Helping Hand Home for Children

April 16, 2019, Filed Under: Profiles

Meet UT-UCS Teacher of the Year: Candace Berrier

Long before entering college, Candace Berrier knew that her heart was in teaching. By the time she reached high school, she discovered her path in special education while working with at-risk youth. “I choose to work in special education because I believe in teaching students in the way that they… Continue Reading Meet UT-UCS Teacher of the Year: Candace Berrier

Annunciation Maternity Home (Georgetown)
A free, full-service home for young women (grades 7-12) who are in crisis pregnancies.

Austin Oaks (Austin)
A day treatment program that serves adolescents (grades 6-12) experiencing a serious behavioral disturbance or an inability to function at home or school.
A school that provides adolescents with the ideal conditions for fostering a holistic recovery from addiction while attaining a fully-accredited high school diploma.

Cedar Crest Hospital (Belton)
An inpatient program which is designed to stabilize immediate psychiatric needs for patients of all ages and their loved ones.

Clear Fork Academy (Fort Worth)
A residential treatment program for boys between the ages of 13 and 18 years who struggle with substance abuse or addiction and the accompanying mental health and behavior issues.

DePelchin-Richmond (Richmond)
An inpatient facility that treats children and adolescents (grades K-8) who suffer from mental health conditions and behavioral problems.

George M. Kozmetsky (Restricted Location)
A K-12 campus housed in a shelter for families who are victims of domestic and/or sexual violence.

Georgetown Behavioral Health Center (Georgetown)
A 118-bed acute care psychiatric hospital offering comprehensive mental healthcare programs and services for adults and teens with 24-hour inpatient care for adolescents (ages 13-17) whose acute symptoms require a safe and therapeutic environment.

Helping Hand Home for Children (Austin)
Provides a nurturing and therapeutic home for children (grades K-6) who have suffered severe abuse and neglect.

High Point (San Antonio)
A day treatment program serving students (grades 1-12) with psychiatric, neuropsychiatric, sexual behavior and developmentally delayed issues.

Laurel Ridge (San Antonio)
A residential treatment and hospital facility serving students (grades K-12) with psychiatric, neuropsychiatric, sexual behavior and developmentally delayed issues.

Methodist Children’s Home (Waco)
A non-profit childcare ministry that services adolescents (grades 7-12) who are unable to live at home for various reasons.

Munday (Restricted Location)
A K-12 campus housed in a shelter for families who are victims of domestic and/or sexual violence.

Olympia Hills Gymnastics (Buda)
A gymnastics program for students (grades 4-8) who are participating at the elite level in competitive gymnastics.

Pathfinders Camp (Driftwood)
A therapeutic camp that services emotionally disturbed and learning-disabled boys (grades 5-12) lacking skills necessary for successful community living.

Pathways 3H (Mountain Home)
A residential wilderness program for pre-adolescent and adolescent boys (grades 6-12) with behavioral difficulties who may otherwise be headed to incarceration or therapeutic lockup.

The Refuge (Restricted Location)
A residential center offering trauma-informerd, long-term restoration shelter and services to girls (ages 11-17) who have been exploited through sex trafficking.

Safe Haven Youth Ranch (Hempstead)
A residential program that combines evidence-based trauma treatment interventions, 4-H youth development and individualized behavior skills training for youth who have experienced traumatic life events.

Seton Home (San Antonio)
A residential program providing a caring home, education and support services necessary to transform the lives of pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their children.

Settlement Home (Austin)
A residential treatment center for girls (grades 6-12) who are in need of 24-hour therapeutic care.

Shriners Hospitals for Children (Houston)
A medical facility that serves students (grades K-12) with a host of orthopaedic and neuromusculoskeletal disorders and diseases, as well as cleft lip and palate.

SJRC (Bulverde, TX)
A campus caring for children who have been affected by trauma, abuse and neglect.

Texas NeuroRehab Center (Austin)
A medical facility that serves students (grades K-12) with brain injury, neuro-behavioral issues, and/or who are considered medically fragile.

University High School Austin (Austin)
An independent recovery high school that has the unique advantage of strategic collaborations with recovery, social service and higher education organizations in and around the Austin community.

University of Texas Elementary School (Austin)
A research-based demonstration school in the heart of East Austin that serves urban students in grade levels pre-kindergarten through fifth.

Unlimited Visions Houston (Houston)
A treatment program that meets the spiritual and physical needs of chemically dependent adults and adolescents on their journey of recovery.

Helping Hand Home for Children

University Charter School