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.

CCC offers a plethora of seminars and workshops all designed to aid in the day-to-day struggles of fathering. No subject is off-limits. Be a part of and share your expertise.

Free.

The Texas Diaper Bank's parenting skill classes uniquely incorporate stress-reducing techniques. Participants not only gain valuable parenting skills, but also receive kits with the resources necessary to implement these newly-learned skills.

The Texas Diaper Bank offers three sets of classes:

• Diapering
• Potty training
• Babyproofing

• Parents and Caregivers of children ages 0–4
• Bexar County residents

Free.

The Diaper Assistance Program focuses on providing families access to diapers, wipes, and other healthcare items through the Texas Diaper Bank facilities or partner agencies. In addition to basic baby needs, this program also offers educational parenting and health classes, as well as Housing/Shelter and other referrals as needed.

Parents and caregivers of children ages 0-4.
Household income not exceeding 150% of the Federal Poverty Line.

The following documents must be brought to the Texas Diaper Bank office:

• Parent/guardian photo ID
• Proof of guardianship
• Proof of income
• Child’s birth certificate

Free.

The Essential Community Partners (ECP) program aims to create fair and open access to resources for individuals in rural areas across the state through a collaborative network of nonprofit and community agencies. ECP establishes centralized locations for individuals to receive general wrap-around services with basic healthcare products. Families who qualify for this program also have the opportunity to enroll in educational parenting and health classes free of charge.

Parents and Caregivers of children ages 0–4.

Area Served: Bexar, Caldwell, Cameron, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Hidalgo, Kendall, Kerr, and Starr. 

Free.

We encourage clients to sign up for My Healthy Child classes with our Program Clerks at (210) 731-8118 option 1.

Helps individuals deal with the often-complex concerns and problems faced by teenagers in today’s world.

We use a team approach, drawing upon the unique talents of professionals from the counseling, theological and medical disciplines. Our collaborations allow us to renew a person’s mind, body and spirit.

Our counselors have graduate degrees and are certified or licensed as professional therapists by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors or a state licensing board.

Please call or click here to schedule an appointment.

Insurance

Persons wanting to use insurance will be assisted by The Center’s staff to determine if their insurance plans provide coverage through The Center. Please call The Center office at 210.616.0885 if you have additional fee questions.

Fee subsidies to make services available for persons unable to pay the standard fee.

Includes play therapy which allows children to communicate their needs, express feelings and wishes, and facilitate healing through age-appropriate activities designed specifically to help deal with emotional distress. We also offer testing services for children through our Mindwise Now program. 

We use a team approach, drawing upon the unique talents of professionals from the counseling, theological, and medical disciplines. Our collaborations allow us to renew a person’s mind, body, and spirit.

Our counselors have graduate degrees and are certified or licensed as professional therapists by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors or a state licensing board.

 CLick here to learn more

Please call or click here to schedule an appointment.

We are committed to providing the best service possible for as many people as possible. In keeping with our mission, fee adjustments are available based on personal financial need and available funding.

We support parents. You have one of the most challenging and rewarding jobs on earth.

Find help through our varied programs, including Child Parent Relationship Training and our online Parenting Tips resource.

Please call or click here to schedule an appointment for our Child-Parent Relationship training.

We provide structured parenting courses that support the development and maintenance of positive relationships between parents and their children.

The four-module course covers:

• Understanding your role as a parent
• Children's needs
• Home management
• Non-custodial parenting

In addition, we offer referrals to established social service agencies that provide:

• Welfare Support
• Child Care Services
• Health Promotion
• Disease Prevention
• Prenatal & Postnatal Care
• And more

For the 2022-2023 school year, Pre-K 4 SA is expanding to also include three-year-olds. All children born between Sept 2, 2017, and Sept 1, 2019, are now age-eligible.

Must live in one of San Antonio's 10 City Council Districts. Click here and type your street address to see if you meet the residency requirement.

Free for qualifying families.

Bluebonnet Counseling Services of South Texas, PLLC, offers play therapy sessions for young children because they often cannot use their words to express their traumatic experiences.  

We understand that play is the natural medium in which children make sense of their trauma and through which they express their inner world.  Our clinicians are experienced in working with children who have gone through a wide array of traumatic events and as a result have been emotionally dysregulated.  Within the walls of our authentic playroom, children will learn new ways of thinking and develop new behaviors that lead to lasting life changes. In addition, our clinicians consider both the child and their parent to be their patients.

We understand that children cannot heal themselves but rather need to be coached by their parents to learn how to regulate their emotions and direct their behavior.  Our individualized treatment plans are designed specifically for your child so that they get back to being a kid.  

Furthermore, in addition to learning parenting skills to help parents shape their child’s behavior, our parents also receive psycho-educational information on how to support their child’s effort at obtaining control over their emotions.

We help parents build a strong relationship with their children. Let us help you help your child pull themselves together before their emotions and behaviors set you apart.

Payment Options:

• Out of pocket
• Flexible Health Insurance Accounts
• Sliding Scale Self-Pay

Insurances Accepted:

• Community First Health Plan
• Superior Health Plan
• BlueCross BlueShield
• Texas Medicaid
• Aetna
• United Healthcare

We offer classes in:

• Anger Management
• Theft Prevention
• Parenting

These are four-week classes and a certificate of completion will be awarded.

