family Service Behavioral Health Counseling team at 210-299-2406.

Uninsured clients have the option to see clinicians on a sliding scale fee.

Shelter:

We provide a 24-hour emergency shelter for all victims of domestic violence. At the shelter, clients are provided with a bed with clean sheets, 3 meals per day, and direct access to all of our general services.

For adults, we are able to provide emergency shelter along with general services such as case management, counseling, support groups, an array of legal services and assistance with housing.

For children, we are able to provide emergency shelter for children and their parent along with services such as case management, assistance with school related arrangements or concerns, counseling, therapeutic and educational groups and enrichment activities for the parent and child while at the shelter to strengthen family relationships.

Legal Advocacy:

We provide free legal services for all victims of domestic violence. Our legal advocates are available to residential, non-residential, and rural clients who reside within the seven counties we serve.

Support Groups:

We provide support groups and life skills classes for all of our clients. Support groups are facilitated by staff and offer a place for clients to discuss different issues and topics such as domestic violence education, boundaries, self-esteem, financial planning, etc.

Victim(s) of Domestic Violence.

Click here to know if you are being abused!

FREE

HOPES, which stands for Healthy Outcomes through Prevention and Early Support, is a free support program for parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5 in McLennan County.

By supporting early childhood development with education, resources and community connections, HOPES aims to strengthen families and provide a foundation for long-term healthy development in children.

The program is provided by Family Abuse Center of Waco, Texas and is a Texas Parents as Teachers affiliate.

Parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5 in McLennan County.

Free

Providing no-cost professional Consulting, Tourette Texas evaluates the “whole” child or adult to recommend and assist in implementing appropriate medical diagnosis and management, educational needs and accommodations, social skills, career goals, and/or family interactions.

Additionally, we advocate with families, physicians, schools, and legal entities to ensure the best interests of our clients are always served.

Free

24/7 Unbound Waco Crisis Response & Referral Line: 254-414-0814

Unbound is here to help. Whether you suspect someone you know if being trafficked, or you think you may be a victim of human trafficking yourself, please reach out. We can connect you with appropriate resources to take the next steps.

Please do not provide information that could put you or someone else in danger.

Referral Form

Free

Cenikor's Intensive Residential programs provide non-emergency care and treatment for adults with substance use disorders and related behavioral health disorders. 

We offer a wide range of Adult Short-Term Inpatient Programs, Including:

• Multi-family education groups
• Introduction to 12-step groups
• Community and social support
• Tobacco cessation programs
• Discharge planning
• Referrals

Our Comprehensive, Individualized Treatment Plans Include:

• Assessment
• Screening
• Individual and group counseling
• Life skills training
• Support for family members

If you have hearing loss

Please dial 7-1-1 to reach a relay operator. The free 7-1-1 access number is available anywhere, anytime. CapTel users dial the 10-digit number directly; people calling CapTel users dial the toll-free Captel relay service number (877) 243-2823.

For Spanish callers dial (866) 217-3362.

Fees for services vary

Services are provided on a

• Sliding scale based on income
• Private-Payment
• State funding
• Most insurance plans are accepted

If you have hearing loss

Please dial 7-1-1 to reach a relay operator. The free 7-1-1 access number is available anywhere, anytime. CapTel users dial the 10-digit number directly; people calling CapTel users dial the toll-free Captel relay service number (877) 243-2823. For

Spanish callers dial (866) 217-3362.

Fees for services vary.

Services are provided on a

• Sliding scale based on income
• Private-Payment
• State funding
• Most insurance plans are accepted

Click here for insurance inquiries

Through partnerships with other service providers and agencies within our service area, we are meeting the need for effective and beneficial parent education.

Our parent education programs follow an instructional and supportive framework aimed at increasing nurturing skills and reducing the potential for abusive or neglectful behaviors.

Staff are trained facilitators and utilize the tips and techniques of the philosophies while working with families, whether in a group education setting or while addressing specific parenting struggles with an individual family.

We have adopted these philosophies as guides for helping parents feel more confident and capable in their role.

If you would like more information about parent education, give us a call! We are always eager to talk with other agencies about this service and unique ways it can be utilized.

-parenting a child 0-17 in the home
-live within 45 miles
-participate in services

Free

Cenikor’s Adolescent Residential program focuses on recovery for adolescents ages 13- 17. Clients learn how to live with structure as behaviors and attitudes are addressed by both peers and counselors.

Teens also continue their education with qualified teaching staff at an accredited school on site.

Our comprehensive, individualized treatment plans include: 

• Screening
• Assessment
• Early intervention
• Issue-specific groups
• Individual therapy
• Academic credit
• Recovery after-care services
• Specialized care for teens experiencing dual-diagnosis problems

If you have hearing loss

Please dial 7-1-1 to reach a relay operator. The free 7-1-1 access number is available anywhere, anytime. CapTel users dial the 10-digit number directly; people calling CapTel users dial the toll-free Captel relay service number (877) 243-2823.

For Spanish callers dial (866) 217-3362.

Fees for services vary

Services are provided on a

• Sliding scale based on income
• Private-Payment
• State funding
• Most insurance plans are accepted

Click here for insurance inquiries

I will be his Father, and he shall be my son. I will never take My love away from him...

1 CHRONICLES 17:13

Fathers in the Field leads boys outdoors, away from distractions, where they can relate one-to-one with a man they admire.

We reach them through single mothers, eager to give sons a father figure – a role they cannot fill alone.

Boys aged 7 to 17, who urgently need male role models.

We do require a three-year commitment (one year at a time) from participants, to provide constancy

We require that boys ‘earn’ the program’s blessings by serving others.

Above all, we strive to impart unshakable faith in a Heavenly Father who will never abandon His children.

Free of charge – we are funded by charitable sponsors and participating churches.