As North Texans grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are here to provide information and resources to support our communities.
The KXT Helps tool connects you to funds, nonprofits, agencies and organizations working to help people in need.
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2-1-1 Texas
Call 2-1-12-1-1 Texas is a free, anonymous hotline from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission that provides information from state and local health and human services agencies through 25 Area Information Centers (AICs) across the state. Anywhere in Texas, dial 2-1-1 — same as (877) 541-7905 — or visit the website to get information about resources in your local community, such as food, housing, childcare, crisis counseling or substance abuse treatment.
ACH Child and Family Services
(888) 296-8099Child welfare organization ACH Child and Family Services offers free counseling.
Actors Fund Entertainment Assistance Program
(312) 372-0989The Actors Fund fosters stability and resiliency and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan.
Aging & Disability Resource of Tarrant County
(855) 937-2372The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Tarrant County (ADRC) serves people who are 60 or older or have a disability, and their caregivers. It works to help people understand their options and connect them with the services and support.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Typically people seeking an in-person support group for alcoholism recovery could visit AA.org or download the Meeting Guide app to find a meeting. During COVID-19 distancing, use the Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous directory to find a virtual AA meeting online.
Allen Community Outreach
(972) 727-9131ACO offers a food pantry, education services, financial and employment coaching and assistance with medical, housing and utility costs.
Alzheimer’s Association
800-272-3900Care and support services for people with dementia and their families. The Alzheimer’s Association leads the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.
American Red Cross
(214) 678-4800The American Red Cross works to prevent and alleviate human suffering during emergencies by mobilizing volunteers and donors.
American Red Cross Blood Donation
(800) 733-2767American Red Cross Biomedical Services works to offer safe, reliable and cost-effective blood services through voluntary donations.
Arlington Life Shelter
(817) 548-9885Arlington Life Shelter provides comprehensive case management for North Texans impacted by homelessness, including shelter, employment programs and transitional services.
Artist Relief
To support artists during the COVID-19 crisis, Artist Relief — a coalition of national arts grantmakers — have come together to create an emergency initiative to offer financial and informational resources to artists across the United States.
Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
Arts Administrators of Color Network has set up the Arts Leaders of Color Emergency Fund in support of Black, Indigenous or people of color (BIPOC) artists and administrators (such as consultants, facilitators, box office staff, seasonal/temporary employees) who have been financially impacted due to COVID-19.
Asian Culture And Education Society USA
(214) 810 2718ACAESUSA collects personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline workers and provides hot food to medical workers and families in North Texas. It also sponsors a youth volunteer trip to teach English in China, an art contest and Asian community holiday celebrations.
Austin Street Center
(214) 428-4242Typically Austin Street Shelter serves as an overnight shelter for men ages 45 and older and women ages 18 and older who are experiencing homelessness. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is sheltering current clients around the clock.
Best Place For Kids
Best Place For Kids is a free locator tool for licensed childcare centers in Tarrant County for kids ages 0 to 12.
Break Bread, Break Borders
(469) 818-6399Break Bread, Break Borders is a catering business that trains refugee and immigrant women to cook and cater for a living. While each woman goes through a 24-month program, she learns to share her culture and foster connections in her North Texas community. The women are mentored by professional chefs, restaurants, caterers and culinary consultants.
Brother Bill’s Helping Hand
(214) 638-2196Brother Bill’s Helping Hand provides food, healthcare and education programming to those in need in the West Dallas and Oak Cliff communities.
Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid
(214) 939-7178Volunteers with Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid help process, sort and pack shoes, hygiene kits, school supplies, clothing and medical supplies for families in need.
CERF+ Emergency Assistance
CERF+ emergency assistance is available to artists working in a craft discipline using traditional materials such as clay, glass, textiles, wood and metal, as well as artists whose work incorporates non-traditional materials, new technologies and experimental approaches.
