First Footing program offers people experiencing homelessness a safe place to stay. Individuals undergo an interview process and if accepted, have 24 hour staff support. 

The program model is built to come alongside adults on their journey out of homelessness and into a safe, stable home with mental and physical health care, employability skills training, budgeting education, and housing navigation. 

First Footing program offers: 

• ID recovery
• Addition recovery
• Employment assistance 
• Transportation
• Case management 

First Footing serves primarily longtime residents of New Braunfels however, each individual is taken case by case.

Free of charge.

Homelessness is a community problem that will not go away without active, collaborative intervention. Understanding the root causes of homelessness and what we can do to improve the health of our community is part of the solution.

Please contact us at [email protected] or 830.272-5020.

A temporary home for children in foster care or for those experiencing housing instability. Many youths find themselves staying on friends' couches, sleeping at parks, or living out of cars. Our shelter offers a safe place with access to resources to help youth reach their housing goals.

• Safety. Staff meet the immediate needs of each new arrival. Hygiene supplies, clothing, food, medicine, and school supplies help children feel settled and safe.
• Support. Through trauma-informed care and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) staff and counselors help youth heal from trauma and plan for their futures.
• Normalcy. Opportunities to engage in activities typical for youth. Examples include school extracurricular options, summer activities, and shopping opportunities.

Admission

• Youth in Foster Care. Emergency Shelter placement must be requested by the youth's DFPS caseworker or Child Placing Unit. Authorized personnel can send the State of Texas Common Application to the agency intake email.
• Unaccompanied Youth. If you or someone you know is experiencing homelessness, complete this form to request temporary shelter placement. 

A home for youth preparing to exit foster care. Residents benefit from targeted support to help them transition to adulthood. 

• Support. Through trauma-informed care and Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) staff and counselors help youth heal from trauma and plan for their futures.
• Academic Guidance. Case managers help monitor academic performance and guide youth in preparing for higher education or employment.
• Life Skills. Residents benefit from training and education designed to facilitate independent living. Skills include budgeting, credit planning, resume writing, and interviewing.

• Be aged 15-22 and in the foster care system.
• Be enrolled in (or have completed) high school, a GED course, vocational program, college, university, or technical school.
• Seek, obtain, or continue employment (if not enrolled in an educational program).
• Participate in programs on education, vocational training, employment, and volunteer outreach.
• Be capable of acquiring the skills necessary to become economically self-sufficient.
• Live cooperatively and responsibly with other residents in the program.

Transitional Living Program admission must be initiated by the youth's DFPS caseworker or Child Placing Unit. Authorized personnel should send the State of Texas Common Application and psychological evaluation to the agency intake email.

Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels is a community response to family homelessness. We exist to support, guide and lift families out of homelessness and into safe housing, gainful employment, and independence.

Representatives from local churches have came together to address the need. Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels (FPGNB) is a partnership of churches that open their doors, classrooms, gyms, and hearts to serve as hospitality centers to families experiencing homelessness, partnering with professional case management and other community resources to offer temporary housing, meals, transportation and loving support.

When a family successfully completes our comprehensive shelter program, they have accomplished a series of steps to continue their journey to long-term self-sufficiency. Accomplishments include:

• Safe Housing
• Permanent, full-time employment
• Safe, reliable child care or after-school care
• Emergency savings fund of $1000+
• A working, realistic budget
• Reliable transportation

Once a family "graduates" and moves into their own home, they transition into A New Lease on Life aftercare program, which includes:

• Professional case management support for one year
• Help with emergent needs
• Life skills workshops (Child care is provided.)
• Peer support of fellow FPGNB alumni, as well as other supportive relationships.

Homeless families with children.

Helps motivated single mothers and their children transition into successful, independent futures by providing parenting skills, career training and a home in a peaceful and safe environment.

Appropriate referrals to the program include mothers who:

• Are having difficulty providing for the physical needs of their children.
• Can make use of the resources and opportunities provided in order to return to a community with greater ability to provide for their family.
• Are seeking educational and/or job training opportunities in order to become financially independent.
• Are willing to grow spiritually and participate in worship and spiritual activities on a regular basis.

Services Provided:

• A home and necessities
• Education or trade school training
• Public school system located close to AOH campuses for their children
• Case management services for mothers and their children
• Counseling services and psychological testing for mothers and children
• Parenting and life skills training
• Spiritual activities and functions

Program acceptance and admission based upon full Application Form completion and submission.

To complete an Application Form, click here.

Our House transitional apartments operated by BCFS Health and Human Services - Kerrville offer supportive housing units for young adults, ages 18 to 25. The apartments are for young adults struggling with homelessness in need of assistance and support transitioning to be self-sufficient. 

