Cenikor Youth Recovery Community (YRC)
888-236-4567
The Cenikor Youth Recovery Community (YRC) serves youth and young adults from ages 13 to 21 in San Marcos and helps them practice teamwork, leadership, and social skills. YRC is a free program with support groups, recreational activities, volunteer opportunities, and help with education and/or employment.
The Council on Recovery
713-914-0556
The Council on Recovery, in Houston, offers not only substance use treatment but a variety of recovery resources as well. They offer school-based programs, peer recovery support, intervention and outreach to parents with young children, older adult services, prevention for workplaces, and connections to other community resources.
Austin Recovery
Austin Recovery has a peer support group for youth and young adults ages 13-21 as well as a recovery high school called University High School. The peer support group includes retreats and fun sober events on weekends, while the high school supports teens committed to staying sober with high-quality education, 12-step recovery programs, and wrap-around emotional support services. If you have an Austin teen working on recovery, consider contacting Austin Recovery.
The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center
214-670-1507
The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center is a 24/7 center in Dallas County. As a day shelter for adults, they provide showers, meals, haircuts, physical and mental health evaluations, case management, and help people implement a Care and Housing plan to exit homelessness. For those needing a place to sleep and live, they also offer emergency shelter, transitional housing, and peer support services.
Montrose Center
713-529-0037
The Montrose Center is a community support center for LGBTQ+ in Houston. They have multiple services, including help for violence victims, case management, counseling, youth programs, gender-affirming services, HIV assistance, housing help, senior services, and substance use recovery support. The Center provides a place where LGBTQ+ individuals can feel safe and get the care they need.
Spindletop Center
409-839-1000
For those looking for peer support in Beaumont, The Hope Center from Spindletop has resources that can help. They offer activities like peer support meetings, arts and crafts, lunches, and goal-setting workshops. They also provide veteran peer support, which includes military-to-civilian transition counseling, VA benefits assistance, counseling, education and job training, housing services, and referrals to other resources.
Homeward Bound Inc
214-914-3500
Homeward Bound is a non profit behavioral health agency with multiple campuses across 25 counties in North and West Texas. The organization serves all clients regardless of ability to pay and provides medical detox and inpatient and outpatient treatment to adult men and women. They are LBGQT sensitive and offer dual diagnosis care for those with co occurring mental health diagnoses.
Adults & Teen Challenge of Texas
866-913-4181
Teen Challenge is a Christ-centered substance use disorder program offering residential treatment to adolescents, adults, and women with children. The programs for teen girls and teen boys are boarding schools. Adults get group and individual counseling along with life skills classes, recreational activities, and vocational rehab.
Recovery Resource Council
817-332-6329
Recovery Resource Council is a non-profit mental and behavioral health provider in North Texas. They provide substance use screening along with mental health and addiction treatment for lower income and uninsured or under insured individuals. They support veterans, adults with co occurring mental health and addiction disorders, and at risk youth.
TCU Substance Use & Recovery Services
817-257-7100
Texas Christian University provides free substance use and recovery services to students. This resource page includes links to the Substance Use and Recovery Office, the TCU Recovery Community, and the Counseling and Mental Health Center. Students can find resources for treatment and counseling, support meetings, and substance free university events and tailgates.
Aggie Recovery Community
979-847-5677
Texas A&M’s Aggie Recovery Center provides support for students in recovery or seeking help. They create a supportive substance free environment through the Drop In Center, peer process groups, recovery meetings, recovery coaching, and sober events. They also offer referrals to additional resources both on and off campus.
University of Texas Counseling and Mental Health Center
512-471-2255
University of Texas has extensive health and wellness services available to students through the Counseling and Mental Health Center. You can get assessments, peer support, and referrals to additional treatment options. They also have a 24/7 virtual mental health platform called TimelyCare and a variety of support groups that address specific concerns, including substance use.
Texas Tech Center for Students in Addiction Recovery
806-742-2891
Texas Tech University Center for Students in Addiction Recovery offers a community of support to those in recovery to foster academic success. The program offers a physical space to socialize and study as well as recovery housing, monthly lunches, student trips, and sober tailgates. They also have scholarships for those in recovery which often provides a second chance to succeed academically and professionally.
Collegiate Recovery Directory from the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE)
The Association of Recovery in Higher Education is a membership organization that collaborates to provide support resources for students in recovery. The Collegiate Recovery Directory helps students from all over Texas and the U.S. find information about recovery programs at their schools, including contact information. They also have information about recovery programs at schools in Canada and the UK.
LGBTQIA+ Resources
800-246-7743
DFW Gay Live is an online source for LGBTQ+ events in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. The website also includes other relevant resources for the community, including helplines, health services, and information about finding LGBTQ+ friendly addiction treatment centers. There are also blogs and articles addressing mental illness and substance abuse, as well as grant information for treatment assistance.
Support and Crisis Hotlines
866-488-7386
Equality Texas offers information about a variety of helplines for the LGBTQ+ community. This includes the Trevor Project, the LGBT National Youth Hotline, True Colors for homeless youth, a Crisis Text Line, and the Trans Lifeline. If you need support, there are caring people ready to listen and offer the resources you need.
Partnership to End Addiction: LGBTQ+, Family, and Substance Use
855-378-4373
The Partnership to End Addiction has a resource page about LGBTQ+ individuals, family relationships, and substance use. The page is aimed at parents of LGBTQ+ folks and provides information about how to affirm your loved one, protect them from discrimination, and get them treatment if they need help with substance use.
Mental Health Resources–LGBTQ+ Community
972-525-8181
The Grant Halliburton Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides mental health resources for youth in Texas. This resource page focuses on LGBTQ+ youth, as they are often a higher risk of mental health struggles. The page lists a variety of helplines, chat spaces, and guides for LGBTQ+ youth mental health concerns.
Texas Center for Justice and Equity
517-441-8123
The Texas Center for Justice & Equity advocates at the state capitol and in Texas cities to transform the criminal justice system. They target the systemic injustice in the criminal justice system based on race and sexual orientation. They have specific legislative suggestions that they feel would move criminal justice in the right direction.
Texas Veterans Network
844-489-8387
The Texas Veterans Network is an interconnected network of over 300 veteran-focused organizations providing over 1000 resources. To connect to the resources you create an account on the Combined Arms website and they will provide you with the information you need and contact details for specific organizations.
211 Texas
2-1-1
Texas residents can call 211 to access an extensive network of resources such as housing/shelter, employment assistance, food/nutrition, veterans services, crisis/emergency and disaster services, financial resources, legal aid, medical care, mental health and substance use treatment, and more.
Family Program for Native American Families
866-831-5700
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation offers free nationwide support to Native American and Alaskan Native families who are affected by addiction in Texas and across the country. The program is a virtual care program and includes Native American cultural and spiritual principles. The facilitators are Native Americans and credentialed family professionals. Topics include how addiction affects the family, how to communicate and set boundaries, and how to recover as a family.
We R Native Youth Support Resources
We R Native offers a variety of resources supporting Native American youth. You can get affirming messages by texting CARING or COLLEGE to 65664. They also have information about suicide and crisis lines, teen lines, and support for sexual identity and sexual health. They also have hotlines listed for abuse and sexual assault, internet safety, drugs and alcohol use, and more.
988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline
9-8-8
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a National Suicide Prevention service. This online resource focuses on the Native American, Indian, Indigenous, and Alaska Native populations. They have tips on how to build a support network, stay safe, and find activities you enjoy. There are also links to Native focused organizations such as We R Native, One Sky Center, StrongHearts Native Helpline, and more.
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