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American Community Survey

The American Community Survey (ACS) helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about our nation.

census.gov

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross stands by to assist in any disaster, small or  large. This site will start your journey to finding disaster assistance.

redcross.org

Center on Rural Innovation

Provides localized data on demographics, housing, economics, entrepreneurship, community assets and federal spending and the capacity to compare peer communities.

local.ruralopportunitymap.us

Children’s Advocacy Centers of TX

Access child abuse prevention and awareness materials and locate a children’s advocacy center near you. CACTX is the statewide membership association representing all local children’s advocacy centers in Texas.

cactx.org

Childrens Defense Fund

The Children’s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

childrensdefense.org

Connected Nation Texas

Provides state and county level and interactive broadband maps and broadband statistics.

connectednation.org

County Health Rankings

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, works to improve health outcomes for all and to close the health disparities between those with the most and least opportunities for good health.

countyhealthrankings.org

East Texas Food Bank

Access SNAP, TANF, CHIP, Medicaid, and locate a food pantry near you. ETFB serves the residents of Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Cherokee, Houston, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, and Shelby counties.

easttexasfoodbank.org

Harvest Regional Food Bank

Locate a food pantry or mobile food pantry near you. HRFB serves the residents of Bowie County in Texas, and Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Pike, and Sevier Counties in Arkansas.

harvestregionalfoodbank.org

Houston Food Bank

Access SNAP, Community Assistance Programs, COVID-19 assistance, and locate a food pantry near you. HFB serves the residents of Harris, Liberty, San Jacinto, and Trinity counties.

houstonfoodbank.org

HRSA

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary federal agency for improving health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable.

hrsa.gov

HRSA

Find a Rural Health Clinic or Federally Qualified Health Center near you.

findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov

Medicaid/CHIP

This site includes important information on Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and signup.

medicaid.gov

NRHA

The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education and research.

ruralhealthweb.org

ROC-ET Initiative

Created by the foundation to establish certified community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in rural East Texas, with results on dollars deployed, loans made and jobs created or retained.

Southeast Texas Food Bank

Access “211” services, WIC, SNAP, and locate a food pantry near you. STFB serves the residents of Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine and Tyler Counties.

setxfoodbank.org

TACHC

TACHC is the federally-designated primary care association for the state and is the link between federal, state and local entities providing  health care for Texas’ most vulnerable populations.

tachc.org

Texas 2036

Texas 2036 allows Texans to make policy decisions through accessible data, long-term planning and statewide engagement.

texas2036.org

Texas 2036

Provides unique data visualizations, tools, and maps to track progress across Texas on key indicators, including education and workforce, health and human services, infrastructure, demographics, natural resources, justice and safety, government performance, and the economy.

texas2036.org

Texas Education Agency

Provides information and other data about student performance, spending, and legislation implementation for the 1,200 districts and charters across Texas.

tea.texas.gov

Texas Health Data

This site contains public data and statistics on various health topics. The data are intended to help you plan and improve delivery of services, evaluate health care systems, inform policy decisions, and aid in research.

healthdata.dshs.texas.gov

Texas Homeless Resources

View Texas assistance and housing programs for people who are homeless or who are about to become homeless.

hhs.texas.gov

Texas RX Assistance Program

Texas Drug Card is the state’s free prescription assistance program. While providing uninsured residents with savings up to 80% on medications, Texas Drug Card also provides comparable savings to those with insurance on their non-covered medications.

staterxplans.us

TORCH

TORCH is an organization of rural and community hospitals, corporations and interested individuals working together to address the special needs and issues of rural and community hospitals, staff and patients they serve.

torchnet.org

Your Texas Benefits

Apply for benefits and send your info to support services to be contacted by state and federal programs such as TANF, SNAP, WIC, Medicaid, and more.

yourtexasbenefits.com