Our House is a drug and alcohol-free environment. The program provides weekly case management services, group resident meetings, and assistance with employment, education, and counseling.

There are eight 1-bedroom units including an adult resident advisor that supervises the apartments and manages the property. Our House has supported many young youths' transition into self-sufficient adults.

Services can be provided in additional languages with sufficient prior notice.

Ages: 18-25

A protection order is an order used by a court to protect a person, business, company, establishment, or entity, and the general public, in a situation involving alleged domestic violence, assault, harassment, stalking, or sexual assault.

Intimate partner violence is about power and control. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

A protection order is an official legal document signed by a judge that orders the abuser to stop abusing or threatening you and/or your children. It can also include other types of relief such as child support, custody, visitation and payment of debts.

The abuser may be ordered to stay away from your home, school or place of employment. You have the right to file for a protection order if someone has abused you within the past six months (180 days) OR if they abuse or threaten to abuse any person under 18 years old now or in the future.

In addition, there are several reasons why it might not be safe for you to return home after obtaining an emergency protective order including but not limited to threats made against pets and property damage done at your residence during previous incidents of violence between yourself and the abuser.

Get the Help You Need Toll Free: 888-621-0047

We’re here 24 hours a day 7 days a week so please don’t hesitate calling us when needed!

Our trained staff will help guide you through this process step-by-step with compassion and understanding while providing information about all available resources in our community that can assist victims throughout their journey toward safety & independence from abuse.

We offer free confidential services including safety planning; crisis intervention counseling; court accompaniment; referrals for shelter/housing assistance.

Free

Our Emergency Shelter offers men, women and children a short-term safe and secure environment to escape from the hand of domestic violence.

The Shelter is designed to provide a safe, family-friendly and pet-friendly, therapeutic environment where men, women and children can begin to heal from trauma and begin establishing self-sufficiency. The goal of the shelter is to serve as a bridge to assist residents in moving from an emergency situation to stable, appropriate housing.

The Shelter is not “just a place to stay,” but rather a stepping stone to a better life. Throughout the client’s stay, our staff offers counseling, financial education, support groups, job advocacy and help with finding permanent housing.

We seek to improve our client’s life for the long-term, not just the immediate challenge. And because there is a significant correlation between domestic violence and pet abuse, HCCC offers safe shelter for women and their animals fleeing violence.

FREE

RSS provides recovery coaching and support services to individuals with or at-risk of alcohol and drug problems by providing clients both online and face to face options to connect with a Peer Recovery Support Specialist. These services can also be provided prior, during and post outpatient or residential treatment services.

Services include individual coaching, recovery support groups, fun and health recovery activities, housing, transportation, and employment assistance.

For more information, please contact us.

 Services are at no charge and covered by State funding.

The VLB Veterans Land Loan Program is the only one of its kind in the nation, giving Texas Veterans and Military Members the opportunity to borrow up to $150,000 to purchase land at competitive interest rates while typically requiring a minimum five percent down payment for tracts of one acre or more.

To be eligible for VLB loan programs, Veterans and Military Members must be:

• At least 18 years of age.
• A bona fide and legal resident of Texas on the date of application and meet one of the following service criteria:
• An active duty Military Member.
• A member of the Texas National Guard.
• A reserve component Military Member having completed 20 qualifying years for retirement.
• A Veteran having served at least 90 active duty days unless discharged sooner due to a service-connected disability and not discharged dishonorably.
• A surviving spouse of a Veteran listed as missing in action or whose death was service-connected.

To be eligible for VLB financing, the land must be: 

• Be wholly within the state of Texas.
• Contain at least one acre, excluding any portion beneath a dedicated public roadway or navigable waterway or subject to frequent inundation or otherwise unusable.
• Have legal, usable access to a public road. Access must be a minimum of 60 feet wide or meet the county public road width requirements, whichever is greater. “Usable” means that it can be driven on by a standard passenger car in inclement weather.
• The flagpole access portion of the property must be drivable in inclement weather to the main body of the tract.
• Be properly described by either a field note description of the tract with the surveyor’s official seal and signature (original or copy) or a complete copy of the recorded subdivision plat if the description is by lot & block.
• Not be zoned strictly for commercial use.
• Not have been owned by you or your spouse within the previous three years.
• All trash/debris, tires or dilapidated structures must be removed prior to closing.

• For Prospective Homeowners

At the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC), we help repeat buyers and existing homeowners purchase a home. We are a nonprofit organization that was created by the Texas Legislature to help Texans achieve their dream of homeownership. Let us help you buy your dream home.

Down Payment Assistance (DPA): What Is It? 
If you are eligible for our programs, TSAHC will provide you with a mortgage loan and funding to use for your down payment. You can choose to receive the down payment assistance as a grant (which does not have to be repaid) or a deferred forgivable second lien loan (which only has to be repaid if you sell or refinance within three years). If you’re eligible, you can essentially receive free money to help you buy a home. 

