650 S. R.L. Thornton Fwy
Dallas, TX 75203
(469) 554-7500
The American Care Foundation (ACF) is a non-profit 501(c) (3) corporation established to identify and assist in issues that negatively impact children. The mission of ACF is to address the social and economic needs of children in underprivileged communities.
Our athletes range between in the ages of 2-87 (our program is for any of our athletes from cradle to grave); We have several Outreach Programs for our athletes as well. We over Motor Activities Program (MATP), NEW Unified Programs in 3 categories: Recreational, Sports and Athletes in Training (AIT), Young Athletes Program (YAP) for you ages 2-7 years of age and lastly we offer an amazing inclusion program trough Project Unify that is called Meet in the Middle (MIM) and it is designed for all ages. The MIM program has its own website listed below: http://www.mimtexas.org
The Concilio is one of very few organizations in Texas that works to increase parent involvement in their children’s education. The Concilio serves more than 10,000 unduplicated individuals each year through its Community Health and Parents Advocating for Student Excellence (PASE) programs.
Teens at Work is your resource for teen job readiness training. Our program teaches career development to teens ages 14-19. I AM Committed Abstinence program trains, educates, and empowers youth ages 12-17 on how to negotiate out of compromising situations with partner and peer pressure. Our program educates youth on the importance of abstinence and how it relates to reaching their career goals. Adults at Work provides training to individuals that seek to increase their knowledge and ability to obtain and maintain employment. Training at Work offers great staff development training. We offer customized training to meet your business needs.
Founded in 1980, Homeward Bound is one of the largest not-for-profit substance abuse and mental health treatment agencies in Texas. Homeward Bound is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors which includes attorneys, business leaders, a judge, and community volunteers dedicated to improving our community and the lives of those we serve. Homeward Bound’s programs serve over 6,000 individuals and their families per year. Homeward Bound’s main facility is a 120 bed residential treatment facility located at 233 W. 10th Street near downtown Dallas. Outpatient treatment and administrative offices are located at 315 Sunset Avenue across Madison Street from our main facility. Both facilities are easily accessible from I-35 and I-30 and are on several DART bus lines. All programs are licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and serve men and women from Dallas and the surrounding north Texas area. Staff psychiatrists, nurses, and a licensed addictionologist provide medically supervised crisis stabilization and detoxification services and care for our residential clients. Licensed counselors provide intensive residential treatment on a 24 hour a day – 7 day a week basis. Outpatient treatment sessions are available Tuesday – Saturday in morning, afternoon and evening and include individual and group counseling, education about the disease of addiction, and training in the life skills needed for a productive life. Our programs are multi-cultural and target the chemically dependent and mentally ill adult. Intake assessments are conducted at 233 W. 10th Street on a first-come-first-served basis from 8:00AM -11:00AM Monday through Friday, no appointment necessary. Homeward Bound accepts private insurance, Value Options, and has funding to cover care for those who do not have insurance or the ability to pay.
CORE VALUES •Exhibiting a passionate commitment to our mission, •Fostering a consistent attitude of compassionate service, •Courageously advocating for teens, •Acting with the highest levels of personal and professional integrity, •Demonstrating the highest standards of accountability, •Celebrating the diverse backgrounds of our clients, employees and supporters.
Our Core Values • Student centered decision making. • A rigorous curriculum based on reading and thinking skills. • Fulfilling every aspect of our mission with a sense of urgency. Our Philosophy • Reading is the key to empowerment, personal fulfillment, success, and employment. • Personal responsibility, character, values, and passion lead to good citizenship. • Learning is best accomplished in a nurturing yet structured environment.
The seeds of 29 Pieces were planted with a bullet, the bullet that murdered a man in front of Karen Blessen's house. A Pulitzer prize winning journalist and illustrator, Karen reacted to the tragedy using the tools of her profession. The result was a piece that she wrote and illustrated for the Dallas Morning News, exploring the act of violence and tracing the path of its impact on the victim's family, the killer's family, the law enforcement community and the community at large. Karen soon realized that telling the story wasn't the end of her responsibility; it was the beginning. She had to act to help keep the narrative from repeating itself over and over. Once again, she turned to a tool she knew—art—with hopes of using its power as a catalyst for peace. Engaging, involving and inspiring our community's youth to learn, share and live the lessons of peace became the unifying goal of the organization known as 29 Pieces. Since its inception in 2005, 29 Pieces has grown in number and impact. Our workshops and classroom curricula have helped tens of thousands of students and adults develop their creativity and their love of peace. Our Dallas Love project used art to turn the city-of-hate perception upside down during the Kennedy assassination's 50th anniversary year. Our Piece 24 project united a coalition of business leaders, community leaders and local schools to help students create a 17-foot sculpture—a monument to peace that will have a permanent place within the community. What all 29 Pieces efforts have in common is the use of art as the power source for beating swords into plowshares and planting new seeds of peace. It's not easy. It takes a lot of volunteers and supporters to make it work. But it is working. We see the new green sprouts. And while nothing we do will right the wrong of the murder that started this process, we can change what happens next.
The Adult Rehabilitation Ministry (ARM) is a 501(c)(3) organization that began in 1989 as part of the Outreach Ministry of the Golden Gate Missionary Baptist Church to fill a need within the Dallas/Ft. Worth area to help individuals struggling with chemical abuse who were unable to help themselves. The late Pastor Emeritus C.B.T. Smith envisioned a ministry that would meet the needs of chemically addicted men through a faith-based recovery program. The recovery ministry includes narcotics anonymous and alcoholic anonymous (NA/AA) support meetings, biblical counseling, as well as group and individual sessions. The program is six months to one year with participants residing in houses on the campus of Golden Gate and includes a daily curriculum administered by the program director.
A convenient place for retreats, meetings, events. We are located just five minutes south of downtown Dallas on Interstate 35 at the Zang Blvd. exit. Overnight accommodations for 138 are available with food service (breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks).