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CIELO Garden at House of Prayer is a community based partnership involving volunteers, educators and members of San Antonio's resettled refugee community. The gardens are located at House of Prayer Lutheran Church, where the congregation has opened their doors for adult education courses and social services to provide for San Antonio's nearby refugee community through Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement Agency and Northside ISD Adult Education Program.

The gardens are a Green Spaces Alliance affiliated community garden that provides for students to have access to their own garden plots, as well as used in conjunction with their English literacy courses. These gardens are purely volunteer operated and funded by donations, a Green Spaces grant, and through the financial support our garden volunteers, families, and friends.

This began as a community garden tended by Refugees mainly and continues to work with refugees. If you are interested in a plot or volunteering in the garden please call Jennifer Alaniz at the House of Prayer Lutheran Church church office. 

 

Jennifer Alaniz Send email
(210) 696-1194
Updated within the last 2 months.

The Hamilton Community Center offers a wide variety of programming, including youth sports leagues, arts and crafts, table games, nutrition education, dance, music, and more.

Alcohol is prohibited. Amenities are first come, first serve with some exceptions.

Click here to view and register for classes at this location. (If there are no results for classes at this location, a list of classes, programs, and activities at alternate locations will be provided.)

 

Hours
Monday: 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Thursday: 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday: 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last month

Early Head Start Child Care Partnership is a new opportunity to support the partnering of Early Head Start Programs with Child Care Providers to expand the number of quality slots for infants and toddlers in San Antonio. Through partnership, Early Head Start grantees partner with center-based and family child care providers who agree to meet Early Head Start Program Performance Standards and Regulations and provide high-quality comprehensive, full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers from low-income families.

The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children. In addition, services provide young children ages birth to 36 months, with an array of comprehensive services including health, nutritional, behavioral, and family services.

Register at Family Service
(210) 299-2740
Mary Hull Elementary School
(210) 397-0950
Updated within the last 5 months.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers is an Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE), administered by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), which provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction.

Our youth development services include:

  • Academic and homework support
  • STEM activities
  • Art and music activities
  • Nutrition education
  • Physical fitness and education
  • Field trips (summer programming only)
  • Service Learning
  • Family engagement opportunities

Fall/Spring Programming:

  • Students must be in grades 6-8 for the school year 2023-2024.
  • Texas resident within school districts served by SA Youth
  • Students must be referred by a teacher or administrator at their school.

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Academic Achievers Program Send email
(210) 223-3131 x: 255
Lucy Martinez
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Hidden Cove Elementary School
(210) 623-6220
Updated within the last 5 months.

Rehab Without Walls® goes beyond traditional home health or outpatient therapy. Rehab Without Walls® specializes in providing functional, intensive, individualized therapy within your home and community. 

Goals are developed collaboratively with family, patient, and a therapy team to focus on how best to return your family member to their desired activity or discover new hobbies and tasks after injury. The therapy takes place in your home and community so learning can be realistic and immediately applicable.

As our name suggests, our therapy is without bounds. The goal is to extend your therapy to meet your individual goals at home, at school, at work, a return to driving, and within your community.

Our expert team creates a customized therapy plan for each home and community rehab patient. The plan may include:

  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Neuropsychology
  • Community reintegration
  • Counseling
  • Social Work
  • Dietician
  • Vocational Rehab

We have experience with a variety of diagnoses such as Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Traumatic Brain Injury, concussion, vestibular, catastrophic and multi-trauma, post-COVID syndrome, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Parkinson’s Disease, other neurodegenerative processes, and Muscular Dystrophy.

Click here for more information on Home & Community Rehab.

Home and community neuro therapy is best suited for adult and pediatric patients who:

  • Reside in a home or community setting
  • Have a brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, or have a complex diagnosis requiring a multi-disciplined rehabilitation
  • Have complex/continuing therapy goals
  • Are focused on functional community re-entry
  • Would experience a clinical advantage from working on functional goals in a real-life setting

Counties served: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, Wilson.

