Household Essentials Resources
These resources support the general well-being and safety of our families.
Subcategories include: Food & Clothing, Housing & Utilities, Job Assistance, Legal Assistance, Medical & Dental Resources, School Supplies
America’s Poison Centers
This is the official site of America’s Poison Centers, representing the nation’s 55 poison centers in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, and Health Resources and Services Administration.
Get fast, free, and confidential poison help by calling, texting, or chatting online with the center.
Este es el sitio oficial de los Centros de Toxicología de Estados Unidos, que representan los 55 centros de intoxicación del país en asociación con los Centros para el Control de Enfermedades, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos y la Administración de Recursos y Servicios de Salud.
Obtenga ayuda rápida, gratuita y confidencial contra intoxicaciones llamando, enviando mensajes de texto o chateando en línea con el centro.
American Gateways
American Gateways is one of the largest immigration legal services providers in Texas. American Gateways is also the only nonprofit in the state to provide legal orientation, immigration workshops, and pro bono legal representation at three immigrant detention facilities.
Any Baby Can
Since 1982, Any Baby Can has been a safety net for families in need. Providing direction and guidance for families of children and youth with special needs is at the heart of this organization.
Desde 1982, Any Baby Can ha sido una red de seguridad para familias necesitadas. Brindar dirección y orientación a familias de niños y jóvenes con necesidades especiales es el corazón de esta organización.
Assistance League of San Antonio-Operation School Bell
The Operation School Bell® program dresses children from elementary schools designated Title I.
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. The BCDRC provides referrals to other organizations, agencies, and departments which may provide ancillary services.
El enfoque principal del Centro de Resolución de Disputas del Condado de Bexar es brindar servicios de mediación a residentes, empresas y organizaciones del Condado de Bexar sin costo alguno. El BCDRC proporciona referencias a otras organizaciones, agencias y departamentos que pueden brindar servicios auxiliares.
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. The FJC brings together, in one place, numerous domestic violence organizations which represent government, private, non-profit, and faith-based communities.
Bexar County Housing Authority
The Housing Authority of Bexar County provides affordable housing in decent and safe conditions. We are stewards of Public Funds & Trust, serving all customers with respect and compassion. Our team guides participants in becoming economically self-sufficient, and improves the livelihood of citizens who are in need within the City of San Antonio and the County of Bexar.
La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Bexar ofrece viviendas asequibles en condiciones dignas y seguras. Somos administradores de fondos y fideicomisos públicos y servimos a todos los clientes con respeto y compasión. Nuestro equipo guía a los participantes para que se vuelvan económicamente autosuficientes y mejora los medios de vida de los ciudadanos necesitados dentro de la ciudad de San Antonio y el condado de Bexar.
CAM – Christian Assistance Ministry
CAM provides “safety net” services for vulnerable and at-risk populations. CAM serves the working poor that may only make ends meet on a monthly basis and may not qualify for government programs, but have a short-term need. CAM also works with populations who are chronically vulnerable due to disabilities, poverty, abuse, substance abuse issues, age, illness, etc.
Carelink – University Health Systems
Offering families financial assistance who do not have private or public health insurance.
Centro Med Eligibility Services Department
The Eligibility department at CentroMed offers application assistance to identify state programs, insurance or discount programs that patients may be eligible for. Our team specializes in helping you navigate the application process and submit all necessary documentation. To determine your eligibility, we’ll need information about your income, family size, and other relevant details. You can apply in person or online through our website.
El departamento de Elegibilidad de CentroMed ofrece asistencia con la solicitud para identificar programas estatales, seguros o programas de descuento para los que los pacientes pueden ser elegibles. Nuestro equipo se especializa en ayudarlo a navegar el proceso de solicitud y enviar toda la documentación necesaria. Para determinar su elegibilidad, necesitaremos información sobre sus ingresos, el tamaño de su familia y otros detalles relevantes. Puede presentar su solicitud en persona o en línea a través de nuestro sitio web.
Child Nutrition Services
The Child Nutrition Services Department enhances the learning and health of children by nourishing their bodies and minds through healthy, nutritious meals. The department provides meals to 90 District sites, serving more than 91,000 student meals each day.
ChildSafe
Providing families with forensic interview services, Counseling, Family Support for children victims and child survivors of abuse and neglect and their non offending family members
City of San Antonio: Fair Housing and Neighborhood Development Resources
Visit this page to view various opportunities for rental/mortgage assistance.
CommuniCare Health Centers
A full-service primary healthcare system with multiple locations.
Community First Health Plans
Providing families affordable health coverage for families, children, expecting mothers, seniors, and both children and adults with special needs in Bexar County.
CPS – Project REAP
Offering families financial assistance toward an energy bill to avoid disconnection.
CPS Energy – Community Assistance Programs
Providing families with utility assistance.
