The SA Kids BREATHE (SAKB) program is a free city program whose primary goal is to improve the quality of the lives of children with asthma by teaching them and their families best practices to control their asthma.
The SAKB program will help keep kids out of the hospital, keep kids in school, keep parents at work, and save families and healthcare systems money.
SAKB Community Health Workers meet with these families at their homes (virtual or in-person) to improve asthma control. Education and support are provided over a 12-month period.
Check-ins with the family are provided over an additional 6 months if needed.
To be eligible, children must meet these three requirements:
Anyone can refer to the program. Call or email to get started.
Free
Classes include topics such as wellness, technology, fitness, current events, art, and much more.
Register for classes at West End Senior Center, Oasis Center or online here.
Ages: 60+.
Ventanilla De Salud (VDS), in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate, provides health education and health service referrals to the San Antonio immigrant community. The objective of the VDS is to improve access to primary and preventive health services, increase coverage in public insurance and promote a culture of health prevention for Mexicans living in the United States. In addition, VDS can provide information on educational, legal, and financial guidance.
You can also make your inquiry by email at [email protected] or by phone at (210)956-6943, (210) 227-9145 ext. 3626, or from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM at (210) 433-9922 ext. 235.
VDS operates at the Consulate of Mexico.
Our Community Health Workers assist seniors, individuals and, families in our community to access resources that improve their physical and mental health and quality of life. We make the important connections between people seeking assistance and the resources that can answer questions and provide care. We also provide social support and informal counseling, and we work on a one-to-one basis.
We look at everything that is getting in the way of good health outcomes, access to health care, housing, employment, and education because it all matters.
For information about our Community Health Worker service, click here.
They Can Help Connect you to Local Resources for:
Food
Hygiene items
Clothing
Household goods
Insurance
Medical Care
Legal help
Rental Assistance
Utility Assistance
| Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Saturday: CLOSED |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
A Wesley Nurse is a faith-based community nurse. The professional practice of the Wesley Nurse is not limited to the physical dimension of medical needs; rather, it includes a mind, body and spirit holistic approach.
Programs and services include:
While the Wesley Nurse program is a component of Methodist Healthcare Ministries' ecumenical outreach and located within churches, it does not teach a set of denominational beliefs.
All members of the community are welcome.
Free.
The Big Decisions curriculum is designed to help young people make healthy and informed decisions about sex and relationships. It’s approved for use in 40+ Texas school districts and contains 10 easy-to-use lessons. Big Decisions is designed to vigorously—and effectively—encourage young people to postpone sexual involvement.
The goal of the Big Decisions curriculum is to help young people make healthy and informed decisions about sex. Big Decisions is designed to vigorously—and effectively—encourage young people to postpone sexual involvement, and also to provide the guidance and information young people need to reduce their risks when they do become sexually active.
Our curriculum educates young people that abstinence is the safest and healthiest choice to prevent a pregnancy while also preparing them with the know the knowledge and tools to reduce risks and have a healthy future.
Click here for mor information
No cost to non-profit agencies.
| 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 |
Previously known as BAE-B-SAFE, Talk About it Campus Conversations is here to support students’ success by providing medically accurate sexual health education, resources, and referrals to adolescent-friendly low or no-cost services.
Talk About it Campus Conversations content focuses on sexual and reproductive health (HIV prevention, reproductive anatomy, contraception, including both abstinence and LARCs), but also healthy and unhealthy relationships and goal setting. Designed for older teens and young adults in and surrounding community colleges and Universities in the Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, and Austin area.
Program Options:
This 3.5-4 hour session combines HIV/ AIDS prevention, contraceptive methods, healthy relationships, and basic anatomy to provide STI and unplanned pregnancy prevention as well as goal setting.
This interactive web-based video is designed to educate those who identify as female about contraception and sexually transmitted infections STIs. Presenting scenarios involving decisions that young people often face in romantic relationships, viewers are given the opportunity to mentally practice how they respond in hypothetical situations.
Free
The Youth Advocacy Council (YAC) is a youth development program that empowers San Antonio area teens to become leaders of change in their community through civic participation at local and state levels. Healthy Futures of Texas engages high school-age youth in outreach, education, and advocacy to increase access to evidence-based sexual health education and to teen-friendly preventive healthcare.
The Youth Advocacy Council is a proud member of the Texas Youth Action Network, a project of DSHS through Texas A&M University.
For more information, or to apply, click here.
| 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 |
Community Health Workers, or Promotores de Salud, increase wellness by reaching out to, connecting with, and engaging underserved families and communities to help improve health outcomes for themselves, their families, and the communities in which they live.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries' Community Health Workers are certified by the Texas Department of State Health (DSHS).
