This is a partnership with Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative to provide Veterans and their Families with awareness training for coping skills, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide awareness and peer to peer relationship building.

Center keeps classes smaller to have more of a personal interaction for peer buddies.

Future Class are on:

• Calendar of Events
• Limited to the first 30 to sign up!
• Free Continental Breakfast and Lunch Provided
• 8:45 AM - Breakfast and sign-in

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouse.

click here

Free.

Exercise Classes for Seniors.

Free membership for those 60 years and older and for family and friends caring for someone 60 and older.

Free.

 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.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio changes lives through high-quality afterschool and summer programs in a safe, affordable, and fun environment.

BGCSA serves kids ages 6 to 18 years old.

Call for membership availability.

Transportation is available from Hopkins Elementary and Master Elementary.

Clubhouse membership is $100 for the school year and $100 for the summer.

Teen membership is $25 for the summer.

Our HISD extended day programs are on a sliding scale fee and require proof of income to verify household income levels.

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:

• Youth 12-19 (Submit child's information, not parents)
• Veterans
• Seniors 65+

(No adult counseling services are available at this time)

• Telehealth available
• Se habla Español
• Counselors are available by appointment only

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

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio changes lives through high-quality afterschool and summer programs in a safe, affordable, and fun environment.

Afterschool Programming

BGCSA offers a weekday Afterschool Program for kids all through the school year! Our Clubhouses are open weekdays, 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM, making it an easy choice for parents. The daily schedule begins with Power Hour™, an hour dedicated to homework help and completion.

Kids then rotate through age-appropriate activities! Kids will be able to enjoy gym and playground time, sports practices, reading or math tutoring, fine arts, and more! Our preteens and teenagers have more guided activities, such as college visits, career skills building, driving simulations, and leadership and community-service-focused clubs.

BGCSA offers more support by offering transportation to Clubhouse locations. Snacks and/or meals are also provided to all kids before they head home.

Click here to learn more.

Summer Programming

Our Summer Program provides structured activities and a safe place, Monday – Friday, from 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM, during 6 weeks of summer break. Similar to our Afterschool Program, youth are engaged in age-appropriate activities focused on curbing the summer learning loss, building character, and forming healthy habits.

Additionally, kids get to attend Club-sponsored field trips to indoor swimming pools, local businesses, outdoor parks, and community attractions. Have no fear parents, kids won’t come home hungry! Healthy and balanced meals and snacks are provided throughout the day during summer programs.

Click here to learn more.

Core Programs

BGCA offers local Clubs tested, proven, and nationally recognized programs that closely align with the developmental needs of all young people. We aim to put our youth on the path to great futures!

Click here and scroll down to learn more.

BGCSA serves kids ages 6 to 18 years old.

Call for membership availability.

Membership is done annually, per session on a first-come, first-served basis at the Club of your choice.

All registrants must complete a membership application and complete the registration fee of $100/per child and $25/per teen.

Hardship scholarships are readily available, and all military youth or youth on Medicaid Amerigroup are free.

Registration fees are capped at $300 per family.

Click here to register.

Calvary provides support for various times and stages in your life when you need Godly Counsel and a listening ear.

Christian-based guidance is provided to those who are seeking direction concerning spiritual matters and life’s circumstances and situations.

• Decision Counselors
• Women's Ministry
• Singles Ministry (Single & Single Again)
• Senior Saints Ministry
• Pre-Marriage Counseling
• Y.E.S. (Young Enthusiastic Saints)

Contact us for more information.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers is an Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE), administered by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), which provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction.

Our youth development services include:

• Academic and homework support
• STEM activities
• Art and music activities
• Nutrition education
• Physical fitness and education
• Field trips (summer programming only)
• Service Learning
• Family engagement opportunities

Fall/Spring Programming:

• Students must be in grades 6-8 for the school year.
• Texas resident within school districts served by SA Youth
• Students must be referred by a teacher or administrator at their school.