Catholic Charities Dallas
(866) 223-7500Catholic Charities Dallas is a faith-based social service agency focused on improving the quality of life for people in need. CCD comprises 17 individual programs serving the nine counties in North Texas which make up the Diocese of Dallas.
Center for Vision Health
(214) 828-9900A nonprofit optometry clinic that offers free or low-cost vision services! Includes routine eye exams, prescription eyeglasses, glaucoma screenings, low vision services, low vision devices, medical contacts fittings.
Child Care Associates
(817) 838-0055Child Care Associates’ services include financial assistance for parents and developmental opportunities for educators.
City of Dallas COVID-19 Resources
Visit online or call the automated hotline for coronavirus-related services information for Dallas residents.
CityHouse
(972) 424-4626CityHouse serves youth ages newborn to 21 with emergency shelter, counseling services, health and dental care, a transitional living program and more.
CitySquare
(214) 823-8710CitySquare fights the causes and effects of poverty through service, advocacy and friendship.
Communities in Schools North Texas
(972) 538-9930This program helps at-risk students overcome barriers to achieve their goals. Its In School Case Management and ACE (Afterschool Centers on Education) models provide students guidance counseling, health services, parental/family engagement, college and career readiness, enrichment activities and academic support.
Community Action Partners
(817) 392-5720The City of Fort Worth’s Community Action Partners (CAP) serves as the Community Action Agency for Tarrant County and provides comprehensive services to economically disadvantaged individuals, families and the elderly.
DFW COVIDsitters
A group of University of North Texas Health Science Center students — medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant, physical therapy and other areas of study — are offering free childcare to health care workers performing essential clinical duties during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Dallas 24 Hour Club
(214) 823-3200This organization provides sober transitional living for people who are homeless and seeking a new life without drugs and alcohol.
Dallas Artist Relief Fund
Creating Our Future is a group of artists and arts advocates in Dallas who are raising money to support other artists and freelancers who are taking financial hits as a result of closures and lost income from COVID-19. Artists and cultural workers who are low-income; Black, Indigenous or people of color (BIPOC); transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary or queer; or who have a disability will be prioritized.
Dallas Life
(214) 421-1380Dallas Life offers recovery programs for the homeless, seniors and veterans that include shelter, GED assistance, counseling, food, clothes and more.
Denton Community Food Center
(940) 382-0807This organization provides food to people who are food insecure. All monetary donations are used to purchase food for the effort.
Don’t Forget To Feed Me Pet Food Bank
(817) 334-0727Don’t Forget To Feed Me works to keep pets and their owners together by providing pet food to North Texans in need, including the Home Not Alone program that provides free pet food to low-income seniors and their animal companions. Donations of money or pet food are accepted.
Dramatist Guild Foundation
(212) 391-8384Dramatist Guild Foundation provides funds to writers for the stage facing emergency circumstances, as well as to writers and theaters that challenge, protect and develop the craft.
Duncanville Outreach Ministry
(972) 296-4986This nonprofit runs a community food pantry and thrift store and offers financial assistance for utilities, rent, prescriptions and other needs as it’s able.
FEMA
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinates the response to large disasters. Get information on how to volunteer, how to donate medical equipment and ideas on which organizations to support.
Family Gateway
(214) 823-4500Family Gateway offers stability and supportive services to children and families affected by homelessness.
Feeding Texas
(512) 527-3613Feeding Texas is a network of 21 food banks across the state.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
(212) 807-7077Foundation for Contemporary Arts encourages, sponsors and promotes innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups and organizations.
Gateway of Grace Refugee Ministry
(469) 324-8825Gateway of Grace provides refugees English language and citizenship classes, children’s education programs and transportation. It also helps them furnish their apartments, find jobs and enroll their children in school.
Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support
(214) 946-4357Genesis Women’s Shelter provides safety, shelter and support for women who have experienced domestic violence and works to raise awareness of its causes, prevalence and impact.
