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COMMUNITY & SUPPORT
Community & Support Partners
Our community and support partners play an integral role in the success of our students and programs. Our partners provide an array of services to WorkTexas students and alumni to support during and post training to ensure success.
If you are interested in partnering with WorkTexas, please contact Vanessa Ramirez at vramirez@worktexas.org
WorkFaith
The WorkFaith Connection is a Christ-centered 501 c(3) organization that exists to provide faith-based training and coaching for anyone who desires long-term employment. Our Christ-centered values paired with our highly-structured program help students increase their value and confidence which is needed for successful transitions back into the workforce.
Website: workfaithconnection.org/
Avenue 360
Avenue 360 Health & Wellness offers a holistic solution for those seeking a medical home. The patient is the center of our model, giving our patients a collaborative choice for their healthcare needs. We care for the whole person, whether it’s a medical diagnosis and treatment, a pharmacy, preventative care, housing, or access to a community wellness worker.
Website: avenue360.org
Books Between Kids
Books Between Kids is a non-profit organization serving Houston’s at-risk children by providing them with books to build their own home libraries.
Website: www.booksbetweenkids.org
Combined Arms
Combined Arms is a collaborative impact organization that is using an innovative approach to technology and service delivery to disrupt the veteran transition experience. By providing comprehensive support to military members and their families as they transition to civilian life, we are accelerating veteran transition in order to deliver maximum impact on Texas.
Website: combinedarms.us
Community Health Choice
We are a local, non-profit, Managed Care Organization (MCO) offering Children’s Medicaid (STAR) and CHIP programs. We also offer plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Community Health Choice has a network of 10,000 doctors and 77 hospitals.
Website: communityhealthchoice.org
Hope and Healing Center & Institute
The Hope and Healing Center & Institute is a comprehensive mental health resource dedicated to transforming lives and restoring hope through education, training, clinical services and research.
Website: hopeandhealingcenter.org
Hope’s Path
Hope’s Path is a non-profit 501(c)3 that uses a faith based community approach to direct former foster youth and homeless youth ages 18 - 27 towards confident sustainable independence.
Website: www.hopespath.org
Houston Food Bank
The Houston Food Bank is a solution to both hunger and food waste. America’s largest and nationally recognized, the Food Bank distributes 104 million nutritious meals through its network of 1,500 community partners in southeast Texas, feeding 800,000 individuals each year.
Website: houstonfoodbank.org
Houston Threads
Houston Threads provides NEW clothing and accessories for referred and at-risk teens in the Houston area. Teens who qualify choose complete outfits, new socks, underwear, bras, toiletries, shoes, and seasonal items, when available.
Website: houstonthreads.org
Houston Tool Bank
The Houston ToolBank serves community-based organizations by providing tools, equipment & expertise to empower their most ambitious goals.
Website: www.houstontoolbank.org
Journey Through Life
Journey Through Life ensures our clients achieve optimal levels of well-being through the provision of compassionate, innovative and effective behavioral health and wellness services.
Website: journeythroughlifellc.com
Legacy Community Health
Legacy Community Health is a United Way-affiliated agency, and currently provides adult primary care, pediatrics, dental care, vision services, behavioral health services, OB/GYN and maternity, vaccinations and immunizations, health promotion and community outreach, wellness and nutrition, and comprehensive HIV/AIDS care.
Website: legacycommunityhealth.org
Lone Star Legal Aid
Lone Star Legal Aid’s mission is to protect and advance the civil legal rights of the millions of Texans living in poverty in its 76 county service area by providing free advocacy, legal representation, and community education that ensures equal access to justice.
Website: www.lonestarlegal.org
Main Street Ministries
Main Street Ministries Houston is dedicated to sharing the love of Christ and empowering our community’s most vulnerable to experience stability, purpose and renewal. We are a Christian community that seeks to love our neighbors, deepen our faith and enrich our city by helping vulnerable community members build stable, meaningful lives. Most of the men, women and families we serve have experienced challenges related to cycles of poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, and incarceration. Serving one another in love and grace, we discover purpose and hope that lead us all to our fullest God-given potential.
Website: msmhouston.org
Northwest Assistance Ministries
NAM’s mission is to strive to meet basic human needs through Neighbors Helping Neighbors. NAM’s vision, grounded in its mission and true to its values, is a community in which Neighbors care for Neighbors through collaborative efforts with area congregations, community partners, donors and volunteers. Resources are pooled and leveraged to meet basic needs and to help individuals regain their self-sufficiency, thereby creating a safer and more stable community for all.
Website: www.namonline.org/
Undies for Everyone
Undies for Everyone provides new underwear for over 100,000 U.S. children living in poverty or crisis. With newfound confidence and self-esteem, students are ready to learn and grow.
Website: undiesforeveryone.org
Wesley Community Center
Wesley Community Center is a Houston nonprofit organization, anchored in the Near Northside, providing an array of social services to families in our neighborhood and throughout Houston. Our services include Early Head Start, childcare, after school and summer care for school-aged youth, food for struggling families, meals and activities for seniors, and a financial opportunity center for individuals to gain the skills they need to become financially stable.
Website: wesleyhousehouston.org
Workforce Solutions
The Gulf Coast Workforce Board and its operating affiliate Workforce Solutions, are the public workforce system in the 13-county Houston-Galveston region of Texas. We help employers meet their human resource needs and individuals build careers, so both can compete in the global economy.
Website: wrksolutions.com
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