Early intervention services help young children with disabilities achieve their goals in cognitive, social/emotional, communicative, adaptive, and physical development. Through a team approach, children and their families are given the education, tools, strategies, and services they need to help them reach their maximum potential. Services may include occupational therapy to help an infant learn to hold her bottle, physical therapy to help her learn to roll over, or speech therapy to help her learn to eat. Most early intervention services take place in the home or, in the case of working parents, at childcare facilities in the local community.

What makes Brighton Center different?

• Family-Driven: ECI acknowledges that parents are natural teachers because they know their children best.Parents and/or caregivers are an important part of the interdisciplinary team and goals are written with parent involvement to be functional and a part of the child’s daily routine. ECI is manageable for the parent and we work to help the parent become their child’s biggest advocate.
• Case Management: Every child enrolled in ECI has a case manager assigned to their family who will coordinate services, work with the child’s doctors, and connect the family with appropriate resources and information based on their individual needs.
• Specialized Skills Training (SST): SST is a unique service provided only by ECI. SST supports development across domains with an emphasis on strengthening cognitive skills, positive behavior, and social interactions.

This program is for babies and infants (newborn to 3 years) with disabilities.

The following services are provided at no cost to families regardless of income:

• Evaluation Assessments
• Development of the Indivudual Family Service Plan (IFSP)
• Case Management
• Translation and interpreter services

Click here for Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about cost

?Respite care is short-term relief for in-home hospice caregivers. Medicare benefits pay for patient transport and up to five consecutive days of inpatient care at a Medicare-approved nursing facility or hospital. You can get respite care more than once, but only on an occasional basis.

Hospice respite care enables the caregiver to rest and recover from the demands of daily in-home care. Respite care is also appropriate when a patient’s medical condition warrants a short-term inpatient stay for pain or other symptoms that cannot be managed at home.

All people should have the opportunity to belong and be accepted by a community.

Our Projects:

Education Services

• The Center on Independent Living has been involved with educating people with disabilities and life skills in the community as funding allows. We are constantly seeking ways to provide this service at no cost to the people who need it. This could include family members as well.

Transportation

• Our clients need transportation as well as those who are currently living independently in the community. This specialized service will enable the Center on Independent Living to enhance freedom for people with disabilities.

Affordable ADA, Net Zero, Housing Community Project

• Click here to learn about this project

Home Modification Services

• The Center on Independent Living has been involved with home modification services since the 1990s as funding allows.

Relocation Services

• Funded by the Texas Department of State Health and Human Services (TXHHS), the Center on Independent Living helps disabled Medicaid recipients who are in nursing homes achieve independence in the community. 

Medicaid Waiver Program that provides services to people of all ages with an intellectual or developmental disability, related condition, or both, who live with their families or in their own home.  To maintain optimal quality of life, we provide services to help with needs related to daily living, independent living and leisure/ recreational activities.

• Residential services
• Host home/ companion care
• Group home
• Respite services
• Day habilitation   
• Employment services   
• Nursing services
• Dental services   
• Behavioral support
• Supported home living (transportation)
• Social work
• Occupational therapy
• Physical therapy
• Speech therapy
• Dietary services
• Audiology services
• Accessible minor home modifications
• Adaptive aids
• Transition assistance services

Medicaid Waiver Program

Click [email protected] to enroll

Medicaid Waiver Program that provides services to people of all ages with an intellectual or developmental disability, related condition, or both, who live with their families or in their own home.

To maintain optimal quality of life, we provide services to help with needs related to daily living, independent living and leisure/ recreational activities.

• Residential services
• Host home/ companion care
• Group home
• Respite services
• Day habilitation   
• Employment services   
• Nursing services
• Dental services   
• Behavioral support
• Supported home living (transportation)
• Social work
• Occupational therapy
• Physical therapy
• Speech therapy
• Dietary services
• Audiology services
• Accessible minor home modifications
• Adaptive aids
• Transition assistance services

Community living and support services are needed to maintain a good quality of life.

This program includes:

• Respite services   
• Day habilitation   
• Employment services   
• Nursing services
• Dental services   
• Behavioral support
• Community Support (transportation)
• Social work
• Occupational therapy
• Physical therapy
• Speech therapy
• Dietary services
• Audiology services
• Accessible minor home modifications
• Adaptive aids

To begin the enrollment process, click here to send an email explaining your situation.