CPS: Utility Assistance
Families can apply for CPS Energy utility assistance, the Affordability Discount Program, or Housing Assistance through this website.
Dress for Success San Antonio
Dress for Success San Antonio targets the needs of low-income women by promoting economic security and self-sufficiency to break the chains of generational poverty through job preparation, employment retention and career development programs.
Empower House
Empower House provides transformative community health services, youth development programs, and advocacy opportunities that empower women and girls of color.
Empower House ofrece servicios de salud comunitarios transformadores, programas de desarrollo juvenil y oportunidades de promoción que empoderan a mujeres y niñas de color.
Habitat For Humanity San Antonio
Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio is an ecumenical, Christian organization working in partnership with God’s people in need to build simple, decent, and affordable homes without interest or profit, thereby witnessing God’s love in action.
Vision: A world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Habitat for Humanity de San Antonio es una organización cristiana ecuménica que trabaja en asociación con el pueblo de Dios necesitado para construir viviendas sencillas, decentes y asequibles sin intereses ni ganancias, testificando así el amor de Dios en acción.
Visión: Un mundo donde todos tengan un lugar digno donde vivir.
Inman Christian Center
Medicaid and Chip – Texas Health and Human Services
Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide health coverage for low-income children, families, seniors and people with disabilities.
Medicaid y el Programa de seguro médico para niños (CHIP) brindan cobertura médica para niños, familias, personas mayores y personas con discapacidades de bajos ingresos.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries
Dedicated to creating access to health care for uninsured and low-income families through direct services, community partnerships and strategic grant-making in 74 counties across South Texas.
Opportunity Home San Antonio (Formerly San Antonio Housing Authority)
The San Antonio Housing Authority is now Opportunity Home San Antonio. A community of possibilities.
A house is a structure, a place of shelter, somewhere to live. But a home is a place where memories and traditions are created, and big dreams come alive.
Our work in the community remains the same. We will still offer the same services but with an emphasis on compassion, equity, and excellence.
La Autoridad de Vivienda de San Antonio ahora es Opportunity Home San Antonio. Una comunidad de posibilidades.
Una casa es una estructura, un lugar de refugio, un lugar para vivir. Pero un hogar es un lugar donde se crean recuerdos y tradiciones, y donde los grandes sueños cobran vida.
Nuestro trabajo en la comunidad sigue siendo el mismo. Seguiremos ofreciendo los mismos servicios pero con énfasis en la compasión, la equidad y la excelencia.
Project Prom Dress
Project Prom Dress provides formal attire to high school teens for their prom or school formal event at no charge to them and their families. Teens are notified by word of mouth and social media to apply online during prom season.
Project Prom Dress proporciona vestimenta formal a adolescentes de secundaria para su fiesta de graduación o evento formal escolar sin costo alguno para ellos y sus familias. Los adolescentes son notificados de boca en boca y en las redes sociales para que presenten su solicitud en línea durante la temporada de graduación.
RAICES
Provides affirmative, defensive, and litigation services to low-income immigrants and empowers the community by offering services to remove barriers of oppression, multiply agents of change, and increase clients’ quality of life.
SAISD Back to School Essentials
SAISD has created a one-stop webpage outlining all of the necessary items to ensure your student is ready for the first day of school. Once you’ve completed enrollment, click the tabs above to learn how to get involved at your students school, review extracurricular activities, or discover available resources for SAISD families.
SAISD Careers
Join the San Antonio ISD community, where every member of the team makes a difference in the lives of San Antonio children and their families.
SAISD Disability Services: Parent Support Programs
Parent Programs is a support provided to families of students with IEPs that help strengthen home, school and community partnerships. Services include informational groups, resource connection and support from Parent Liaisons and Social Workers.
SAISD Early Childhood Department Counseling & Social Services
Resources available for family issues affecting student’s adjustment to school such as: Accessing services for students with special health care needs; Behavioral or social emotional concerns; Family stressors such as, but not limited to homelessness, grief/loss, domestic violence, and divorce.
SAISD McKinney-Vento Services
Works with families and unaccompanied youth that live in a temporary situation due to loss of housing.
SAISD Social Workers
Our social workers work directly with school administrators as well as students and families, providing leadership in forming mental health intervention, crisis management, and support services.
San Antonio Alternative Housing Corporation
To provide decent rental and ownership housing that is affordable to low- and moderate-income people in Texas; to provide housing education and ownership counseling through a community homeownership association; and to promote and create business development, job training, health, and social services
Proporcionar viviendas dignas de alquiler y propiedad que sean asequibles para personas de ingresos bajos y moderados en Texas; brindar educación sobre vivienda y asesoramiento sobre propiedad a través de una asociación comunitaria de propiedad de vivienda; y promover y crear desarrollo empresarial, capacitación laboral, salud y servicios sociales.
