Family Needs Resources
These resources provide our families with guidance and assistance to remove barriers to engagement and support their child’s student achievement.
Subcategories include: Childcare, Family Engagement & Concern Resolution, New to the District, Teenage Parent Programs
“Por Vida” A Better Choice for Life (San Antonio Metropolitan Health)
The program recognizes local restaurants for creating healthy environments through good nutrition, sanitation, sustainability, and community development. Get the full flavor and convenience of dining without sacrificing good nutrition and health.
Alamo Child Care Services (Workforce Solutions)
Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) Child Care Services (CCS) provides childcare scholarship assistance to eligible families throughout the Alamo Region. Counties included in the Alamo Region are Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr, Karnes, McMullen, Medina, and Wilson.
Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center
The Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center’s primary focus is to provide mediation services to residents, businesses, and organizations of Bexar County at no charge.
Bexar County Family Justice Center
The Family Justice Center (FJC) is a collaborative community response to domestic violence. It is the co-location of a multidisciplinary team of professionals who work together, under one roof, to provide coordinated services to victims of domestic violence.
Big Mama’s Safe House
Safe House that promotes conflict resolution with education, gun safety, trauma informed training to help end gun violence
Child Care Services (City of San Antonio)
The City of San Antonio Child Care Services (CCS) Division provides subsidized child care assistance and provider management services for Bexar County, and 12 surrounding areas….
Choice Schools and Magnet Programs (Access and Enrollment – SAISD)
Families have the opportunity to choose from a variety of unique schools and programs designed to best fit the individual interests of their child.
Constituent Services (Family and Community Engagement – SAISD)
The SAISD Constituent Services is a resource that serves the SAISD community by helping to address concerns, complaints, conflicts, and other school-related issues informally.
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (San Antonio Metropolitan Health)
The City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health Department has assembled the Diabetes Prevention & Control Program to fight diabetes. Whether you are at risk for type 2 diabetes or if you have already been diagnosed, we have a FREE program for you!
Ella Austin Community Center Early Childhood Development
Our partnership with the City of San Antonio provides a high-quality developmentally appropriate continuum of care and social services to infants and toddlers that are directly aligned with school readiness practices and skill attainment.
Empower House
Empower House provides transformative community health services, youth development programs, and advocacy opportunities that empower women and girls of color.
Family & Children’s Services – Catholic Charities
Family and Children’s Services provides family support education and services to strengthen families, empower parents or caregivers, and build happy, nurtured children.
Fitness in the Park (San Antonio Parks and Recreation)
Fitness in the Park is a city-wide award-winning program that offers a wide variety of FREE exercise and fitness classes all over San Antonio! Join us at your local park, community center, or library, and let…….
Free/Low Cost Fitness Programs (San Antonio Parks and Recreation)
The San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department offers a variety of fitness opportunities at various facilities. Registration for programs and classes must be completed at the specific facility.
Freed Texas
In partnership with San Antonio Colleges, FREED Texas offers individuals who have experienced incarceration an educational experience via a 9-week cohort Remnant Healing Academy that offers Peer Support, Civic Engagement, Health & Wellness, & Divinity and Financial Literacy.
Head Start (City of San Antonio)
The City of San Antoni0 Head Start Program provides comprehensive services, including full-day early childhood education, for children, six weeks to five years old, and their families through home-based and center-based services located through Edgewood ISD and San Antonio ISD.
Inman Christian Center
Inman is a neighborhood-based community center serving the needs of low-income individuals and families in the inner city of San Antonio. Inman provides childcare, social services, education, recreation, and emergency food assistance as well as housing for individuals who are elderly and/or disabled.
Madonna Center
For over 80 years, the Madonna Center has been committed to breaking the cycle of generational poverty by supporting families with quality childhood education, connections to resources, and social services.
Outdoor Fitness Stations (San Antonio Parks and Recreation)
We have outdoor fitness equipment at more than 47 parks where you can enjoy the great outdoors while getting fit and toning those muscles. These FREE outdoor fitness stations feature…
Parenting Program (The Children’s Shelter)
Our programs focus on creating strong relationships between parents and their children of all ages based on love, respect, and positive discipline.
St. Paul Child Development Center
For more than 30 years, St. Paul Child Development Center has been helping children thrive. The secret to our success is the combination of our dedicated, caring staff and the high standards of NAEYC accreditation. The result is a loving atmosphere you won’t find anywhere else in San Antonio.
Texas Child Seat Safety Resources
In coordination with TxDOT and Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), we provide child safety outreach in various Texas cities. Specifically, concerning how children should be restrained while riding in passenger vehicles, and the Texas law covering children in cars.
Texas Diaper Bank
Focusing on closing the diaper gap, the Texas Diaper Bank strategically creates its programs to target the diaper gap’s root causes: physical, mental, and economic well-being.
Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
At Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, we advocate for and empower grandparents raising grandchildren by providing access to resources, information, and support. We focus our efforts to raise awareness and educate on programs or service agencies.
Texas State Parks for Beginners
The great outdoors awaits you in Texas State Parks! With over 80 parks, natural areas, historic sites, and visitor centers, many different types of adventures await you and your family. Visit a local state park today!
The Pride Center San Antonio
Pride Center San Antonio was born with the purpose of promoting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and ally community in Bexar County. Our goal is to establish a center for the local LGBTQ+ community as a clearinghouse that would work in alliance….
The YMCA of Greater San Antonio
We focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility, and incorporate core values of caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, and faith into all we do. At the YMCA we are more than a gym, we are a community with something for everyone in your family.
Train for Jobs SA Program
The Alamo Colleges District has partnered with the City of San Antonio to launch the Train for Jobs SA Program, a training and education program designed to get people back to work.