How Much Do You Have to Put Down on a House?
The amount of your down payment depends on a few things, including your income, your loan type, the amount of TSAHC assistance that you choose, the cost of the home, and how much you want to borrow. The larger your down payment, the smaller your monthly mortgage payment will be. The smaller your down payment, the larger your monthly mortgage payment. 

Your lender will help you figure out which TSAHC assistance option to choose and how much you need to put down on your house.  

To qualify, you must have:

• A credit score of 620
• Meet certain income requirements
• Take the Eligibility Quiz

• For Prospective Homeowners
• For Homeowners

Hill Country MHDD Centers provide compassionate care and support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing services that offer hope, support, and recovery.

Our Service Coordinators are trained in person-centered thinking and person-centered plan facilitation, which means they have learned skills to better support individuals to achieve their goals at home, school, work, and in the community.

The Service Coordination team assists with:

• determining eligibility for services;
• enrollment into programs;
• coordinating and monitoring ongoing services;
• placing individuals on the Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living Interest lists;
• helping students transition from school services to community-based services; and
• aiding families in finding residential services for children and adults.

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.

Unbound advocates for victims and survivors by meeting immediate needs, supporting survivors and their families and connecting each survivor with resources for his or her unique restoration journey.

Unbound Waco Survivor Advocacy Services:

• Emergency crisis response
• Long-term case management
• Medical accompaniment
• Housing assistance
• Safety planning
• Advocacy

Unbound Waco serves the Heart of Texas Region with crisis response and case management services for victims and survivors of human trafficking.

24/7 Unbound Waco Crisis Response & Referral Line: 254-414-0814

Unbound is here to help. Whether you suspect someone you know if being trafficked, or you think you may be a victim of human trafficking yourself, please reach out. We can connect you with appropriate resources to take the next steps. Please do not provide information that could put you or someone else in danger.

Referral Form

Free

Unbound advocates for youth victims and survivors by meeting immediate needs, supporting survivors and their families and connecting each survivor with resources for his or her unique restoration journey.

Unbound Waco Survivor Advocacy Services:

• Emergency crisis response
• Long-term case management
• Medical accompaniment
• Housing assistance
• Safety planning
• Advocacy

Unbound Waco serves the Heart of Texas Region with crisis response and case management services for youth victims and survivors of human trafficking.

24/7 Unbound Waco Crisis Response & Referral Line: 254-414-0814

Unbound is here to help. Whether you suspect someone you know if being trafficked, or you think you may be a victim of human trafficking yourself, please reach out. We can connect you with appropriate resources to take the next steps. Please do not provide information that could put you or someone else in danger.

Referral Form

Free

Alpine Manor is a 40 unit apartment complex built in 1994 that receives some funding through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Features include

Since this property has received funding in part through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, a certain number of units are set aside for lower income households. 

Alpine Housing Authority provides housing assistance to low income residents through the management of the Housing Choice Voucher Program - Section 8.

Eligibility for a housing voucher is determined by the Alpine Housing Authority based on the total annual gross income and family size and is limited to US citizens and specified categories of non-citizens who have eligible immigration status. In general, the family's income may not exceed 50% of the median income for the county in which the family chooses to live.

For information on the program click here.

Apply at the Alpine Housing Authority office.

Alpine Retirement Homes is very secluded in a peaceful area of Alpine with 360 degree mountain views. Alpine Retirement Homes offers 24 affordable one bedroom apartment homes for seniors 62 years and older. Each unity is 690 square feet with 2 very large walk-in closets. It is all electric and includes a stove and refrigerator and we pay water and trash. We are proud to offer a community/meeting room, a convenient laundry facility, a picnic area, and walking trails. We welcome your pet, but please give us a call because there are some restrictions.

This project has received some funding from a participating jurisdiction (local or state government agency) through the HUD HOME Investments Partnerships Program (HOME). In projects with five or more HOME-assisted units, at least 20% of these units must be occupied by families earning 50% or less of area median income (AMI). All other HOME-assisted units must be occupied by families earning 80% or less of AMI, but in practice most are reserved for families earning 60% or less AMI. Maximum monthly rent is capped with a Low HOME Rent for <50% AMI units and a High HOME Rent for the remaining HOME-assisted units. Contact the property directly for the specific dollar amount of these rent caps.

Amistad understands and respects the men and women who have served our country. Our progarm assists veterans, dependents, and surviving spouses. Our goal is to provide a safe environment for families to thrive during and after their serivice.

Services include

• Mortgage Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• Utility Assistance
• Transportation Assistance