Community Resource Guide
Title V Grant Program
Social Service Agencies
AARP
544-5300
Batterer’s Intervention Prevention Program (BIPP)546-6694
B.I.S.D. Teen Learning Center
504-1282
B.I.S.D. Transportation
548-8085
CASA
546-6545
Catholic Charities
541-0220
Child Welfare
546-5591
Communities in School (CIS)
554-7954
Coprima
546-0774
Dept. Human Resources
544-5870
End of the Road Ministries of Texas Inc
425-2278
311 W Harrison Harlingen
Esperanza Home for Boys
546-0373
Family Service Worker (Headstart-Cameron Park) 546-9686
Horizon Youth Service Center
428-1453
Maggie’s House (San Benito)
361-3313
Mano a Mano
546-9384
Monica’s House (Brownsville)
986-2770
N.I.N.O.S
399-9944
Proyecto Libertad
425-9552
Red Cross
541-5206
Restitution Center
546-4017
Social Security Office
1-866-964-6486
St. Vincent de Paul
541-1755
START Center
1-877-478-2781
United Way of South Texas
548-6880
Valley Association for Independent Living
544-0468
Valley-wide Information & Referral Service 211
Health/Medical
AIDS Information
541-2600
American Red Cross – South Texas Chapter
541-5206
700 E Levee Brownville
16281 W Expwy 83 Harlingen
423-0523
Brownsville Children’s Rehabilitation Clinic
542-8504
1901 E 22nd St. Brownsville
Brownsville Community Health Center
548-7400
Cameron County Health Department
399-6649
186 N Sam Houston Sam Benito
Cameron County Health Department
574-8745
Dept of Human Services
544-5759
Easter Seals RGV
423-9171
1514 S 77 Sunshine Strip Harlingen
Planned Parenthood
546-4574,546-4571
370 Old Port Isabel Road
Harlingen
423-8584
Pregnancy Testing Center
546-0589
Su Clinica Familiar
831-8338
South Texas Poison Center
1-800-764-7661
Texas Health Steps
1-800-252-8263
Texas Medicaid & Healthcare Partnership (TMHP) 440-1276
Valley Regional Hospital
350-7000
Valley Regional (Emergency Room)
350-7250
Valley Baptist Hospital
698-5400
Valley Baptist (Emergency Room)
389-1860
Counseling& Family Services
AVANCE
541-6337
Bienestar Counseling
542-2536
Buckner’s Children & Family Services 547-7002, 423-7909
CARE Counseling
542-0902
Catholic Charities
541-0220
Consumer Credit Counseling
1-800-333-4357
Family Health & Resource Center
1-800-267-3990
Family Outreach
541-5566
Lighthouse Counseling
982-4511
Methodist Healthcare Ministries 1-866-212-0440, 546-5364
Parents Advocating for Student Success PASS
544-1244
Tropical TX MHMR
546-2230
UTB/TSC Community Counseling Clinic
882-7792
Valley AIDS Council
857 E Washington Brownsville1-888-311-2437,541-2600
418 E Tyler Ste. Harlingen 1-800-840-3629, 428-9322
1217 E Chicago McAllen
1-800-333-7432, 668-1155
Valley Family Guidance Center
554-7906
Willow’s Counseling Center
541-8040
Youthbuild
548-2302
Marriage Education
H.A.R.P. CAMERON COUNTY
(Hispanic Active Relationships Project)
544-7165
Food/Home Supplies
United Way of Cameron County
Goodwill
St.Vincent DePaul
Christ the King
Catholic Social Services
American Red Cross
WIC
New Beginnings
Good Neighbor Settlement House
Infant Nutrition Program
1225 Boca Chica Blvd Brownsville
Food Bank RGV
WIC Cameron County Program
Administrative Office
186 N Sam Houston San Benito
548-6880
504-6420
541-2581
546-5994
541-0220
541-5206
544-3359,546-4440
(830) 630-5661
542-2368
541-9250
682-8101
1-888-942-4847
Homeless Shelters/Aid
Good Neighbor Settlement House
1254 E Tyler St. Brownsville
Ozanam Center
656 N Minnesota Brownsville
Salvation Army
119 E Monroe Harlingen
Valley Coalition for the Homeless
513 E Jackson Ste 320 Harlingen
542-2368
831-6331
423-2454
421-4419
Battered Women Shelters:
Housing Services
Family Crisis 544-7273
Mujeres Unidas 630-4878
Friendship for Women 544-7412
American Red Cross
700 E Levee Brownsville…..
16281 W Expwy 83 Harlingen
Brownsville Housing Authority
Cameron County Housing Authority
65 Castellano Circle Brownsville
3567 W Business 83 Harlingen
Catholic Charities RGV
955 W Price Rd. Brownsville
Community Development Corporation
901 E Levee Brownsville
Harlingen Housing Authority
500 E Tyler Harlingen
Rio Grande Habitat for Humanity
5001 N Jackson Rd McAllen
541-5206
423-0523
541-4834
541-4983
425-2733
541-0220
541-4955
425-2733
686-7455
Legal Assistance
Attorney General (Child Support)
544-1754
Juvenile Probation
544-0868
Cameron County Juvenile Justice Center
399-3075
Adult Probation
544-0832
D.A. Crime Victim’s Dept.