Family Grace is designed to provide a new perspective and practical tools for supporting a loved one through any mental health difficulty or disorder.

Family Grace is a 16-week curriculum to use personally, one-on-one, or in a small group experience to guide you through simple biblical and neuroscience insights and practical tools to reduce your stress and empower your loved one with hope.

Facilitators are trained to use the curriculum created by the Mental Health Grace Alliance.

Click here for more information on Grace Alliance.

Adults only.  Grace Groups are always open to newcomers and meet by semester. Family Grace workbooks are available in the CBC bookstore.

Questions? [email protected]

Free. Click here to register.

Childcare is available through the Kids Club.

ABC professionals have meticulously crafted these centers with the well-being of school-attending children in mind, whether they are enrolled part-time or full-time.

Feel free to discuss with your dedicated ABC care team how your child can best make this transition.

The range of ABC Academy offerings varies by region but generally includes:

• Larger therapy areas intended for group activities and learning to improve social skills
• A simulated environment that mirrors a school setting and fosters familiarity

Click here to apply

Ages 5-12

We can offer ABA therapy services to patients with a variety of health insurance plans, including:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield (PPO)
• Aetna
• United Healthcare
• Cigna
• Ascension
• Beacon, and others

Please contact us to learn more about ABA therapy and insurance.

ABC at Home targets a combination of structured-style learning through Discrete Trial Training (DTT) and Natural Environment Training (NET) in a home setting. An at-home environment allows for the generalization of self-help and adaptive skills within real-life scenarios alongside more frequent family guidance. ABC at Home sets clients up for success with 1:1 support from a Registered Behavior Technician in a familiar home setting.

Both Center-Based and ABC at Home Therapy offer supervision, guidance, and support from a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst to ensure children and parents are continuously learning.

Click here to apply

• Teaching communication, self-help, and social skills
• Replacing maladaptive behavior with appropriate skills
• Practicing social skills with peers in a supportive environment
• 1:1 treatment available
• Family Guidance

We can offer ABA therapy services to patients with a variety of health insurance plans, including:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield (PPO)
• Aetna
• United Healthcare
• Cigna
• Ascension
• Beacon, and others

Please contact us to learn more about ABA therapy and insurance.

Center-Based Therapy at Action Behavior Centers focuses on a combination of Discrete Trial Training (DTT) techniques and Natural Environment Training (NET). This combined approach helps children accomplish their individualized goals across specific developmental domains such as functional communication, behavior reduction, and self-help skills. Center-based therapy allows for children to practice school readiness, peer play, and social skills throughout their structured schedule.

Action Behavior Centers aims to provide the best quality of both center-based and at-home ABA therapy for children on the Autism Spectrum. Contact us to learn more about our ABA therapy services and get started now. Filling out the form indicates interest in our services with no obligation.

Click here to apply

• Teaching communication, self-help, and social skills
• Replacing maladaptive behavior with appropriate skills
• Practicing social skills with peers in a supportive environment
• 1:1 treatment available
• Family Guidance

We can offer ABA therapy services to patients with a variety of health insurance plans, including:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield (PPO) 
• Aetna
• United Healthcare 
• Cigna
• Ascension
• Beacon and others

Please contact us to learn more about ABA therapy and insurance.

CARD programs incorporate frequent and ongoing Caregiver Collaboration meetings with you and your child’s program supervisor. This helps to make sure that YOUR input and voice are heard, and that we are working together towards goals that are important and meaningful for your child and your family.

Caregiver Collaboration sessions include:

• Caregiver Check-in and Progress Updates
• Compassionate Communication and Active Listening 
• Collaborative discussion, goal setting, and problem-solving
• Education and hands-on application of ABA strategies under the guidance of the program supervisor
• Flexible thinking and individualization of strategies to meet your family’s unique needs

Center-based services are one-to-one applied behavior analysis (ABA) sessions for children, adolescents, and adults that take place at a CARD center rather than in the home environment. Board-certified behavior technicians work one-to-one with patients under the supervision of Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), using the cutting-edge CARD curriculum to maximize progress.

