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Places that Help: Texas

Local Programs

Updated: 
June 21, 2017

This page has contact information for programs that offer assistance and referrals to victims and survivors of abuse throughout your state. If you plan to contact a program by email, please review our Safety when using email page first.

We list the organizations by the county where the office is located, but many offices serve multiple counties. You can click “View All” to look through the complete list of organizations. If you are looking for an attorney to represent you in court or to give you legal advice about your situation, go to our Finding a Lawyer page instead.

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Dallas

Families to Freedom

P.O. Box 1226
Addison, TX 75001
Phone: (972) 885-7020
URL: https://www.familiestofreedom.org
Families to Freedom (FtoF) provides long-distance transportation services to victims of family and domestic violence. FtoF helps victims of domestic violence abuse get to safety whether it is to reunite family in the U.S. or to get to available shelter in another city. FtoF's three modes of travel are: 1. private car or van ride to another county or state for victims with children, 2. fuel cards for victims leaving in their own vehicle to another state, or 3. bus or train pass from shelter to a destination. Families to Freedom serves those leaving from the North Texas and Dallas-Ft. Worth area. 1Pet friendly, LGBTQ friendly


Genesis Women's Shelter & Support

4411 Lemmon Avenue, Suite 201
Dallas, TX 75219
Hotline: (214) 946-4357
Phone: (214) 946-4357
Phone 2: (214) 389-7700
URL: https://www.genesisshelter.org/
Genesis primarily services women and children who are victims of domestic violence. The services provided by the shelter include emergency shelter, transitional housing, counseling, and legal assistance. The onsite staff attorney provides direct legal counsel and representation to clients. Counsel also assists with protective orders, divorce, and child custody proceedings. The Shelter serves Dallas County.


Hope's Door New Beginning Center (Garland Outreach Center)

218 North Tenth Street
Garland, TX 75040
Hotline: (972) 276-0057
Phone: (972) 422-2911
Fax: (469) 910-8489
URL: https://hdnbc.org/

Hope's Door New Beginning Center offers intervention and prevention services to individuals and families affected by intimate partner and family violence and provides educational programs that enhance the community's capacity to respond. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, individual and group counseling for adults, a children's program, emergency shelters, a transitional housing program, legal advocacy, LGBTQ services, and community education. Hope's Door New Beginning Center serves Dallas, Garland, Plano, and the surrounding counties in North Texas.



Mosaic Family Services

12225 Greenville Avenue, 800
Dallas, TX 75243
Hotline: (214) 823-4434
Phone: (214) 821-5393
URL: https://mosaicservices.org/
Email: home@mosaicservices.org
Mosaic Family Services serves victims of trafficking, family violence, refugees, and unaccompanied minors. MFS offers legal services such as immigration and family law. MFS provides emergency housing, comprehensive client advocacy, counseling, community referrals within the Dallas/Fort Worth and surrounding areas, and community education. Family Services serves Dallas County.


Salvation Army Family Violence Program

P.O. Box 190105
Dallas, TX 75219
Hotline: (214) 424-7208
Phone: (214) 424-7029
Fax: (214) 424-7211
URL: https://www.salvationarmydfw.org/p.aspx?pID=services/367&%3B
The Salvation Army Family Violence Program serves victims of domestic violence. The Domestic Violence Program provides safe shelter, client advocacy, individual, family and group therapy, children’s services, safety planning, legal advocacy (court accompaniment, protective orders, civil and criminal matters), education classes, and non-residential services. The Program serves Dallas County.


The Family Place

P.O. Box 7999
Dallas, TX 75209
Hotline: (214) 941-1991
Phone: (214) 559-2170
Fax: (214) 443-7797
URL: https://www.familyplace.org/
The Family Place provides services to victims of family violence. The services include safe housing (emergency shelter and transitional housing), child development center, safe campus learning center (grades K-2), community-based counseling, children’s counseling, prevention education, supervised child visitation, Battering Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP), job readiness program, and legal assistance. All services are available in English and Spanish. The Family Place serves Dallas County.


The Stew Pot, First Presbyterian Church of Dallas

1835 Young Street
Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: (214) 746-2785
URL: https://www.thestewpot.org/
Email: bruceb@presbyterians.org
The Stew Pot is a comprehensive resource center for homeless and at-risk individuals. The Stew Pot offers children and youth programs, free lunch weekdays from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, address for receiving mail, casework services, medical and dental services, and a transitional employment Program. The Stew Pot serves Dallas County.


Deaf Smith

Deaf Smith County Crisis Center

Hotline: (806) 363-6727
Phone: (806) 364-4435

Deaf Smith County Crisis Center offers services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Services include: a 24-hour hotline, intervention, support and counseling, advocacy and education. Deaf Smith County Crisis Center serves Deaf Smith, Castro, Oldham, and Parmer Counties.



Denton

Denton County Friends of the Family (Corinth office)

4845 South Interstate 35 East, Suite 200
Corinth, TX 76210
Hotline: (940) 382-7273 or (800) 572-4031
Phone: (940) 387-5131
Fax: (940) 383-1816
URL: https://www.dcfof.org/
Denton County Friends of the Family provides services to victims of sexual abuse/assault and domestic violence. Services include community education, emergency shelter, legal advocacy, counseling for adults and children, and Batterer Intervention Program (Violence Intervention & Prevention Program). Denton County Friends of the Family serves Denton County.


Denton County Friends of the Family (Denton office)

P.O. Box 640
Denton, TX 76202
Hotline: (940) 382-7273 or (800) 572-4031
URL: https://www.dcfof.org/
Denton County Friends of the Family provides services to victims of sexual abuse/assault and domestic violence. Services include community education, emergency shelter, legal, advocacy, counseling for adults and children, and a Batterer Intervention program (Violence Intervention & Prevention Program). Denton County Friends of the Family serves Denton County.


Dimmit

Wintergarden Women's Shelter, Inc. (Carrizo Springs office)

P.O. Box 1382
Carrizo Springs, TX 78834
Hotline: (800) 363-9441
Phone: (830) 876-9656
Phone 2: (830) 876-5676
Fax: (830) 876-9513
URL: http://www.wintergardenwomensshelter.org/
Wintergarden Women’s Shelter, Inc. provides services to all victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sexual assault. Services include a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, group and individual counseling, referrals, and legal assistance (court accompaniment). The Women’s Shelter serves Dimmit, Zavala, Maverick, and La Salle Counties.


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