  • Commercial health insurance: We work with 200-plus commercial health insurance companies. If you have a question about a specific plan or type of coverage, please contact us.
  • Workers compensation: We work with all workers’ compensation companies.
  • Medicaid & Medicare
  • Private Pay
Hours
Monday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last 4 months.

Rehab Without Walls specialized, multidisciplinary and outcome-focused outpatient neuro therapy center in San Antonio, TX treats people who have suffered complex physical and neurological injuries get back to an active life in the community. The center is one-of-a-kind in the area because it addresses the specific medical, physical, cognitive and psychological needs of individuals with neurological deficits and complex orthopedic needs.

Each individual is assessed to determine his/her level of functioning related to impairments, activity and participation. Once the assessment is complete, a team of skilled therapists creates an individualized plan of care.

Therapies We Offer:

  • Physical Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech Therapy
  • Cognitive Therapies

Conditions We Treat:

  • Stroke
  • Traumatic Brain Injury/Head Trauma/ Concussion
  • Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Complex orthopedic injuries
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Peripheral neuropathies
  • Vestibular
  • Pelvic floor
  • Balance
  • Headaches

Counties served: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, Wilson.

  • Commercial health insurance: We work with 200-plus commercial health insurance companies. If you have a question about a specific plan or type of coverage, please contact us.
  • Workers compensation: We work with all workers’ compensation companies.
  • Medicaid & Medicare
  • Private Pay
Hours
Monday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Updated within the last 4 months.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction.

SA Youth’s Academic Achievers Program provides year-round positive youth development programs during non-school hours. We offer an array of programming that focus on the academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles of San Antonio’s youth. Our site locations exist to keep children out of trouble, and engaged in educational activities.

Our youth development services include:

  • Academic and homework support
  • STEM activities
  • Art and music activities
  • Nutrition education
  • Physical fitness and education
  • Field trips (summer programming only)
  • Service Learning
  • Family engagement opportunities

Program requirements:

  • Fall 2023 Programming:
    • Students must be in grades K-5 for the 2023-2024 school year.
    • Students must be enrolled at one of the elementary schools listed above.

 

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to Register!

Free.

School year hours: 2:30 PM - 6:30 PM Summer hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Academic Achievers Program Send email
(210) 223-3131 x: 255
Katherine Dimas
Updated within the last 4 months.

Health Services South San Antonio ISD Head Start plays an important role in promoting the health and safety of children by helping them to establish lifelong healthy patterns. Healthy students are better learners, and academic achievement bears a lifetime of benefits for health.

Our Head Start program staff ensure that our children are up to date on immunizations, their state’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) schedule, and learn healthy eating habits. The program also promotes physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and their families. Staff members work diligently to assist families in finding and engaging quality medical and dental care, including in some cases access to affordable-to-no-cost community resources.

Education:
• Individualized Learning
• Quality Child/Staff Ratios
• Develop School Readiness Skills
• Culturally Diverse Activities
• Fostering of Each Child’s Independence
• Follows the district calendar and is a full-day program.
• It offers every child a quality, comprehensive preschool experience in a nurturing and safe environment.
• Effective early education programs improve the learning and development of all children.
• Provide developmentally appropriate teaching methods and instructional materials for its young learners.

Disability:
• Serve Children with Disabilities, Including Severe Disabilities
• Screenings and Ongoing Assessments
• Individualized Activities
• Individual Education Plans
• Coordination with contractual and district resources
• Parent Advocacy and Training

Health and Safety:
• Medical and Dental Case Management
• Clean and Safe Environments
• Family Style Eating
• Nutritious Meals

Family Support Services:
• Promotion of Cultural Diversity
• Promotion of Self Sufficiency through Partnership Agreements
• Assistance with Accessing Community Resources and Services
• Transportation may be Available for Children Meeting Eligibility Criteria
• Opportunities for Parent Engagement Activities

SSAISD knows that parents are a child’s most important teachers and is committed to building strong relationships with parents to enhance and enrich the development of children.

Eligibility requirements::
• The child must turn 3 or 4 before September 1 of the current year.
• The child's family must meet the Federal Poverty Guidelines and reside in Bexar County.