1-800-983-9933, 544-0849
District Attorney’s Office
544-0849
DPS - Driver’s License
983-1920
Legal Advocate
544-7412
Texas Rural Legal Aid (TRLA)
546-5558
308 E Harrison Harlingen
423-3111
Consumer Protection Division
1-800-621-0508
Law Enforcement
B.I.S.D. Police
548-8378
Brownsville Police Dept. (non-emergency)
548-7000
Brownsville Fire Dept.
548-6075
Cameron County Sheriff’s Office
554-6700
DEA
1-800-332-4785
Dept. of Public Safety (DPS)
983-1900
FBI
546-6922
Harlingen Police Dept.
Los Fresnos Police
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Customs & Border Patrol
216-5900
233-4473
761-2668
1-800-863-9382
Education/Employment
Brownsville Literacy Center
Workforce Center/Cameron Works
Texas Employment Commission
542-8080
547-5040
546-3141
Drug Abuse Issues
Alcohol Abuse Action Addiction Helpline
544-5664
Alcoholics Anonymous
428-9561, 544-8530
Brownsville Palmer Drug Abuse Program
544-3333
Celebrate Recovery
544-4248
A Christ Centered Recovery Program
2414 Central Blvd
Family Connection
831-7831
Rio Grande Valley Council Inc
982-1551
Alcohol & Drug Abuse
896 Ridgewood Ste A & B, Brownsville
Recovery Center of Cameron County
548-0028
700 E Levee St. Brownsville
Treatment Associates Rio Grande Valley
550-0651
Valley Baptist Inpatient Behavioral
698-4700
1 Ted Hunt Boulevard, Brownsville
Valley Baptist Outpatient Behavioral
389-6578
2121 Pease St. Harlingen
CRISIS INTERVENTION
ALL EMERGENCIES
911
Advocacy Center
986-2770
Adult & Child Protective Services
546-5591
Hotline
1-800-252-5400
Cameron County Sheriff’s Office
544-0860
Crime Stoppers
600 E Jackson Brownsville
546-8477
1102 S Commerce Harlingen
425-8477
Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
Family Crisis Center (Harlingen) 1-866-123-9304,423-9304
Family Violence Legal Line
1-800-374-4673
Legal Hotline
1-800-777-3247
Legal Hotline for Sexual Assault Victims
1-888-343-4414
Rape, Abuse, Incest National Hotline
1-800-656-4673
Tropical Texas (MHMR)
546-2230, 289-700
Runaway Hotline
1-888-580-4357
National Youth Crisis Hotline 1-800-448-4663
National Runaway Switch Board1-800-621-4000
Suicide Prevention Hotline1-800-827-7571
Texas Council of Family Violence1-800-799-7273
DOMESTIC VIOLECE AGENCIES
Friendship of Women, Inc. (Brownsville)
Mujeres Unidas (McAllen)
544-7412
630-4878
MEXICO
(956) 813-5437
Principios de Vida
Calle Primera # 38 301 y 302 Plaza Norigal
Matamoros, Tamps., Mexico
Hours M-F 9:00-3:00/ Sat. 9:00-1:00
OTHER RESOURCES
Arthritis Foundation
1-800-284-2438
Alzheimer Association RGV
1-800-509-9590
American Association of Kidney Patients
1-800-749-2257
American Diabetes Association
1-800-252-8233
American Heart Association
425-3924
712 Morgan Blvd St 102 Harlingen
American Liver Foundation & Hepatitis Liver Disease 1-800-223-0179
American Lung Association of Texas
1-800-252-5864
American Parkinson Disease Association
1-800-223-2732
Alcoholic’s Abuse Hotline
1-800-553-7160
BISD Special Services
548-8400
CCMS
1-800-795-2267
Community Council of the RGV
1-877-404-4636
702 W Expwy 83 Ste 104 Weslaco
Epilepsy Foundation
1-888-606-5333
Horizon Youth Services Center
1-800-428-8336
Dept. of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
546-0316
Services for People Who are Blind
423-9411
Texas Commission for the Blind
1-800-687-7037
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
1-800-942-0149
Communities in School of Cameron County
412-8481
513 E Jackson Ste 204 Harlingen
Make-A-Wish Foundation
1800-722-9474
Rio Grande Council Boy Scouts of America
423-0250
Ronald McDonald House
412-7200
1720 Treasure Hills Blvd Harlingen
SCAN inc.
542-7165, 412-6312
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Rev. 5.6.2010 by amm