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
American Gateways
American Gateways is 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
Provides direction and guidance for families of children and youth with special needs.
Bexar County Family Justice Center
Offering resources to families experiencing domestic violence. Resources include: protective order, basic needs,
counseling, law enforcement services, medical assistance, civil legal services
Cafe College
Offering a wide range of college and career readiness workshops, resources, prep-courses, etc.
Carelink – University Health Systems
Offering families financial assistance who do not have private or public health insurance.
Catholic Charities
Offering families emergency financial assistance, food and clothing assistance, etc.
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
Christian Assistance Ministry (CAM)
Offering families financial assistance for utilities, medication assistance, groceries, clothing, showers, id assistance, etc.
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.
Inman Christian Center
Offering after school programming for students, summer recreation, food pantry resources, etc.
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.
Operation School Bell
Provides new clothing, shoes, school and health supplies
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 Adult and Community Education
The SAISD Adult & Community Education program serves the city of San Antonio ages 16 years on up by providing the following FREE wrap around services and classes: High School Equivalency/GED (English and Spanish), English as a Second Language (ESL), U.S. Citizenship (English and Spanish), Self-Paced Distance Learning, TSI Prep, Digital Literacy (computer basics), over 40 different in-demand certifications, micro-credentials, college and career preparation, family literacy, health literacy, financial literacy, and many more.
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 Family & Community Engagement
The mission of the Office of Family and Community Engagement is to successfully develop and implement programs and strategies to engage parents and the community as partners to continually improve the academic performance of students.
SAISD Family and Community Engagement Specialists
FACE Specialists provide direct support and services to families and the community.
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 Food Bank – Job Assistance Program
SA Food Bank initiative was established to help address the issue of unemployment in SA by working with the community and its industries.
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.
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 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Providing resources and support to grandparents raising grandchildren.
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 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.
Workforce Solutions Alamo
Explore career opportunities in the top industries within our region