Come to our Center for more information about programs and services in our area. We refer to many agencies and programs in addition to the following:
Central Health
1111 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, Texas 78702 (Map)
Phone: (512) 978-8130
Central Health works to develop and maintain a network of health care services by identifying and prioritizing the community's needs and meeting those needs in the most effective and efficient ways possible. Rather than directly providing health care services, Central Health has developed a unique approach of contracting with a variety of providers to meet the health care needs of eligible residents.
Department of Family and Protective Services
14000 Summit Dr, Austin, Texas 78728 (Map)
Phone: (512) 834-3195
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) works with communities to promote safe and healthy families and protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. We do this through investigations, services and referrals, and prevention programs.
DFPS has five major programs that do this important work:
- Adult Protective Services
Protects the elderly and people with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation through investigations and services. - Child Protective Services
Protects children from abuse and neglect through services, foster care, and adoption. - Investigations
Investigates reports of child abuse or neglect to determine if any child in the family has been abused or neglected. If the children aren't safe, the investigator starts protective services. - Prevention and Early Intervention
Manages community-based programs that prevent juvenile delinquency and child abuse and neglect. - Statewide Intake
Takes reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation from across the state through its Texas Abuse Hotline (1-800-252-5400) and through the website TxAbuseHotline.orgExternal Link 24-hours a day, every day of the year.
Family Eldercare
1700 Rutherford Ln, Austin, Texas 78754 (Map)
Phone: (512) 450-0844
Guided by the vision that seniors and adults with disabilities should live in a supportive community with dignity and as much independence as possible, Family Eldercare provides essential services to seniors, adults with disabilities and caregivers.
Goodwill Job Source Program
(Various locations around Austin)
Goodwill's Job Source programs are designed to help individuals with barriers or disabilities find employment through basic job-related services. Goodwill's Placement Specialists and Case Managers will put together a customized plan of services for each Job Source participant and continue to work with each individual through retention once they are working.
Lifeworks
(Various locations around Austin)
Lifeworks is a nonprofit organization focused on helping youth and young adults acquire counseling services, housing, education and workforce training, and youth development programs. Everything we do is focused on creating self-sufficient individuals, and in turn, strong, stable families. LifeWorks Youth & Family Alliance offers more than 20 programs that can be accessed alone or in combination to help our youth and families achieve self-reliance.
Meals On Wheels of Central Texas
3227 E 5th St, Austin, Texas 78702 (Map)
Phone: (512) 476-6325
Meals on Wheels and More seeks to nourish and enrich the lives of the homebound and other people in need through programs that promote dignity and independent living.
Social Security Administration Office
5508 West Highway 290 #B Austin, Texas 78735 (Map)
Phone: 855-221-3523
Social Security delivers a broad range of services online at https://www.ssa.gov/ and through a nationwide network of over 1,400 offices that include regional offices, field offices, card centers, tele-service centers, processing centers, hearing offices, the Appeals Council, and our State and territorial partners, the Disability Determination Services.
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
4920 N Interstate Highway 35, Austin, Texas 78751 (Map)
Phone: (512) 374-2700
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) is a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to low-income residents and represents migrant and seasonal farm workers. TRLA operates public defender programs in several Southwest Texas counties, representing the poor who are accused of felonies, misdemeanors and juvenile crimes.
Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas
816 Congress Avenue, Suite 701 Austin, Texas 78701 (Map)
Phone: (512) 476-5550
Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas provides civil legal services to low-income people through attorney volunteers in Travis County. Our attorneys help people with critical matters, such as helping victims of abuse end violent relationships, connecting persons with disabilities with medical and financial benefits, and keeping people out of homelessness by defending against wrongful evictions and foreclosures.
Work Force Solutions
6505 Airport Blvd. Suite 101, Austin, Texas 78752 (Map)
Phone: (512) 454-9675
Workforce Solutions is a private, publicly funded non-profit organization that provides the region with assistance finding a job, child care services, job training and more. Workforce Solutions Workforce Solutions provides services to individuals with disabilities including vocational rehabilitation.
Main State Phone Number: 800-628-5115
Travis County locations:
East Center
3401 Webberville Rd, Bldg 1000
Austin, TX 78702
(512) 223-5400
South Center
6505 Burleson Road
Austin, TX 78744
(512) 381-4200
North Center
6505 Airport Blvd Suite 101
Austin, TX 78752
(512) 454-9675