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouse.

click here

Free.

Course participants will gain a thorough understanding of the emotion of anger as it relates to learned behavior, brain chemistry and subconscious imagery. Topics include: identifying and defining negative emotions, sources of anger, mind-brain connections, anger logs, addiction cycles, wrong strategies, methods for controlling anger, relationship types, the importance of a higher power, insightful concepts and tools for overcoming negative anger.

Life Skills for Living's Anger Management class is Bexar County Court approved.

Must be at least 12 years old.

• Six-hour Saturday accelerated class: $60
• Introductory Class: $77
• One-on-one in-person class: $77 session. (The number of sessions is determined by the client and facilitator).
• Two-hour group class: $25 per class. (Four classes are typically required to complete the program.)
• Six-hour online Anger Management class: $72.

The adult inpatient acute care treatment and substance abuse programs at SABHH help those who are experiencing behavioral, emotional, and/or substance abuse problems. Our psychiatric hospital offers a safe and secure environment, with highly trained, caring, board-certified staff who provide an atmosphere that promotes stabilization and healing.

Our dedicated and caring team works tirelessly to assess, stabilize, and help patients regain the necessary skills to control their emotions and behaviors. Because behavioral health issues vary with every patient, our inpatient psychiatric treatment programs are tailored to meet each individual’s specific needs.

Patients who are 18 and older may enter our adult inpatient mental health & substance use program due to:

• Mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder)
• Anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, panic disorder, agoraphobia)
• PTSD
• Impulse control disorder
• Suicidal Ideation or attempts
• Self-harm behaviors
• Threatened, attempted, or engaged in physical violence to others
• Substance abuse
• Thought disorders (delusions, hallucinations, paranoia)

Program Specifics

• Group and family therapy sessions
• Recreational and expressive therapies
• Stress management and coping skills
• Life skills
• Patient education to improve understanding of the illness
• Aftercare and discharge planning
• Intensive assessment and evaluation
• Medication management and education
• Art therapy
• Music therapy
• Movement therapy (yoga, tai chi, meditation)

We accept most commercial insurances: Tricare, Commercial Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

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:

• Establishing positive, trusting relationships with community residents in or from underserved communities.
• Helping patients/clients, families, and underserved communities overcome barriers in language and culture to better connect to quality healthcare services and resources.
• Connecting underserved populations to health care services and resources.
• Providing informal counseling, support, and follow-up home visits for patients/clients.
• Aiding in the creation and maintenance of community partnerships, collaborations, programs, and services.

Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ Community Health Workers are certified by the Texas Department of State Health (DSHS) as:

• Completed an approved 160-hour competency-based instructor training program.
• Required to complete 20 hours of continuing education every two years approved by DSHS to renew their certification.
• Required courses include Introduction to Community Health;

1. Community Health Advocacy
2. Community Nutrition
3. Community Health Field Methods
4. Wellness and Health Promotion
5. Cooperative Community Health Education

Club Morgan is a group-based program for members to create social, recreational, and inclusive opportunities for individuals of all abilities who are 16 or older. Members will form friendships while participating in a variety of activities including creative arts, culture, sports, outdoor recreation, and more. Club Morgan will offer monthly programming where Volunteer Partners and Participants can sign-up to attend via GivePulse.

Club Morgan was created to provide more opportunities for individuals with all abilities to come together and build lifelong friendships. As with many other social gatherings in the community, not all are inclusive for individuals to participate or feel safe and comfortable. We want to be a part of that change and make a difference.

For individuals of all abilities who are 16 or older. 

SA Youth’s Out-of-School Time (OST) Program provides year-round positive youth development programs during non-school hours. We offer an array of OST programs that focus on the academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles of San Antonio’s youth. Our site locations exist to keep children off the streets, out of trouble, and engaged in educational activities.