Get Shift Done North Texas
Get Shift Done was launched to help service workers who have lost their paychecks because of the COVID-19 shutdown. While providing monetary support, it also connects those workers as volunteers with local nonprofits that are experiencing higher demand on services because of the pandemic.
Good Samaritans of Garland
(972) 276-2263“Good Sam” provides assistance to food-insecure families. It also provides necessities to unhoused people, such as hygiene products, clothing and 10-pound bags of easy-open food and drinks.
H-E-B Grocery Delivery, Senior Support Program
(833) 397-0080Texas seniors 60+ (and those helping them) can place grocery orders online or over the phone. Orders will be delivered within a few hours to addresses within 8 miles of an H-E-B store. A $10 tip for the “Favor Runner” will be added to the total bill. The phone line is for those who cannot use or do not have access to the internet. All others, please order on the website.
Orders are taken Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
HealthWell Foundation
(800) 675-8416The HealthWell Foundation works to reduce financial barriers to care for underinsured patients with chronic or life-altering diseases.
Here For Texas Mental Health Navigation Line
(972) 525-8181The Grant Halliburton Foundation developed the Here For Texas Mental Health Navigation hotline, which is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It works to strengthen the network of mental health resources for children, teens and young adults, and to prevent suicide.
Housing Channel
(817) 924-5091This HUD certified nonprofit works to revitalize distressed neighborhoods. It also aims to increase the number of decent, affordable housing available to families with low to moderate income and to people with special housing needs throughout Tarrant County, including targeted areas of Arlington and Fort Worth. Its Hard Hats for Heroes program assists veterans with critical home repairs.
Hunger Busters
Through its “Feed the Need” afterschool program, Hunger Busters provides a daily third meal to Dallas ISD students experiencing food insecurity.
Informed Immigrant
The Informed Immigrant network has curated a guide of regional resources specific to immigrants and COVID-19, such as hotlines, food and health care information.
Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas
(972) 437-9950Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas is a nonsectarian mental health and social services agency. It offers a client-choice food pantry by appointment, professional career and financial coaching courses, marital counseling, play therapy, transitional housing, family violence intervention and a variety of support groups. It also serves senior adults and their families with case management, counseling, kosher home delivered meals and referrals.
Jubilee Park & Community Center
(214) 887-1364Jubilee Park & Community Center, located in the historic Jubilee Park neighborhood in Old East Dallas, is offering support programs, including financial assistance, resource coordination, benefits enrollment and free Uber rides.
KERA At-Home Learning Toolkit
Keeping kids educated and engaged during a time of increased online learning requires special resources. This collection of tools and materials has been specially curated for parents and caregivers with school-aged children at home, as well as for educators who are teaching remotely.
KERA Emotional & Mental Health Resources For Children
This toolkit featuring PBS characters helps parents and caregivers discuss worrisome events to children and teens. There are also guides for how to help kids de-stress and build resilience and empathy.
KERA Start Smart Texas
Text the word LEARN to 274448KERA and Start Smart Texas send useful, fun tips to parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles — anyone who cares for a young child — in short text messages, right on your phone. The tips and ideas sent by text are age-appropriate and include games and activities, healthy habits, positive discipline methods, confidence and empathy building, learning to share and more.
KERA Veterans Help Resources
This collection of resources lists job boards, crisis and advice lines, health information, housing and legal assistance, social outlets, training programs and groups offering VA system navigation for veterans and their loved ones.
KidLinks
(817) 268 0020KidLinks financially supports therapeutic music initiatives and free/low cost treatment programs for children in need.
LGBTQ S.A.V.E.S.
LGBTQ S.A.V.E.S. provides a safe space for social and personal development for LGBTQ youth and allies, along with a variety of resources and information.
Let’s Grow North Texas Business
This initiative provides a one-stop shop of resources and information to help small business owners and entrepreneurs make decisions through the COVID-19 pandemic. Find online tools, funding options, guidance documents and more.