Services include:
Money Smart Classes: Case management staff, in partnership with financial organizations trained in FDIC curriculum, offer quarterly Money Smart classes at our public housing communities. Topics include: borrowing basics, pay yourself first, banking services, budgeting, repairing your credit, and homeownership.
Back To School Drives: FSS case managers organize back-to-school drives to help residents with costs of school supplies. The funds raised pay for school supplies, uniforms, immunizations and haircuts.
Health Fairs: Case managers participate in and support community health fairs.
Employment Fairs: Family Self-sufficiency provides residents information on upcoming job fairs and assists with transportation, resume preparation, interview technique and necessary job skills.
Summer Youth Employment: HABC provides youth, ages 14 to 24, the opportunity to learn on-the-job training during the summer months. Employment may be with HABC or with one of our partners.
Thanksgiving Baskets: During the holiday season, case and property management staff identify needy families and supply holiday meals to them.
| Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Friday: CLOSED |
| Saturday: CLOSED |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
A Wesley Nurse is a faith-based community nurse. The professional practice of the Wesley Nurse is not limited to the physical dimension of medical needs; rather, it includes a mind, body and spirit holistic approach.
Programs and services include:
While the Wesley Nurse program is a component of Methodist Healthcare Ministries' ecumenical outreach and located within churches, it does not teach a set of denominational beliefs.
All members of the community are welcome.
Free.
| Monday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM , 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
| Thursday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Friday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Saturday: CLOSED |
| Sunday: 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM , 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federal assistance program for healthcare and nutrition of low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and children under the age of five.
WIC is able to provide contactless service for current and new participants.
For more information call (210) 207-4650 or email: [email protected].
CLICK HERE
To participate you must be a:
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.
The SAISD Community Education program identifies, assesses and promotes the learning needs and interests of the community by building relationships with families and local community businesses. The goal is to create partnerships with families and community members that will increase participation in family enrichment activities.
The program is designed to raise student academic performance, attendance, and retention which strengthen the community and increase opportunities of an improved quality of life. In collaboration with over 45 community partners, SAISD offers free community education classes in the following strands:
Community member attendance in these classes enhance and upgrade employment skills and provide exposure to resources and support from the community that markedly increase participant self-confidence and advance their education, which allow them to assist their children academically and be a role model for family and friends.
Click here for more information or call us at 210-554-2453.
Free
ReadyKidSA is your one-stop resource for raising Happy Healthy Ready Kids.
ReadyKidSA is a coalition of organizations across Bexar County that builds on successful child and family programs in San Antonio. Our partners offer a wide range of support services designed to help individuals and families navigate the different challenges that arise with each phase of life.
Find the right resources to fit your needs:
| Monday: 8:15 AM - 4:45 PM |
| Tuesday: 8:15 AM - 4:45 PM |
| Wednesday: 8:15 AM - 4:45 PM |
| Thursday: 8:15 AM - 4:45 PM |
| Friday: 8:15 AM - 4:45 PM |
| Saturday: CLOSED |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
Community Health Workers, or Promotores de Salud, increase wellness by reaching out to, connecting with, and engaging underserved families and communities to help improve health outcomes for themselves, their families, and the communities in which they live.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries' Community Health Workers are certified by the Texas Department of State Health (DSHS).
Services include:
Herbal wisdom, integrative health and nutrition, and western medicine.
Link here to visit the Family Health and Wellness.
| 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 |
The work of the Secretariat for Mission in the fields of Life, Justice, and Peace focuses on issues such as abortion and post-abortion healing, assisted suicide, the death penalty, human trafficking, homelessness, poverty, immigration, foster care, healthcare, religious freedom, and environmental justice, aiming to develop an authentic human ecology for the communities of San Antonio.
To build a culture of life, justice, and peace in our communities and beyond. The Archdiocese offers educational and formational lectures, information, and resources on the Works of Mercy and Catholic Social Teaching. We assist in building and sustaining strategic leadership in parishes and with community partners through training, advocacy, prayer, and service.
SA Life Academy offers a standard-based day program designed to meet the holistic needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Certified Special Education teachers design a stimulating curriculum that includes relationship building, art, recreational therapy, health and wellness, community outreach, and life and job-skills training.
SA Life Academy also collaborates with volunteers and professionals throughout the community to offer specialized classes such as yoga, recreational therapy, and gardening. Through community integration which includes 5-6 hours of volunteerism per week, SA Life Academy students give back to the community in a meaningful way.
There are no more than 12 students per day in each class.
