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Advocacy & Support Groups |
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ADAPT |
Contact for assistance with institutionalization issues. Assists with community-based attendant services & accessible housing. |
512-442-0252
www.adapt.org |
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Advocacy, Inc. (AI) |
Contact for advocating the legal rights of Texans, adults and children, with disabilities. Provides case management for some cases. |
800-252-9108
www.advocacyinc.org |
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The ARC of Texas |
Contact this organization to find out about local opportunities for mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. |
800-252-9729
www.thearcoftexas.org |
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Family to Family Network (F2F) |
Contact for help to families of children with disabilities. F2F provides information, training, referral and support. |
713-466-6304
www.familytofamilynet work.org |
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Family Support Network (FSN) |
Contact for information, support and skills needed to make informed educational decisions about children, especially those decisions regarding special education. |
979-845-4612
http://fsn.tamu.edu |
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Mental Health Association in Texas (MHAT) |
Contact for information, brochures and education on mental health issues to case workers and survivors. Also has brochures @ emotional disabilities that may occur due to disaster, also connects people to assistance in their area of the state are available. |
512-454-3706
www.mhatexas.org |
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National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI TX) |
Contact for local support systems for people with mental illness. |
800-633-3760
http://texas.nami.org |
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Partners Resource Network (PRN) |
Contact for services for parents of children with disabilities. Free services designed to help families: 1) understand their child's disability; 2) understand their rights/responsibilities under IDEA; 3) obtain and evaluate resources and services; and 4) participate as team members with professionals in planning and decision making. |
800-866-4726
www.partnerstx.org |
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Texas Center for Disability Studies |
Contact for assistance for people with disabilities in navigating the support systems in Texas. |
512-232-0740 http://tcds.edb.utexas.edu |
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Texas Talking Book Program |
Contact for new players as well as reference materials. The Texas Talking Book Program also can assist callers in finding necessary services in the state with regard to disabilities and health conditions. |
800-252-9605 http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/tbp/ |
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Texas Parent to Parent (TxP2P) |
Contact for information and resources, a one-on-one match with a trained Parent Volunteer, and guidance on the disability arena. |
800-896-6001
www.txp2p.org |
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University Center on Disability at Texas A&M (UCD) |
Contact for information on the Texas Guide to Supports & Services for Individuals with Disabilities and their Families Affected by Disasters |
979-845-4612 http://ucd.tamu.edu |
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Health and Medical Services |
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Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) |
Contact for families who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid, yet cannot afford to buy private insurance for their children.
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800-647-6558
www.hhsc.state.tx.us/ chip |
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SAMHSA National Helpline |
A toll-free referral service for locating drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs that is operated by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. |
(800) 662-HELP (4357) (English and Español) (800) 487-4889 (TDD) |
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Communication |
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Program for Amplification for Children in Texas (DSHS) |
Contact for diagnostic and remedial services needed by children birth- 20 with hearing loss who are Medicaid eligible. Services are for children who have a hearing loss that is permanent. |
800-422-2956 |
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Relay Texas |
Contact for Voice to TDD and TDD to Voice |
800-735-2988 |
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Texas Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing |
Contact for issues with communication barriers and to improve equal access for people who are deaf or hard of hearing of all ages. |
512-451-8494 http://www.dars.state.tx.us/dhhs/ |