Click here for a list of local CARD centers. 

Call to schedule an appointment: (855) 345-2273. 

Our mission is to reflect Christ’s love by serving cancer patients and others with life-threatening medical conditions, through tangible assistance and spiritual support. These individuals have family members and caregivers who are also affected, and they need to know they are not alone.

Please join us as we follow the Lord’s leading in the formation and growth of this new ministry at CrossBridge. Our focus is sharing the LOVE of Christ and the HOPE of the gospel!

We are geriatric care managers (GCMs), who serve as advocates for families as they face age-related challenges.

Our compassionate guidance, professional assessments, and care management allow us to provide healthcare management at home or in any setting.

We are also able to save you time and money by researching available healthcare options and negotiating medical bill disputes, errors, and declined claims.

Click here to learn more about our services.

Call or click here to schedule a free consultation.

The YES Waiver is a home and community based services waiver that allows for more flexibility in the funding of intensive community-based services to assist children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances to live in the community with their families.

Goals:

• Reducing out-of-home placements and inpatient psychiatric treatment by all child-serving agencies;
• Providing a more complete continuum of community-based services and supports;
• Ensuring families have access to parent partners and other flexible non-traditional support services as identified in a family-centered planning process;
• Preventing entry into the foster care system and relinquishment of parental custody; and
• Improving the clinical and functional outcomes of children and adolescents.

Services:

In addition to the services already offered under Camino Real Community Services' Children's Mental Health Program, the following are services of the YES Waiver:

• Adaptive Aids and Supports
• Community Living Supports
• Family Supports
• Minor Home Modifications
• Non-Medical Transportation
• Paraprofessional Services
• Professional Services
• Respite
• Supportive Family Based Alternatives
• Transitional Services

Camino Real Community Services will assess you for eligibility.

Demographic Criteria:

• Be between 3 and 18 years of age;
• Reside in Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Karnes, La Salle, Maverick, Mc Mullen, Wilson, or Zavala County; and
• Reside in a non-institutional setting with the child's or adolescent's Legally Auhtorized Representative; or in the child's or adolescent's own home or apartment, if legally emancipated.

Clinical Criteria:

• Have serious functional impairment or acute severe psychiatric symptoms as indicated by:
• Risk of Self Harm
• Disruptive or Aggressive Behavior
• Family Supports
• School Behavior
• Current Diagnosis
• There is a reasonable expectation that, without YES Waiver services, the child or adolescent would qualify for inpatient care.

Financial Criteria:

• A child or adolescent must be eligible for Medicaid.

Click here for more information.

Click here for financial information

TBI Warrior® Foundation and The Ecumenical Center invite you to the monthly groups for Veterans with TBI.

Family Caregivers are welcome to attend; a separate group will be hosted for them at the same time and location.

Click here for upcoming group dates and registration.

Free

This ministry was established to create a support group for cancer survivors and their caregivers.

We have expanded to include all people with serious or chronic illnesses and their caregivers and loved ones. It is a place where we can all come together to be encouraged and inspired as well as to encourage and inspire others.

Many of the people in this parish and our community have had, currently have, or will have to face a diagnosis of a serious illness or disability. We would like to offer encouragement and support to people who face these struggles. You do not have to be Catholic to join this support group; it is a community outreach ministry.
 
If you are a patient currently undergoing treatment, join us.  We are in constant prayer on your behalf. We offer you encouragement, wisdom and a hand to hold onto. We’ve been in your shoes; we can be a light in the darkness for you.
 
If you are a survivor, join us. We need your wisdom, compassion and experience to help others. It is said that God can take something bad and turn it into something beautiful. Take your experiences and turn them into something beautiful to give glory to God.
 
If you are a caregiver or loved one for a patient, join us. We understand having a serious or chronic illness is an arduous journey and the patient does not take that journey alone. We want to encourage and support you as well.

For more information contact Ann Trost 361-218-9843 or email at [email protected].

If you are interested in being a guest speaker at one of our meetings, please contact Magdalena.

In our practice we provide a non-judgmental, supportive environment to meet your family’s needs. We combine evidence-based techniques and therapies to foster confidence, openness, and respect, and help your family work together to improve relationships with each others and themselves.