Mansfield Mission Center
(817) 473-6650Mansfield Mission Center is a non-profit organization committed to holistic family development in Mansfield ISD and surrounding areas.
Meals On Wheels Association of America
(888) 998-6325Meals On Wheels delivers nutritious meals created to address the specific health conditions of its senior clients. It also provides a safety check around the house and an assessment of any changes that might impact future medical needs.
Meals On Wheels of Tarrant County
(817) 336-0912Meals On Wheels of Tarrant County promotes the dignity and independence of older adults, persons with disabilities and other homebound individuals by delivering nutritious meals and providing or coordinating needed services.
Meals on Wheels — Visiting Nurse Association (VNA)
(214) 689-0000VNA Meals on Wheels provides nutritious meals to Dallas County residents experiencing illness, advanced age or disability.
Medicare
(800) 633-4227According to the CDC, older adults and people who have severe chronic medical conditions like heart, lung, or kidney disease seem to be at higher risk for more serious COVID-19. Medicare lists precautions, tips and information specifically for older adults, including navigation for its expanded coverage of telehealth and related services.
Metrocrest Services
(972) 446-2100Metrocrest assists families, individuals and seniors in Addison, Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch, and the part of the city of Dallas that falls within Denton County. It provides services such as rent and utility help, food, clothing, employment counseling, gas cards or bus vouchers for job-seekers, minor home repairs, home-delivered meals for seniors, school shoes and supplies for students, the Sack Summer Hunger program and holiday programs.
Minnie’s Food Pantry
(972) 596-0253Minnie’s Food Pantry in Plano, Texas, provides healthy meals and educational resources.
Mission Arlington/Mission Metroplex
(817) 277-6620Mission Arlington/Mission Metroplex is a networked group of individuals, families, civic and governmental organizations, schools, businesses, churches and social agencies working together to make a difference in its community.
Modest Needs
(844) 667-3776Modest Needs provides short-term financial assistance to individuals and families in temporary crisis who, because they are working and live just above the poverty level, are ineligible for most types of conventional social assistance.
Mosaic Family Services
(214) 823-4434Mosaic offers shelter and transitional housing, legal representation, multicultural mental health counseling and other programs for human trafficking survivors, family violence survivors, refugees and unaccompanied minors.
Music Covid Relief
Music Covid Relief is a resource by partners in the U.S. music community to help music professionals access information and applications for benefits made available by the CARES Act (Phase III of the Coronavirus Stimulus bill signed into law March 27, 2020).
Musicians Foundation
(212) 239-9137Musicians Foundation provides critical financial assistance to professionals in the music industry.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
(800) 799-7233 or (800) 787-3224 (TTY)Advocates are available 24/7 and all calls are free and confidential. If you are not comfortable speaking with someone directly, support is also available through texting or a live chat.
No Kid Hungry
(800) 969-4767No Kid Hungry works to ensure that every child in the United States has access to healthy food. It helps states, cities and communities close the gap between kids who need food and food itself.
North Dallas Shared Ministries
(214) 358-8700North Dallas Shared Ministries offers food distribution, financial assistance for rent and utilities, medical and dental care, mental health counseling, COVID-19 vaccines, school supplies and uniforms, clothing and tax preparation assistance for free.
North Texas Food Bank
(855) 719-7627North Texas Food Bank is a nonprofit hunger relief organization that distributes donated, purchased and prepared foods through a network of more than 200 partner agencies in 13 counties.
Pathfinders
(817) 731-1173Pathfinders works to help people manage money through virtual financial counseling and financial literacy education.
Presbyterian Night Shelter
(817) 632-7400Presbyterian Night Shelter offers emergency day and night shelter, housing assistance, job coaching, a behavioral care facility, women and children’s center and a transitional housing program for veterans.