Call (210) 481-8335 to schedule your class today.

The cost of the classes is $100 or $25 per class.

A prepayment of $25 is required to reserve your spot.

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 to help maintain personal wellness. Services are offered locally in the San Antonio metropolitan area and our rural locations. The benefits are provided through a combination of at-home and office-based visits. Our licensed counselors are available on days, evenings, Saturdays, and by special appointment.

Our counseling professionals provide services that include working with children, youth, families, and seniors. Our team has many specialized skills to address a wide range of counseling needs successfully. 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!

Counseling services are now available in in-person and telehealth formats at the client's discretion following an initial in-person enrollment session.

For more information, please get in touch with the Family Service Behavioral Health Counseling team at 210-299-2406.

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

Every divorce will affect the kids involved. How they react depends on their age, personality, and the separation and divorce process circumstances. KidShare is a program that helps families nurture and protect the precious relationship between parents and their children in exceptional circumstances. 

When encounters between estranged parents create an atmosphere of tension, anger, and fear, children suffer emotional and even physical consequences. KidShare creates a safe environment where children may be transferred from one parent to another without the parents ever coming in contact. KidShare is a neutral setting that enables parents and children to spend quality time together and build strong relationships while protecting the children from emotional damage or possible physical harm.

Our KidShare services include:

• Neutral and safe settings for estranged parents to exchange children for visitation.
• Court-ordered, supervised settings to protect children when visiting non-custodial parents.
• Support groups for children in divorced and divorcing families.
• They are helping Children Cope With Divorce seminars.
• Counseling for custodial and non-custodial parents.
• Counseling for children in divorced and divorcing families.
• Parent education classes or workshops.
• Therapeutic supervision to families where trained therapists help build a positive bond between parent and child.

We also offer Group Supervised Visitation designed for parents of infants, toddlers, and young children who must visit with their children under supervision.

Our goal is to provide a safe and nurturing environment, a cost-effective means for parents to visit with their young children, and the opportunity for parents to learn positive child-rearing behaviors from each other and allow children of like ages to interact in a safe and healthy environment.

Our services are offered on a sliding scale fee based on your service needs.

We believe that children want to overcome their problems, but many don’t know how. Our goal is to work with the child and their family to discover what is preventing them from overcoming obstacles and removing any roadblocks. Ever since Clarity CGC was founded in 1886, our core value has been to treat the children in our care with dignity, respect, and understanding.

Specializing in the treatment of children and adolescents ages 3 to 17, struggling with serious mental, emotional, or behavioral problems.

Our patient population includes children dealing with:

• Poor frustration tolerance
• Emotional dysregulation
• Difficulty with attachment and socialization
• Trauma

Click here to request an appointment.

Free

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.

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.

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.

Counseling is a growth process in which a professional journeys with you as you seek comfort, understanding, and insight. A deepening of self-knowledge through therapy, the exploration of alternatives, and the development and practice of coping skills, all from a Christian perspective, help to facilitate this process.

Counseling services offered include:

• Individual, couples, and family counseling
• Group sessions (for adolescents, singles, and couples)
• Behavioral skills; assertiveness enhancement; communication skills; stress management; leadership training; parenting skills
• Loss and grief counseling
• Pre-marital preparation and counseling
• Life in the older years

P.A.D.R.E.S. (Parenting Awareness and Drug Risk Education Services) is an intervention program designed to help expecting, new, and current fathers and mothers overcome the challenges that often come with parenting.

It is for men or women who are in the 28 counties of Region 8 with the youngest child up to 6-years old, expected parents who have one or more risk factors for a substance use disorder as identified in a P.A.D.R.E.S. screening, and any parent with an open case with Texas Child Protective Services.

Click here for eligibility and more information

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.

We at Latched Support pride ourselves in connecting the disconnected and serving our community by providing families with the material assistance and education they need to get the best start in life.

We offer four main programs:

• Parenting Education for expectant parents and parents of young children aged 0-36 months. Learn more here.
• Material assistance in the form of free diapers and essential supplies. Learn more here.
• Free car seat inspections by certified technicians
• Texas Benefit enrollment assistance by certified navigators 

Our programs are open to parents and legal guardians with a child 0-36 months of age.

Free

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.

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.

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.

 Having a child at an early age brings with it some long-term challenges, including financial hardship and the need for public assistance (WIC, Medicaid, Food Stamps, etc).

Young parents’ education is affected as well, including challenges to finishing high school and going to college which can result in a lower income in adulthood.

Luminary Ministries helps teens and young parents with a variety of classes, including a Parenting/Healthy relationships class “Love Notes”.

Luminary Ministries also helps young parents and their children through case management, emergency food, diapers, wipes, clothing, hygiene products, and more.

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.

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.

The families of children with multiple disabilities face unique, daily challenges. They seek knowledge about their child's disabilities and the impact of those disabilities on the child's abilities. They seek to identify realistic expectations for their child. They seek understanding, allies and emotional support.

TEAMability's monthly Parent Forums provide the opportunity for family members to share their knowledge and resources, learn from one another and experts in the field of disabilities, make friends, and become a united voice for their children. Family Centered Parties and Outings strengthen family relationships and are an opportunity for families to relax and have fun.

We serve parents, caregivers, and siblings of children 0-22 years who have combined multiple disabilities - cognitive, communication, sensory, motor and medical fragility.