You can improve your relationships, creating authentic communication and respect to begin to heal past or current emotional wounds. You and each member of your family could feel validated, heard, and better understood.

Mind Works can provide you with the right tools, appropriate approaches, and healthy insights. Client frustrations often ease or disappear, problems become manageable, validation and openness increases, and healthy communication paves the way for calmer, happier relationships and a healthy way forward.

Click here to request an appointment or for more information on fees.

Insurance Accepted:

• Aetna
• Humana
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
• Tricare
• Medicaid - Superior

Heartland is a place that provides these children with a loving family, often in stark contrast to the neglectful environments they came from. Heartland is located on eighteen heavily wooded acres of land outside of Boerne, Texas in the world famous Texas Hill Country. It's a tranquil place where the air is fresh and the skies are beautiful. There are farm animals to help with child development for the more fortunate children that have the ability to venture outside of the home. There is individualized special care provided for the ones that have more medical needs and don't share the same blessings. Services are provided to the children from birth to eighteen years of age.

Heartland also assists families in the community that find themselves overwhelmed physically and financially with the special medical and developmental needs of their children. There is a great need when caring for handicapped and terminally ill children for education of parents and significant others. To be able to ask questions and receive understandable answers to these questions can lighten the burden that some of these families face on a day to day basis.

Ages: Birth - 18 yrs,

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.

Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) is a statewide program within the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for families with children from birth up to age 3, with developmental delays, disabilities, or certain medical diagnoses that may impact development. ECI services support families as they learn how to help their children grow and learn.

Our Services:

• Parents and professionals work together as a team
• Services are convenient for families
• Children learn new skills through everyday activities
• Services are coordinated with others in the community
• Families of all income levels receive ECI services
• Professional Services
• Early Intervention Specialists
• Speech and Language Pathologists
• Physical Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Registered Dietitians
• Professional Counselors
• Hearing and Vision Specialists
• Social Workers
• Nurses

Age: Birth - 3.

Eligibility Requirements:

Call to schedule a screening to determine eligibility.

Must meet one of the following three criteria:

• Medically Diagnosed Condition
• Auditory or Visual Impairment
• Developmental Delay

The evaluations used to determine eligibility include the Battelle Developmental Inventory 3 (BDI-3) and Developmental Assessment of Young Children 2 (DAYC-2). The BDI-2 is used for Spanish-speaking families at this time.

If your child qualifies for services, the team identifies your family's daily routines and your child's strengths and needs. Based on the results of the evaluation and assessment, your team develops a plan for services, also known as the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), evaluations, assessments, and IFSPs are provided at no cost to parents.

Counties served: Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Gillespie, Mason, and Menard.

Click here for more information

Families that qualify for Medicaid have no cost for service.

All other families have a cost share determined using a sliding fee scale based on family size and net income after allowable deductions.

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.

Our Care Consultants help navigate the difficult decisions and uncertanties that people with dementia and their families face by conducting assessments of need and creating an action plan to address the family's needs and concerns. 

Caregivers may speak by telephone or in-person with a care consultant from the North Central Texas Chapter.

Please call the 24/7 Helpline to schedule at 800-272-3900. 

People with dementia, their families and caregivers.

Free

Deserving and needy families are provided with scholarships for educational assistance and other necessities. 

For more information, call 281-238-8096, email, or visit our website.

PermiaCare offers intellectual and developmental disability services for adults and children. It also provides home based early childhood intervention services for infants birth to three with developmental disabilities or delays and their families.

Call for a brief phone screening to see what services are available for you. PermiaCare provides services under contracts with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) to individuals with a mental illness and/or intellectual development disability identified as a priority population.

Service costs are determined using a sliding fee scale, allowing in many cases for little to no cost to the client. Clients are not denied services based on an inability to pay. Insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare are accepted.

PermiaCare offers intellectual and developmental disability services for adults and children.

Call for a brief phone screening to see what services are available for you. PermiaCare provides services under contracts with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) and The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) to individuals with a mental illness and/or intellectual development disability identified as a priority population.

Service costs are determined using a sliding fee scale, allowing in many cases for little to no cost to the client. Clients are not denied services based on an inability to pay. Insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare are accepted.