Recovery Resource Council
(817) 332-6329Recovery Resource Council offers alcohol and substance abuse programs that include counseling, job help and veteran services.
Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES)
RAICES provides free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families and refugees, in addition to social programs, bond assistance and advocacy.
SWJC Building Bridges – Feeding Heroes
(214) 361-0018The Southwest Jewish Congress is delivering meals in locations around Dallas County to first responders and families in need.
SafeHaven
(877) 701-7233Safe Haven works to end domestic violence through safety, support, prevention and social change. It has two shelters — one in Fort Worth and one in Arlington — and also offers counseling, transitional housing, legal aid and prevention programs.
Salvation Army North Texas
(214) 424-7208The Salvation Army works to meet a comprehensive array of human needs. The North Texas operation services Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis and Tarrant counties. Its services include community centers, homeless shelters, senior adult apartment centers, substance abuse programs, a veterans program and a domestic violence shelter.
Samaritan Inn
(972) 542-5302Samaritan Inn is a comprehensive homeless shelter and recovery program.
Say Yes to Dallas
This job board from the Dallas Regional Chamber connects workers displaced by the COVID-19 outbreak with employment in essential industries around North Texas.
Serve Our Heroes
Serve Our Heroes works to support restaurant partners and health care workers by purchasing and delivering meals to VA hospital employees.
Serving Up Gratitude
(214) 969-1977This Thanks-Giving Foundation initiative provides individual meals from local restaurants to deliver to teachers. Donate funds, apply to volunteer or suggest a restaurant.
Shurrun’s House
(972) 207-1604We provide safety, shelter and stability to low income women in recovery after treatment for substance abuse.
SoupMobile
(214) 655-6396The SoupMobile is a mobile soup kitchen that serves the homeless in Dallas.
Southside C.A.R.E.S. Fund
The “We Get By Together” initiative from the Southside Culinary Arts Retail Entertainment and Service Fund offers $250 relief grants to creatives, gig and service workers experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19. The fund is for people currently or previously employed in the Near Southside neighborhood of Fort Worth.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
(800) 942-3678The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, popularly known as WIC, is a federal nutrition program for pregnant, breastfeeding women and families with children younger than age 5.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
(800) 662-HELP (4357)SAMHSA is the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ free, confidential, 24/7 treatment referral and information service in English and Spanish for individuals and families facing mental health or substance use disorders.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
(800) 735-2989SNAP is a federal program that helps millions of Americans with low income purchase food.
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
(714) 626-0447Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability or age-related problems.
Tarrant Area Food Bank
(817) 857-7100Tarrant Area Food Bank is a primary source of donated food for hunger-relief charities and feeding programs in 13 North Texas counties.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
TANF is a federal program that provides families with financial assistance and support services.
TexProtects
(469) 399-6900TexProtects works to protect children from the trauma of abuse and neglect. The public can donate money or use TexProtects’ auction portal to purchase Parent Survival Kits or single items such as diapers, formula, tablets, books and food gift cards.
Texans Can Academies
(214) 944-1985This network of 14 charter schools across Texas offers tuition-free, open enrollment public high schools for students ages 14 to 21 who have struggled in a traditional high school setting. It also provides a meal program, eyeglasses, childcare, college and career readiness programs, flexible schedules, transportation help, scholarship opportunities, counseling and other student assistance solutions.
Texas Association for the Education of Young Children
(800 ) 341-2392The state affiliate of the National Association of Education of Young Children, TXAEYC promotes professional development and evidence-based best practices in early childhood education. It also provides educational resources for families.
Texas Ballet Theater Relief Fund
(972) 677-6492Texas Ballet Theater has experienced financial losses due to the coronavirus outbreak. They are accepting donations to help them with dancer and staff salaries and general operations.
Texas Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP)
The Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) is a utility assistance program designed to assist low income, elderly and/or disabled households in meeting their immediate energy needs and to provide energy education.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Coronavirus Resources
(800) 252-5400This page of resources focuses on COVID-19 information, updates and services. Content includes tips on how parents can manage COVID-19 stress and the latest requirements for contracted service providers.