The child and/or child's family must also meet at least one of the following conditions:
• The child to be enrolled is in foster care.
• The family is receiving benefits or services through the TANF Program.
• A family member living with and supported by you are receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits (SSI).
• The family is homeless.

A Point Priority assistance is given to children from low-income families and children with a disability, including a severe disability. Income eligibility requirements for Head Start may be waived if your child has a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Your Family Service Facilitator will ask for current copies of the child’s well exam, dental exam, and immunizations.

SSAISD Head Start Department
(210) 977-7051
Five Palms Elementary School
(210) 645-3850
Updated within the last 2 months.

Kinetic Kids offers an array of recreational and competitive programs that ensures at least one great fit for every child's interests and ability level. Click here for a complete list of programs and here for the current schedule.

How It Works

  • Recreational programs practice once a week for 6-8 weeks each season.
  • Competitive programs practice once a week in monthly sessions.
  • One-Day programs last about 2-3 hours.
  • Expert Support is provided by a pediatric-trained therapist and a coach who work together to ensure your child’s safety.
  • Volunteer assistance is available when needed.
  • Cheer from the stands while your child has fun using their body, mind, and spirit!

Getting Started Is Easy!

  1. Identify your division. Find the right fit. We’ll help you determine which division is most appropriate for your child. Click here for the list of divisions.
  2. Choose an activity and season. Click Programs above to see all options. Click here for our most recent seasonal schedule.
  3. Create an account. Click here to register and view current program availability. 
  4. Connect and complete: Follow us to get our most up-to-date information. And don’t forget to complete the required medical forms. Click here to register and here to view our medical policies and download our medical release form.

Five Levels of Support

  1. A pediatric-trained therapist will be available at every program to ensure the safety and success of each child by implementing modifications for our athletes, overseeing volunteers, and coordinating with parents.
  2. A coach or instructor will also be at every program who develops the curriculum and then provides the direction and support to enable our athletes to function at their highest level.
  3. Staff members are available at each program to assist athletes, parents, and volunteers.
  4. Volunteers are consistent, passionate, and motivated to help participants achieve success.
  5. Parents and families get to pull up a chair and cheer from the sidelines! Of course, we also welcome any input that will ensure the success of your child.

Celebrations: While we believe doing is more important than winning, every program concludes with an end-of-season finale that celebrates each child’s successes big or small. These confidence-boosting finales focus the spotlight on Kinetic Kids as we create spirit tunnels, give awards, and act like paparazzi in front of their family and friends.

Scholarships are available. Click here to learn more and download the application form.

Carrie Valdez Send email
Jenna Fish Send email
Updated within the last 4 months.

Services:

  • WIC
  • WIC Nutrition Program
Hours
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM - See Below
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM 4th Saturday of the Month
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Indian Creek Elementary School
(210) 623-6520
Updated within the last 5 months.

Are you ready to stop dieting and start making fundamental changes? TOPS can help you reach your weight-loss goals by providing the tools, information, support, and accountability you need to succeed. Weekly meetings provide a supportive, educational environment where people are encouraged and not judged.

TOPS does not sell foods, endorse products, or push a one-size-fits-all meal plan. On the TOPS meal plan, we encourage you to choose foods you enjoy in moderation. The flexible guidelines help you control calories while eating real food you make at home or order in a restaurant. Your first visit to any chapter is free!

Thursdays: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM *Weigh-ins: 6:15 PM - 6:55 PM
Robert Waddle Send email
Updated within the last 4 months.

The YMCA is more than a gym. When you join the YMCA, you belong to a place where:

  • parents find a safe, positive environment for children;
  • families spend quality time together;
  • children and teens learn what they can achieve;
  • adults connect with friends and learn how to live healthier lives;
  • communities thrive because neighbors support each other and give back;
  • and we all build relationships that further our sense of belonging.

Click here to learn about everything that is provided at this location.

Click here to learn about Excel After the Bell, the YMCA's after-school program for children and teens.

Membership is open to the entire community—regardless of age, income, or fitness level.

Membership includes access to all Greater San Antonio YMCA's.

Click here for membership information.

