2-1-1 is an easy-to-remember telephone number that connects people with important community services, including transportation options for people with disabilities.

Provides medical and other emergency response teams during natural or man-made disasters.

Provides emergency financial assistance to soldiers, Veterans and their dependents when there is a valid need.

Provides military families child care, hospital assistance, spouse support, food, computer training, medical and holiday meals.

Get help paying for your home heating and cooling bills, as well as weatherization services to make your home more energy efficient. Contact the energy assistance office near you for information about how to apply.

Disability Rights Texas is the federally designated legal protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities in Texas, ensuring people with disabilities understand and exercise their rights under the law.

Locate DS/USA chapters in Texas. Offers sports rehabilitation programs, including winter skiing, aquatic sports, competition and special sports events, to anyone with a permanent disability. The Warfighter Sports program serves wounded warriors, including those injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, through sports rehabilitation programs in military hospitals and communities across the U.S.

Alerts communities and coordinates emergency responses to damage, injury and loss of life and property due to natural, technological or man-made disasters and emergencies. The Have A Plan site provides one of many resources for developing safety plans.

Find information on voting for Service Members, their families and citizens living outside the United States.  Register to vote, request an absentee ballot and more.

Provides volunteer opportunities and support for volunteers, volunteer managers and volunteer agencies.

Offers free classes, counseling and support services to help Service Members and their families with their financial affairs.

Offers volunteer opportunities and training to agencies on recruitment and management of volunteers.

Offers educational programs to assist soldiers and their family members with financial management.

Provides information on courses available to help non-commissioned officers perform their roles as supervisors, managers and communicators.

Provides a three week course for soldiers returning from war to help address common reactions to war experiences, with an emphasis on helping to calm their minds, bodies and spirits.

Offers a regional complement to national services. Breeds, trains and places guide dogs, and offers formal and intensive on-site training for individuals and guide dogs.

Offers mentoring, employment, emotional, financial, recreational and educational support programs.

Provides, through it's Consumer Managed Personal Attendant Service Program, in-home attendant care to clients with severe physical disabilities, including senior citizens with age related disabilities.

Helps Service Members and Veterans adjust physically and emotionally to their post-war lives through horseback riding. A program for Active Duty Service Members and Veterans. 

Provides an accessible support system and social outlet for the Service Members transitioning back into civilian life through programs, events and peer mentoring.

Provides laptop computers on wireless networks for each family staying at Fisher Houses at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (AMC), Tripler AMC, Wilford Hall AMC, Brooke AMC, Darnell AMC, Womack AMC, the Intrepid Center at Brooke AMC and the Balboa Naval Medical Center.

Provides information on obtaining Texas military/Veteran license plates.

Represents more than 2,000 counties across the U.S. NACo also provides links to important contacts and resources in Texas counties, and information such as Congressional districts and census data. For more information visit the Web site of your NACo state affiliate.

Provides governors with services that include representing states on key issues and developing policy reports on innovative state programs. NGA addresses areas including education, health, technology and welfare reform. Visit NGAs Web site for information about Texas state government.

Works to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. NLC also provides contact information for many cities and towns in Texas to connect you to the programs and services they offer in your community.

Learn about the NFFSC in the Southeast Region's services for sailors and families that include family support groups, domestic abuse prevention, ombudsman program, personal finance management, sexual assault prevention and transition assistance.

Provides support to Service Members who have been wounded in Afghanistan or Iraq and are receiving treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC).

Provides support to Army installations and geographically dispersed military youth who are affected by the global war on terrorism.

Provides Therapeutic & Day Spa Services for the Service members and their Families at Brook Army Medical Center and other federal and military hospitals.

Supports Veterans with spinal cord injury and disease by advocating for health care, research, education, benefit, rights and sports programs.

Provides sheltered animals with active duty military personnel, Veterans and emergency first responders recovering from the stress and trauma of service.

Find contact information for free legal resources nationally and state by state.

Coordinates effective responses to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies through Texas' Department of State Health Services. The Ready Or Not - Have A Plan site provides a step-by-step guide for developing a safety plan.

Offers the Warrior Family Support Center's housing and medical services for those injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.

Supports Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment (TRIAD) Fund. The Fund supports the efforts of non-profit agencies that provide needed services to active and former military personnel serving in Iraq and/or Afghanistan and their families.

Promotes awareness of information and referral services in Texas and advocates for public interests.

List of Texas ESGR Committee contacts. Each committee has trained volunteer ombudsmen who help resolve issues between employers and their employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve. Services may include Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ( USERRA ) information, informal mediation and referral services to resolve conflicts.

Helps low-income people and families buy the food they need for good health. SNAP benefits are given to a single person or family who meets the program's requirements. HHSC sends a renewal application to a family getting SNAP before the end of each benefit period. Most benefit periods last for 6 months but some can be as short as 1 month or as long as 3 years.

A list of travel and outdoor recreational opportunities in Texas.

Awards reimbursement grants for general assistance and housing programs operated by non-profit and local government organizations that provide direct services to Texas Veterans and their families.

Provides downloadable copies of Texas Veterans Online newsletter.

Travis County District Criminal Courts program to address the needs of a substance abuser while they are in the community, utlitizing the programs that are currently in place.

Provides morale, welfare and recreation-type services to uniformed military personnel. Find a listing of local programs and services.

Provides morale, welfare and recreation-type services to uniformed military personnel. Find a listing of local programs and services.

Provides morale, welfare and recreation-type services to uniformed military personnel.