San Antonio Food Bank: Ready To Work Program
SAFB: Ready To Work Program offers tuition assistance for certain industry-recognized certifications and degrees while offering supportive services that include a case manager who will assist with job search and placement services for residents who reside in San Antonio City Council Districts 1-10.
SAFB: El programa Ready To Work ofrece asistencia con la matrícula para ciertas certificaciones y títulos reconocidos por la industria y al mismo tiempo ofrece servicios de apoyo que incluyen un administrador de casos que ayudará con la búsqueda de empleo y los servicios de colocación para los residentes que residen en los distritos 1-10 del Concejo Municipal de San Antonio.
San Antonio Threads
Provides new clothes for free to youth who are between the ages of 12 and 21 and have been referred to us.
SAWS: Water Bill Assistance
Having trouble paying your water bill? Your neighbors at San Antonio Water System are here to help ease the burden of utility costs for qualifying customers.
St. Mary’s University School of Law – Center for Legal and Social Justice
Providing legal assistance to families in need.
St. Mary’s University School of Law Clinical Program
The Clinical Program gives student attorneys a direct opportunity to use their skills to aid individuals in critical need.
Through their clinical work, students at St. Mary’s provide significant service to the community by augmenting the legal resources available to serve the people in San Antonio and South Texas.
St. Stephen’s CARE Center Food Pantry – Catholic Charities
St. Stephen’s CARE Center is a client-choice food pantry for those who need us most. Clients can shop for food just like a grocery store, but they check out for free, providing dignity to all.
St. Stephen’s CARE Center es una despensa de alimentos elegida por el cliente para quienes más nos necesitan. Los clientes pueden comprar alimentos como en una tienda de comestibles, pero pagan gratis, lo que brinda dignidad a todos.
Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (SNAP)
SNAP helps people buy the food they need for good health. SNAP food benefits are put on a Lone Star Card and can be used just like a credit card at any store that accepts SNAP.
Texas Crime Victims Compensation (Attorney General)
The Crime Victims’ Compensation (CVC) Program helps crime victims and their immediate families with the financial costs of crime. CVC covers crime-related costs such as counseling, medical treatment, funerals, and loss of income not paid by other sources.
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
TRLA provides free civil legal services to residents in 68 Southwest Texas counties, and represents migrant and seasonal farm workers throughout the state and in six other southern states.
Texas School Safety Center – Texas Bullying Laws
Offering families legal resources centered around bullying prevention.
Texas WIC
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, popularly known as WIC, is a nutrition program for pregnant, breastfeeding women and families with children younger than 5.
El Programa Especial de Nutrición Suplementaria para Mujeres, Bebés y Niños, conocido popularmente como WIC, es un programa de nutrición para mujeres embarazadas, mujeres lactantes y familias con niños menores de 5 años.
Texas Workforce Commission
Resources, tips and tools to build a stronger Texas workforce
The San Antonio Food Bank
The mission of the San Antonio Food Bank is to fight hunger in Southwest Texas through food distribution, programs, education, and advocacy.
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.
University Health System School Based Clinic: Davis Middle School
Take advantage of school-based primary care from University Health to get convenient medical care for your child in several San Antonio and Bexar County schools.
School-based primary care brings high-quality health care from a University Health provider to you and your children close to where you live.
Expanding access to health services is important to University Health. Extending children’s primary care into schools provides more convenient care. It helps reach more families and children who need health services.
Aproveche la atención primaria escolar de University Health para obtener atención médica conveniente para su hijo en varias escuelas de San Antonio y del condado de Bexar.
La atención primaria escolar brinda atención médica de alta calidad de un proveedor de University Health para usted y sus hijos cerca de donde vive.
Ampliar el acceso a los servicios de salud es importante para University Health. Ampliar la atención primaria de los niños a las escuelas proporciona una atención más conveniente. Ayuda a llegar a más familias y niños que necesitan servicios de salud.
University Health System School Based Clinic: Tafolla MS
Take advantage of school-based primary care from University Health to get convenient medical care for your child in several San Antonio and Bexar County schools.
School-based primary care brings high-quality health care from a University Health provider to you and your children close to where you live.
Expanding access to health services is important to University Health. Extending children’s primary care into schools provides more convenient care. It helps reach more families and children who need health services.
Aproveche la atención primaria escolar de University Health para obtener atención médica conveniente para su hijo en varias escuelas de San Antonio y del condado de Bexar.
La atención primaria escolar brinda atención médica de alta calidad de un proveedor de University Health para usted y sus hijos cerca de donde vive.
Ampliar el acceso a los servicios de salud es importante para University Health. Ampliar la atención primaria de los niños a las escuelas proporciona una atención más conveniente. Ayuda a llegar a más familias y niños que necesitan servicios de salud.
Workforce Solutions Alamo
Explore career opportunities in the top industries within our region