The Y provides programs and services to the entire community—regardless of an inability to pay. Financial assistance is awarded based on need. Click here to learn more and apply.

Holiday hours may vary.
Updated within the last year

Healthy LEAP (Lifestyle, Education, and Practice) is a series of health, nutrition, fitness, and safety lessons and practical applications created specifically for youth with and without intellectual disabilities.

The curriculum includes topics dedicated to educating and encouraging athletes (individuals with intellectual disabilities) and partners (individuals without intellectual disabilities) to maintain a healthy lifestyle through increased physical activity, improved nutrition, and overall emotional and social health.

Healthy LEAP lessons are delivered by coaches/teachers over the course of eight weeks. Each coach/teacher is given a manual with the complete health lessons, and every participant will receive their own student kit to support them during the program.

Participants will learn about food groups, maintaining a healthy weight and obesity, behavior and stress management, bone health, sports nutrition and hydration, exercise and injury prevention, sun safety, and prevention of tobacco and alcohol use.

Benefits of the program

  • Positive health changes in participating students
  • Students gain an increased awareness of health and wellness topics
  • Promotes inclusion by engaging athletes of all ages and abilities
Updated within the last 3 months.
9.15 miles away, 11111 Iota Dr, San Antonio, TX, 78217 , D10

Fitness and Nutrition
Full gym with a variety of cardio machines, along with free weights. Group games, Sports, Recreational Activities.

Pre-Vocational
Continue focusing on skills: following directions, staying on task, develop social skills for employment. Resume building and job searches.

Continuing Education
Practical money skills, reading, and writing. Independent and group learning.

Community Outings
Attending hockey games, bowling, baseball games, Zoo, volunteering, Walmart, and the mall all while practicing the appropriate skills learned at SAFIRE.

This program is for adults (18+) with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD).

Must be able to function in a 1:8 ratio of staff to clients and participate in
small group games appropriately.

Call for information about fee coverage options.

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

Teresa Sullivan Send email
(210) 236-7662
Updated within the last 3 months.

Early Head Start Child Care Partnership is a new opportunity to support the partnering of Early Head Start Programs with Child Care Providers to expand the number of quality slots for infants and toddlers in San Antonio. Through partnership, Early Head Start grantees partner with center-based and family child care providers who agree to meet Early Head Start Program Performance Standards and Regulations and provide high-quality comprehensive, full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers from low-income families.

The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children. In addition, services provide young children ages birth to 36 months, with an array of comprehensive services including health, nutritional, behavioral, and family services.

Register at Family Service
(210) 299-2740
Driggers Elementary School
(210) 397-7574
Updated within the last 5 months.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction. 

Our youth development services include:

  • Academic and homework support
  • STEM activities
  • Art and music activities
  • Nutrition education
  • Physical fitness and education
  • Field trips (summer programming only)
  • Service Learning
  • Family engagement opportunities

Program requirements:

  • Fall 2023 Programming:
    • Students must be in grades K-5 for the 2023-2024 school year.
    • Students must be enrolled at one of the elementary schools listed above.

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Free.

School year hours: 2:30 PM - 6:30 PM Summer hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Academic Achievers Program Send email
(210) 223-3131 x: 255
Lisa Hutchinson
Updated within the last 4 months.

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

  • Companionship
  • Nutrition Education
  • Basic Health Screenings
  • Social Services
  • Outreach activities
  • Recreation and Dance
  • Computer Classes*
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Exercise Classes*
  • Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

Program Hours: Monday: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Tuesday: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Wednesday: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Thursday: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Friday: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Updated within the last 5 months.

Health Services South San Antonio ISD Head Start plays an important role in promoting the health and safety of children by helping them to establish lifelong healthy patterns. Healthy students are better learners, and academic achievement bears a lifetime of benefits for health.

Our Head Start program staff ensure that our children are up to date on immunizations, their state’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) schedule, and learn healthy eating habits. The program also promotes the physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and their families. Staff members work diligently to assist families in finding and engaging quality medical and dental care, including in some cases access to affordable-to-no-cost community resources.