Our youth development services include:

• Academic and homework enrichment
• Book clubs
• Technology and computer learning
• Nutrition education
• Physical fitness and education
• Field trips
• Art and music
• Service Learning
• Family engagement activities

Program requirements:

• Between the ages of 5 and 13
• Texas resident within school districts served by SA Youth
• Low-income or receiving assistance

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Free.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction. 

PREVENTION PROGRAM

SA Youth’s Academic Achievers Program provides year-round positive youth development programs during non-school hours. We offer an array of programming that focus on the academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles of San Antonio’s youth. Our site locations exist to keep children out of trouble, and engaged in educational activities.

PROGRAMS SERVICES

Our youth development services include:

• Academic and homework support
• STEM activities
• Art and music activities
• Nutrition education
• Physical fitness and education
• Field trips (summer programming only)
• Service Learning
• Family engagement opportunities

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• Fall 2023 Programming:
  • Students must be in grades K-5 for the 2023-2024 school year.
  • Students must be enrolled at one of the elementary schools listed above.

Program requirements:

• Between the ages of 5 and 13
• Texas resident within school districts served by SA Youth
• Low-income or receiving assistance

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Free.

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*
  
  *Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouses

Free.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction. 

PREVENTION PROGRAM

SA Youth’s Academic Achievers Program provides year-round positive youth development programs during non-school hours. We offer an array of programming that focus on the academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles of San Antonio’s youth. Our site locations exist to keep children out of trouble, and engaged in educational activities.

PROGRAMS SERVICES

Our youth development services include:

• Academic and homework support
• STEM activities
• Art and music activities
• Nutrition education
• Physical fitness and education
• Field trips (summer programming only)
• Service Learning
• Family engagement opportunities

Program requirements:

• Between the ages of 5 and 13
• Texas resident within school districts served by SA Youth
• Low-income or receiving assistance

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Free.

If you are in doubt, your marriage can survive; survive indifference, anger, adultery, alcoholism or other addictions, abuse, or selfishness. The list goes on and on of all the signs and symptoms of a marriage communication breakdown that is now resulting in over 50% of first marriages ending in divorce in this country.

Our answer to your doubt is: let us help. The word Retrouvaille simply means "Rediscovery." This Catholic program offers those of you in troubled and painful marriages the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a loving relationship in your marriage. 

For information call 830-612-2035 or click here.

Helping Hands is a pre-vocational day habilitation program that serves higher-functioning adults with special needs who need a place to grow, develop skills, and establish life-long friendships. Helping Hands offers daily tasks and activities to adults who have intellectual and developmental challenges. Together, we serve our church, our community, and one another.

Helping Hands provides opportunities that bring purpose and dignity to youth and adults who have intellectual and developmental challenges. These opportunities encompass spiritual growth, education, fellowship, and service to God and our community. 

Each day at Helping Hands is filled with service, fun, and fellowship! Our tasks are geared toward serving others and many of them promote independent living skills. In addition to our tasks and activities, we eat out at area restaurants and go bowling regularly. Physical activity is also a part of our day.

This program is for higher functioning adults with special needs.

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:

• Establishing positive, trusting relationships with community residents in or from underserved communities.
• Helping patients/clients, families, and underserved communities overcome barriers in language and culture to better connect to quality health care services and resources.
• Connecting underserved populations to health care services and resources.
• Providing informal counseling, support, and follow-up home visits for patients/clients.
• Aiding in the creation and maintenance of community partnerships, collaborations, programs, and services.

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

The SNP is funded by the City and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) through the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), and currently offered at various senior centers throughout the City.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

Table Talk™ Color Me Camo is a peer-to-peer support group program specifically designed for women Veterans.

The purpose of the program is to empower women Veterans by facilitating meaningful conversations between peers and by forging strong bonds between women Veterans in their local communities.

Table Talk™ Color Me Camo focuses on identifying and addressing barriers women Veterans face on the path to positive change, through structured interaction with trained facilitators and fellow peers.
 
All Table Talk™ weekly peer support sessions are led by trained women Veteran volunteers or Grace After Fire outreach staff.

