AroundTownKids Healthcare Resources

As a resource to our viewers below, you will find an online directory list of Kids Healthcare related non-profit groups and agencies on the county, Texas state and national level.

This list includes resources for general healthcare, mental health, chronic illnesses, underpriveleged, special needs and disabilities. Please click on their name (a hyperlink) to get to their website for more information.

American Academy of Pediatrics

An organization of 60,000 pediatricians committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

Child & Family Guidance Center

Phone: 972-612-5989

Address: 4030 West Plano Parkway, Suite 211, Plano

CHILD & FAMILY Guidance Center is a non-profit organization with offices in Dallas, Denton, and Collin Counties, dedicated to providing quality mental health services to strengthen children, families, and communities. CFGC is the largest non-profit provider of a full spectrum of mental health services to children and adults in North Texas. Sliding scale, free, or reduced cost services are provided to low-income and others who qualify.

Children & Community Health Center

Phone: 972-547-0606
Address: 120 S. Central Expressway Suite 106, McKinney

ChildSafe Network

The Child Safe Network's mission is to protect our nations most valuable asset, our children! Our organization is dedicated to educating and preventing missing, and abducted children.

Due to the passing of Megan's Law, convicted sex offenders must register with local police in the communities in which they live. The Child Safe Network provides parents and guardians with the ability to search these databases of convicted sex offenders.

Collin County Children's Advocacy Center

Phone: 972-633-6600
Address: 2205 Los Rios Boulevard, Plano

Every day children victimized by abuse find their way to Collin County Children's Advocacy Center. When they arrive, they find caring professionals and volunteers who dedicate themselves to helping children through the nightmare of abuse. Families find support and resources. And most important, children and their families together find a place where healing begins.

MISSION: Collin County Children's Advocacy Center takes action to identify, protect, and improve the lives of abused and neglected children.

Mental Health Association of Texas

An original affiliate of the National Mental Health Association. This non-profit was founded to reach out communities across Texas to promote mental health, prevent mental disorders and improve the care and treatment of people with with mental illnesses through education and advocacy.

National Immunization Information Hotline

Phone: 1-800-232-2522

Tapestry Healthcare

Phone: 972-540-7700

Provides community access to affordable quality health care for the uninsured and underinsured.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

The mission of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is to protect the unprotected — children, elderly, and people with disabilities — from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Texas Department of Health

The Department of State Health Services promotes optimal health for individuals and communities while providing effective health, mental health and substance abuse services to Texans.

Texas Department of Health - Children with Special Needs

The Children With Special Health Care Needs Division provides case management services throughout Texas by supporting the regional offices of the Department of State Health Services and through contracts with local providers, including not-for-profit, community-based organizations and local health departments. More information about the services of the contract providers is available by clicking on the agency name above.

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