Education:

  • Individualized Learning
  • Quality Child/Staff Ratios
  • Develop School Readiness Skills
  • Culturally Diverse Activities
  • Fostering of Each Child’s Independence
  • Follows the district calendar and is a full-day program.
  • It offers every child a quality, comprehensive preschool experience in a nurturing and safe environment.
  • Effective early education programs improve the learning and development of all children.
  • Provide developmentally appropriate teaching methods and instructional materials for its young learners.

Disability:

  • Serve Children with Disabilities, Including Severe Disabilities
  • Screenings and Ongoing Assessments
  • Individualized Activities
  • Individual Education Plans
  • Coordination with contractual and district resources
  • Parent Advocacy and Training

Health and Safety:

  • Medical and Dental Case Management
  • Clean and Safe Environments
  • Family Style Eating
  • Nutritious Meals

Family Support Services:

  • Promotion of Cultural Diversity
  • Promotion of Self-Sufficiency through Partnership Agreements
  • Assistance with Accessing Community Resources and Services
  • Transportation may be Available for Children Meeting Eligibility Criteria
  • Opportunities for Parent Engagement Activities

SSAISD knows that parents are a child’s most important teachers and is committed to building strong relationships with parents to enhance and enrich the development of children.

Eligibility requirements:

  • The child must turn 3 or 4 before September 1 of the current year.
  • The child's family must meet the Federal Poverty Guidelines and reside in Bexar County.

The child and/or child's family must also meet at least one of the following conditions:

  • The child to be enrolled is in foster care.
  • The family is receiving benefits or services through the TANF Program.
  • A family member living with and supported by you is receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits (SSI).
  • The family is homeless.

A Point Priority assistance is given to children from low-income families and children with a disability, including a severe disability. Income eligibility requirements for Head Start may be waived if your child has a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Your Family Service Facilitator will ask for current copies of the child’s well exam, dental exam, and immunizations.

Register at South San Antonio Independent School District
(210) 977-7051
Neil Armstrong Elementary School
(210) 623-8787
Updated within the last 5 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Spicewood Park Elementary School
(210) 622-4999
Updated within the last 5 months.

Research shows that the benefits of wellness programs include improvements in physical activity; higher fruit and vegetable consumption; lower fat intake; and a reduction in body weight, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure.

Stress Reduction

Mental Health

Nutrition

Exercise Programs

Free

Hours
Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED

Intake Coordinator Send email
(832) 769-6582
Updated within the last 3 months.

The adult inpatient acute care treatment and substance abuse programs at SABHH help those who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, and/or substance abuse problems. Our psychiatric hospital offers a safe and secure environment, with highly trained, caring, board-certified staff who provide an atmosphere that promotes stabilization and healing.

Our dedicated and caring team works tirelessly to assess, stabilize, and help patients regain the necessary skills to control their emotions and behaviors. Because behavioral health issues vary with every patient, our inpatient psychiatric treatment programs are tailored to meet each individual’s specific needs.

Patients who are 18 and older may enter our adult inpatient mental health & substance use program due to:

  • Mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder)
  • Anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia)
  • PTSD
  • Impulse control disorder
  • Suicidal Ideation or attempts
  • Self-harm behaviors
  • Threatened, attempted, or engaged in physical violence to others
  • Substance abuse
  • Thought disorders (delusions, hallucinations, paranoia)

Program Specifics

  • Group and family therapy sessions
  • Recreational and expressive therapies
  • Stress management and coping skills
  • Life skills
  • Patient education to improve understanding of the illness
  • Aftercare and discharge planning
  • Intensive assessment and evaluation
  • Medication management and education
  • Art therapy
  • Music therapy
  • Movement therapy (yoga, tai chi, meditation)

We accept most commercial insurances: Tricare, Commercial Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Open 24/7
Updated within the last month

San Antonio Behavioral Healthcare Hospital’s Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), is a structured, therapeutic program that assists in transitioning patients from an acute psychiatric setting to a more independent life in the community. The program is designed to increase and maintain the therapeutic gains individuals have made as patients in the hospital. It may also help prevent the need for future hospitalizations. PHP is tailored to meet each individual’s needs and provides direction and tools that each participant can use in their daily lives.