Texas Health and Human Services COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line
(833) 986-1919Talk to a mental health professional using the the support line for help dealing with stress and other emotions.
Texas Health and Human Services — Your Texas Benefits Portal
This state agency oversees core public health in Texas through population-based strategies. It administrates a comprehensive suite of benefits for Texans such as TANF, SNAP, CHIP, Medicaid and other support services.
Texas Workforce Commission
(512) 463-2222Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is the state agency charged with overseeing and providing workforce development services to employers and job seekers in Texas. Its childcare services program subsidizes childcare for low-income families.
The Artists’ Fellowship
The Artists’ Fellowship provides emergency aid to professional visual artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement or unexpected extreme hardship.
The Bridge
(214) 670-1100The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center is located in the Farmers Market District of downtown Dallas and is open 24 hours daily. It is a multi-service campus that offers shelter, basic needs services, access to health care, income alternatives and long-term housing.
The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology
(214)526-4525The Center’s mission is to provide accessible, high-quality counseling, training, psychological evaluations, and educational testing that equip people to grow through life’s changes and challenges. With 30+ locations throughout North and Central Texas and founded in 1968, The Center is one of the most established and trusted mental health providers around providing services to those with resources and those without.
The Concilio
(214) 818-0481The Concilio works to increase parent involvement in their children’s education and health through a variety of programs.
The Senior Source
(214) 823-5700The Senior Source provides Dallas area seniors and their families with the services, programs, tools and the resources necessary to thrive.
The Stewpot
(214) 746-2785This outreach by First Presbyterian Church in downtown Dallas serves the homeless with shelter and meals.
The Storehouse of Collin County
(469) 385-1813The Storehouse provides a food pantry, clothing, counseling and training services.
The Warren Center for Children with Developmental Differences
(972) 490-9055The Warren Center serves children and families impacted by developmental delays and disabilities with therapy (including teletherapy), early childhood intervention, family support and other services.
U.S. Small Business Administration
(800) 659-2955 or (800) 877-8339 (TTY)The SBA is a federal program that provides loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.
United Way Denton County
(940) 566-5851The Denton branch of the United Way works to support donors, volunteers, businesses, governments, nonprofits and community groups to invest in Denton County residents.
United Way Metropolitan Dallas
(214) 978-0000United Way Metropolitan Dallas uses its network to foster social innovation, mobilize volunteers, drive business participation and spur lawmakers and the public to act for the common good.
United Way Tarrant County
(817) 258-8000United Way of Tarrant County brings together individuals, groups, donors and service providers to help solve some of the toughest social issues affecting Tarrant County.
Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center
(214) 489-7984This organization assists women veterans, active duty, reservists and female military spouses through funding, mentorships, financial preparedness, business certification, strategic partnerships and other resources for starting or growing your business.
Volunteers of America Texas
(817) 529-7300Volunteers of America Texas is a human service organization that provides substance abuse programs, housing assistance, re-entry programs for those transitioning from prison, homeless veterans support and intellectual and developmental disabilities support.
Voly Volunteer Opportunities
(214) 818-9855You can use this tool to filter by cause, location, skills, time of day or dates to find volunteer opportunities. Choose the “Urgent Needs” category for the most time-sensitive and critical opportunities.
Waxahachie Care
(972) 923-2273Waxahachie Care provides food and financial assistance to people in need. During the pandemic, the food pantry is open 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday.
Wilkinson Center
(972) 284-0302The Wilkinson Center provides comprehensive pathways to self-sufficiency that address food insecurity, lack of education, under employment and other challenges.
Women Called Moses Coalition and Outreach
(214) 432-3017Women Called Moses provides secure emergency shelter for women experiencing domestic violence and their children, along with court advocacy and crisis counseling programs.