To be considered for admission to SA Life Academy, applicants must meet the following requirements:
• Must be diagnosed with an intellectual and/or developmental disability (I/DD)
• Must be 18 or over
• Must not exhibit aggressive behavior or be a danger to themselves or others
• Must not be at high risk for elopement (running away)
• Must be able to handle reasonably crowded or stimulating environments in the community
• Independence with toileting and hygiene (does not require assistance)
• Must not be medically fragile or need extensive medical care (No onsite nurse or medical staff)
Call for information about fee coverage options.
| Monday: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Thursday: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Friday: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Saturday: CLOSED |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
In the Spring of 2022 our Children’s Cancer Support Center opened it’s doors to address this problem directly by providing special programming that offers cancer support groups, bereavement support groups, educational workshops, health and wellness support, resources and referrals as well as social activities for families. It’s the city’s first cancer support center exclusively for children.
Our programs are designed to empower parents by providing them with the tools necessary to improve their social connections, give them sense of control and provide a holistic approach to help them navigate their child’s cancer diagnosis. We believe that this will improve the lives and the health and wellness of both the body and mind.
We know that it takes a community to overcome the challenges that come with a childhood cancer diagnosis. For families that are feeling alone or isolated due to their child’s diagnosis, we believe that they will find the support they need when they come to the Children’s Cancer Support Center.
The Children’s Cancer Support Center provides resources and support for families that have a child diagnosed with cancer by taking a holistic approach to help in all areas including mental and social factors affecting the entire family.
Programs offered at the center include the following:
Calendar of events can be viewed here.
To qualify, families must have a child who has been diagnosed with cancer and is currently receiving treatment in San Antonio.
Application can be found here.
Services are provided for FREE and at no cost to families of children diagnosed with cancer.
| Monday: CLOSED |
| Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Thursday: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Friday: CLOSED |
| Saturday: CLOSED |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
Community First Health Plans (CFHP) helps families, children, expectant mothers, and children with special needs access affordable health coverage.
Our goal is to help you, from learning how to best use your plan benefits to locating one of our network doctors in your neighborhood.
CFHP assists with the following programs:
CFHP also provides these Health and Wellness programs to members at no added cost:
CFHP also provides these services to members at no added cost:
Must qualify and become a CFHP member.
Who may qualify:
Click here to fill out the form or call the office for more assistance.
We can help you find the right health plan for you and your family. Quickly see what plan(s) you qualify for in just a few simple steps. Click Here.
| 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 |
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.
Esther Vexler Yoga School (EVYS) offers a unique, well-rounded program that dives into hatha yoga and things that stem from the practice.
You will learn about:
We go beyond physical practice and strive to make the ancient wisdom of yoga accessible and valuable for yoga teachers.
| Monday: CLOSED |
| Tuesday: CLOSED |
| Wednesday: CLOSED |
| Thursday: CLOSED |
| Friday: CLOSED |
| Saturday: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
Exams include a full check-up, which helps to detect and treat any new or ongoing health problems and to help prevent future problems.
Click here to request an appointment.
Free
| Monday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
| Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Thursday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Friday: CLOSED |
| Saturday: CLOSED |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
The YMCA’s Counseling and Well-Being Services team consists of licensed and pre-licensed professionals dedicated to helping you on your journey to healing. Our culturally diverse team includes counselors who specialize in multiple evidence-based approaches.
Our goal is to provide a safe environment of unconditional support, understanding, and compassion.
Individual, group, and family counseling for:
(No adult counseling services are available at this time)
We also offer support groups, workshops, seminars, and special events designed to help people learn more about mental health and develop effective coping strategies.
Free
| Monday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Thursday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM |
| Friday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
| Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
The YMCA is more than a gym. When you join the YMCA, you belong to a place where:
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.
Early Head Start provides comprehensive child and family development services year-round for low-income families with infants and toddlers ages birth to three years.
The program aims to enhance children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development for school readiness; to support parents' efforts to fulfill their parental roles; and to help parents move toward self-sufficiency.
AVANCE-San Antonio offers a two-option program: a home-based option and a center-based option at licensed childhood development centers.
Home-based Option
Center-based Option
Support Services
Adult Education
We offer high-quality, early childhood education for children 6 weeks through 3 years.
Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.
Special Olympics Texas has partnered with a state agency, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), on a 12-week program designed to keep the athletes and those currently not involved within Special Olympics active without having to use exercise equipment or join any fitness clubs or gyms. While the program is primarily geared to the older individual, many of these are very good for all including family members and providers.
Click here to learn more or here to order your FREE How-To Texercise Handbook.
Click here to find General Health and Wellness information and resources. Topics include:
Click here for resources on memory care and Alzheimer's.
P.E.A.C.E Initiative works with Empower House providing educational classes on domestic violence to the mutual clients we serve. These classes are delivered in both English and Spanish. We do case management/consultation for the individual students in our classes.