A psychiatrist will meet with each participant at least once a week, or more often if necessary, to provide medication management, assess health issues, and review the progress of the treatment plan. Masters level therapists and an RN/LVN will lead six groups each day. The curriculum rotates to ensure all participants benefit from a broad range of therapeutic topics. 

Program Goals:

  • Advanced understanding of Trauma/Stress disorders and how it is affecting their life
  • Decrease emotional numbing and avoidance, increase helpful coping, reduce feelings of edginess
  • Decrease depression, guilt, shame, and anger, improve day-to-day living

We specialize in the treatment of:

  • Trauma (Military, Sexual Trauma, Childhood Trauma, Domestic Violence)
  • Acute Stress Disorder
  • Co-occurring (Trauma/Substance Abuse) Disorders
  • Combat and Operational Stress
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Suicidal and Homicidal Ideation
  • Mood Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Marital and Family Reintegration

Program Highlights:

  • Daily Group Therapy including Process, CPT, CBT, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
  • Seeking Safety
  • Disease Concept
  • Step Study
  • Spirituality
  • Yoga
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Family Therapy
  • Individual Therapy weekly

We accept most commercial insurances: Tricare, Commercial Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid.

Monday-Friday: 9am-3pm, lunch is provided Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Updated within the last month

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

  • Companionship
  • Nutrition Education
  • Basic Health Screenings
  • Social Services
  • Outreach activities
  • Recreation and Dance
  • Computer Classes*
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Exercise Classes*
  • Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

 

The SNP is funded by the City and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) through the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), and currently offered at various senior centers throughout the City.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

Call for program hours and other details.
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Sky Harbour Elementary School
(210) 623-6580
Updated within the last 5 months.

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

  • Companionship
  • Nutrition Education
  • Basic Health Screenings
  • Social Services
  • Outreach activities
  • Recreation and Dance
  • Computer Classes*
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Exercise Classes*
  • Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

 

 

The SNP is funded by the City and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) through the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), and currently offered at various senior centers throughout the City.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

Call for program hours and other details.
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Sun Valley Elementary School
(210) 645-7570
Updated within the last 5 months.

Receiving treatment at the right level of care at the right time is so important for eating disorder patients to successfully heal mind, body, and spirit. At Esperanza, having the consistency of one therapist throughout all levels of care enhances the atmosphere of security and nurture at the heart of all our programs.

Our programs are gender-inclusive and provide treatment for all types of eating disorders including Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), and Otherwise Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED).

Evidence-based therapies including CBT, DBT, and ACT provide patients at all levels of care with a wide range of skills to guide them to a life of fulfilling recovery.

Recovery by Doing is part of every level of care at Esperanza.

Click here to learn more about Esperanza's three levels of treatment for adults and adolescents.

Esperanza EDC is in network with the following insurers:

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Cigna
  • Community First Commercial
  • ComPsych
  • Humana
  • Magellan Health
  • Tricare
  • United Behavioral Health
Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Susan C Mengden, PhD
Sarah Nichols, RD, LD
Updated within the last 1 month.

Esperanza Eating Disorders Center offers evidence-based treatment for adolescents and adults with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID, OSFED, and co-occurring conditions.

Evidence-based and integrative therapy groups are integral to Recovery by Doing at Esperanza.

Some of the groups offered:

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Anxiety Management
  • Behavior Chain
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Body Image
  • Boundaries
  • Cooking Group
  • Creative Expression
  • Nutrition Education
  • Nia
  • Radically Open DBT
  • Guided Imagery Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Mindful Sobriety
  • Relapse Prevention
  • Sleep Hygiene
  • Dietary Card Training
  • Emotional Overeating Body Image Group
  • Emotional Overeating Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Group
  • Trauma
  • Yoga

Ages 12+.

Click here to contact us.

Esperanza EDC is in network with the following insurers:

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Cigna
  • Community First Commercial
  • ComPsych
  • Humana
  • Magellan Health
  • Tricare
  • United Behavioral Health
Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Susan C. Mengden, PhD, CEDS-s, CGP
Updated within the last 1 month.