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Mobility-Impaired Transportation Service (MITS)
The T's Mobility-Impaired Transportation Service offers you door-to-door transportation within the service areas of Fort Worth, Richland Hills and Blue Mound. Trained drivers are available to assist passengers in boarding and alighting vehicles specially designed to accommodate the mobility impaired.
Call at 817.215.8600 for Questions/Comments
The Arc of Greater Tarrant County
The Arc is a 501(c)3, non profit organization that has worked to improve the quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Their services include advocacy, information and referral, parent and professional education, public education and fun activities and classes.
Special Olympics Texas
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Camp Summit
Camp Summit is a "sleep away" camp for children and adults with disabilities. We offer weeklong camp sessions during spring break, summer and fall months as well as weekend sessions and respite days. Campers are offered a wide variety of traditional camp activities in our barrier-free environment all of which are adapted for our campers' abilities and not limited to their disabilities.
MHMR Tarrant County (Local Authority)
For more than 40 years, MHMR Tarrant has improved the lives of people with health care needs, such as substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, and intellectual delays and disabilities. Using innovative approaches, MHMR partners with individuals and families, and collaborates with other community organizations to provide services and a hopeful future.
Metrocare Services Dallas (Local Authority)
Metrocare is north Texas' leading nonprofit dedicated to helping people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and severe emotional problems live healthier lives. Metrocare provides a comprehensive array of individually-tailored services to help the people we serve toward meaningful and satisfying lives.
Pecan Valley Centers MHMR (Local Authority)
Pecan Valley Centers provides a variety of behavioral healthcare services to persons with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as alcohol and chemical dependency. Their service area includes Erath, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, and Somervell Counties.
Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center (Local Authority)
The Heart of Texas Region MHMR (HOTRMHMR) Center is made up of caring professionals who are dedicated to helping individuals and families cope with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, developmental delays, and emotional conflict. Their service area includes McLennan, Bosque, Falls, Hill, Limestone, and Freestone Counties.
Andrews Center (Local Authority)
Andrews Center Behavioral Healthcare System is a non-profit, comprehensive mental health and intellectual and developmental disability center. Services are provided in a five-county area of East Texas (Smith, Wood, Rains, Van Zandt and Henderson).
Additional Links:
- Texas Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
- Texas Department of Family & Protective Services (DFPS)
- Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC)
The T's Mobility-Impaired Transportation Service offers you door-to-door transportation within the service areas of Fort Worth, Richland Hills and Blue Mound. Trained drivers are available to assist passengers in boarding and alighting vehicles specially designed to accommodate the mobility impaired.
Call at 817.215.8600 for Questions/Comments
The Arc of Greater Tarrant County
The Arc is a 501(c)3, non profit organization that has worked to improve the quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Their services include advocacy, information and referral, parent and professional education, public education and fun activities and classes.
Special Olympics Texas
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Camp Summit
Camp Summit is a "sleep away" camp for children and adults with disabilities. We offer weeklong camp sessions during spring break, summer and fall months as well as weekend sessions and respite days. Campers are offered a wide variety of traditional camp activities in our barrier-free environment all of which are adapted for our campers' abilities and not limited to their disabilities.
MHMR Tarrant County (Local Authority)
For more than 40 years, MHMR Tarrant has improved the lives of people with health care needs, such as substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, and intellectual delays and disabilities. Using innovative approaches, MHMR partners with individuals and families, and collaborates with other community organizations to provide services and a hopeful future.
Metrocare Services Dallas (Local Authority)
Metrocare is north Texas' leading nonprofit dedicated to helping people with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and severe emotional problems live healthier lives. Metrocare provides a comprehensive array of individually-tailored services to help the people we serve toward meaningful and satisfying lives.
Pecan Valley Centers MHMR (Local Authority)
Pecan Valley Centers provides a variety of behavioral healthcare services to persons with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as alcohol and chemical dependency. Their service area includes Erath, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, and Somervell Counties.
Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center (Local Authority)
The Heart of Texas Region MHMR (HOTRMHMR) Center is made up of caring professionals who are dedicated to helping individuals and families cope with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, developmental delays, and emotional conflict. Their service area includes McLennan, Bosque, Falls, Hill, Limestone, and Freestone Counties.
Andrews Center (Local Authority)
Andrews Center Behavioral Healthcare System is a non-profit, comprehensive mental health and intellectual and developmental disability center. Services are provided in a five-county area of East Texas (Smith, Wood, Rains, Van Zandt and Henderson).
Additional Links:
- Texas Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
- Texas Department of Family & Protective Services (DFPS)
- Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC)