NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE
Call: 800/SUI-CIDE (784-2433) 800/784-2433
Line answered 24/7

2-1-1 Texas, United Way Help Line
Dial 2-1-1 (210)227-4357 (HELP)
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Southwest Mental Health Center
Acute Care - Southwest Mental Health Center
8535 Tom Slick Dr.
San Antonio 78229-3363
www.smhc.org

• Offers intensive, 24 hour-a-day treatment designed to stabilize a child in psychiatric crisis
• For youth ages 3-17 suffering acute or severe psychiatric symptoms, i.e. suicide attempt, self-harm or threat to others.

Baptist Child and Family Services
Services to At-Risk Youth (STAR) - Baptist Child & Family Service
909 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 800
San Antonio 78209

• Offers short-term counseling services and emergency respite care for at risk youth and their families.
• Offers universal child abuse prevention services are also available.
  
• For youths in Bexar County ages 4-17 who “skip school” or “cut classes”, are runaways, have some delinquency problems or family conflict.

Center for Health Care Services, The Children and Adolescent Services - Center for Health Care Service
1115 W. Martin
San Antonio 78207
www.chcsbc.org

• Offers crisis unit, services for children of pre-diagnosed for  mental health problems
• Open to all counties residence ages 4-17

Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc.
Substance Abuse Intervention Program
7911 Broadway
San Antonio 78209

• Targets youth at risk of substance abuse, family violence and/or homelessness.
• Offers group, individual and family counseling assessments, referrals and follow-ups.
• For youth 10-17 years of age who are court mandated or self-referred.

Jewish Family and Children's Service of San Antonio
Homeless Teens Counseling Program - JFCS
12500 N.W. Military Hwy., Suite 250
San Antonio 78231

• Provide individual and family counseling to homeless teens and their family members at the homeless shelters.
• Offer weekly life skills classes at many of the Bexar County shelters, plus transportation, food and school supplies.
• For youths of ages 12-17 who live on the street, in a shelter, park or place unintended for human habitation or in a homeless shelter.

Presa Community Service Center
South Side Kids Involved in Leadership Skills (SKILLS)
3721 S. Presa
San Antonio 78210

• Provides counseling, athletic recreational sports, arts and crafts plus structured tutorial program.
• Targets ages 5 through 16.

South Side Family Counseling Center
Homeless Teens Counseling Program - South Side
1151 Mission Rd.
San Antonio 78210

• Provide individual and family counseling to homeless teens and their family members at the homeless shelters.
• Offer weekly life skills classes at many of the Bexar County shelters.
• Other supportive services are provides such as transportation, food and school supplies.
• For ages 12-17 who live on the street, in a shelter, park or place unintended for human habitation or in a homeless shelter.

Students in Christ Youth Center, Inc.
Lazarus Juvenile Offender Counseling Program
2930 E. Bitters Rd.
San Antonio 78217

• Offers non-residential confidential psychotherapeutic counseling program with large and small groups.
• Eligibility: For children 5-17 years of age. Must provide own transportation. No psychiatric history.

Alcoholics Anonymous
8804 Tradeway
San Antonio, TX 78217 (210)533-9770
Fax: (210)822-4491
Website: http://www.aaofsa.org
Languages: English, ASL

• Provides free help to alcoholics who need and want it.
• Provides general meeting information and literature about alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous to alcoholics and those who want to help alcoholics.

Child Guidance Center of San Antonio
2135 Babcock road
San Antonio, TX 78229
Fax: (210)615-0249
Website: http://www.cgcsanantonio.org
Languages: English, Spanish
Fees: Sliding scale fee based on family income

• Offers an outpatient mental health clinic for children ages 3-18.
• Provides services to emotionally disturbed children whose families would otherwise not be able to afford treatment.
• Services are offered by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and licensed professional counselors.

• Offers spiritually-based counseling services to children, adolescents, adults and families.
• Offers psychological testing. Offers psycho education and personal growth groups.

Family Service Association of San Antonio, Inc.
702 San Pedro
San Antonio, TX 78212
Fax: (210)226-0108
E-mail: Garroyos@family-service.org
Languages: English, Spanish
Fees: Sliding scale fee, Medicaid, and CHIP

• Provides individual, couple, marriage, and family counseling for those ages 3 and older. Provides play therapy for children.

Hope Action Care
132 W. Grayson
San Antonio, TX 78212
Fax: (210)224-2472
E-mail: hac@texas.net
Website: http://monreal.home.texas.net/main.htm
Languages: English, Spanish
Fees: No fees

• Provides substance abuse education and counseling.
• Provides mental health group and individual counseling.
• Conducts psychological evaluation and assessment.
• Provides career counseling and support groups.

• Provides acute psychiatric hospitalization and partial hospitalization to children, adolescents, and adults.
• Provides a residential treatment center for children and adolescents. Offers detox for adolescents and adults.
• Offers a judicial day program for adolescents and 23-hour stabilization.
• Offers assessments at no charge 24 hours a day/7 days a week.

• Offers case management and counseling support services for the community.
• Counseling is offered for a full range of life challenges and issues.

• Offers advocacy, education and support groups for the mentally ill.
• Membership is composed of family and friends of the mentally ill and persons with a mental illness.
• Education classes and support groups offered in both English and Spanish. Provide information and referral for the mentally ill.

• Provides a 12-step outpatient program.
• Provides counseling, group support, and chemical free social activities.

• Offers professional counseling for families, groups, and individuals in Bexar County.
• The delinquency and substance abuse prevention program offers counseling, athletic recreational sports, arts and crafts and a structured tutorial program for children aged 5-16.
• Project AYUDA (Adults and Youth Understanding the Destructiveness of Alcohol) is a youth-driven project to address under age drinking and high risk drinking by youth.