The program provides educational materials and activities that promote:

• Self-knowledge
• Self-understanding
• Self-development
• Self-renewal for the woman Veteran

Group topic discussions include:

• Self-analysis
• Self-development
• Relationships
• Life Management
• Community Resources

Click here to join a Table Talk Group

Women Veterans

Free

Grace After Fire hosts social events throughout the year for women Veterans and their families. These events include:

• Housewarming parties
• Coffee dates
• Casual get-togethers
• Arts & crafts events
• Picnics
• Christmas parties
• Writing workshops
• And more!

Click here to become a member

Interested in attending an upcoming event?  Check out our events calendar!

Interested in helping out at one of our events? Sign up to Volunteer

Grace After Fire also hosts an Annual Women Veterans Retreat in the spring.
For more information on our annual retreats, click here

Free

Beyond Cana® offers the time and tools to enrich and strengthen marriages — with God and His direction for us at the center. This 2½-day retreat is designed to improve the marriages of couples who want to focus on the communication, respect, love, and intimacy integral to a good marriage.

A blend of spiritual and practical talks, reflection, and prayer are combined with valuable tools designed to improve communication and your relationship with your spouse — even if it’s good now. All this is done from a Catholic perspective, with an understanding of marriage as a sacrament.

Click here for information on the next retreat, dates, and fees.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction. 

PREVENTION PROGRAM

SA Youth’s Academic Achievers Program provides year-round positive youth development programs during non-school hours. We offer an array of programming that focus on the academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles of San Antonio’s youth. Our site locations exist to keep children out of trouble, and engaged in educational activities.

PROGRAMS SERVICES

Our youth development services include:

• Academic and homework support
• STEM activities
• Art and music activities
• Nutrition education
• Physical fitness and education
• Field trips (summer programming only)
• Service Learning
• Family engagement opportunities

  Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

  Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

  SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction. 

  PREVENTION PROGRAM

  SA Youth’s Academic Achievers Program provides year-round positive youth development programs during non-school hours. We offer an array of programming that focus on the academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles of San Antonio’s youth. Our site locations exist to keep children out of trouble, and engaged in educational activities.

  PROGRAMS SERVICES

  Our youth development services include:

  • Academic and homework support
  • STEM activities
  • Art and music activities
  • Nutrition education
  • Physical fitness and education
  • Field trips (summer programming only)
  • Service Learning
  • Family engagement opportunities

Fall/Spring Programming:

• Students must be in grades 6-8 for the school year.
• Texas resident within school districts served by SA Youth
• Students must be referred by a teacher or administrator at their school.

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Quality out-of-school (OST) time programs like Academic Achievers reduce the number of school-aged children who become involved with negative behaviors and promote academic success. SA Youth’s Academic Achievers program takes place after school and during the summer for youth between the ages of 5 and 13.

Our site locations operate four to five hours during the school year and up to ten hours over the summer and select school holidays. SA Youth provides a safe place, caring adults, and positive youth development programs during the out-of-school time hours when destructive and other risky behaviors can occur.

SA Youth's Out-of-School Time Program Academic Achievers provides a structured, safe, and supervised place for learning and social interaction. 

PREVENTION PROGRAM

SA Youth’s Academic Achievers Program provides year-round positive youth development programs during non-school hours. We offer an array of programming that focus on the academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles of San Antonio’s youth. Our site locations exist to keep children out of trouble, and engaged in educational activities.

PROGRAMS SERVICES

Our youth development services include:

• Academic and homework support
• STEM activities
• Art and music activities
• Nutrition education
• Physical fitness and education
• Field trips (summer programming only)
• Service Learning
• Family engagement opportunities

Program requirements:

• Between the ages of 5 and 13
• Texas resident within school districts served by SA Youth
• Low-income or receiving assistance

Click here for more information and a list of schools served.

Click here to apply.

Free.

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

The SNP is funded by the City and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) through the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), and currently offered at various senior centers throughout the City.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.