Special
Needs
Contact the TRAC to learn about the resources
reserved for young people with special
needs.
Association for Independent Living
Program:
Transitional Living Program for young adults with a
mental retardation diagnosis.
Program Description:
Program participants initially live in a dormitory with
the possibility of transitioning to on-site apartments.
Participants are required to maintain employment and pay
a monthly fee to receive housing and meals.
AFIL
provides training within a residential setting to allow
the young adults to naturally develop the essentials of
everyday living. They learn cooking, cleaning,
laundering and shopping, as well as handling money and
check writing. They are also taught the value of
time-management and work ethics.
Eligibility:
o
Ages 18 to 30.
o
Psychiatric diagnosis of mental retardation based upon IQ of
below 70.
o
Capable of maintaining employment and progressing on to
independent living.
o
The parents/guardians of all applicants must live in the DFW
area.
Other information:
o
Dallas
facility is located near Bachman Lake.
Referral Contact Information
Contact person: Alice Cooper
Office phone: 214-351-0798
Office fax: 214-350-9033
Website:
http://www.afildallas.org/
Email:
afilac@aol.com
Address:
2826 Storey Lane, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75220
Guardianship Services, Inc.
Program:
Guardianship Program & Money Management Program
Program Description:
Serves adults who lack the ability to manage personal or
financial affairs. Matches volunteers to serve as
court-appointed guardians for adults who lack the
capacity to make personal and business decisions and
have no family members or friends to serve in that
capacity. A money management program utilizes volunteers
in the roles of Bill Payers and Representative Payees.
Eligibility:
Adult residents of Tarrant County or Parker County,
determined incapacitated by Court or determined to need
a Representative Payee by Social Security
Administration.
Referral Contact Information:
Office phone: 817-921-0499 (Tarrant County)
Office fax: 817-921-0680
Email:
gsi@guardianshipservices.org
Web site:
www.guardianshipservices.org
Address:
P.O. Box 11481
Fort Worth, TX 76110
Legal
Help
Texas Legal Hotline:
1-800-622-2520
TexasLawHelp.org
TexasLawHelp.org, your
one stop, online resource for free and low-cost
civil legal assistance in Texas.
o
Get
answers to common legal questions
o
Find free and low-cost legal assistance in your area
o
Help
with non-legal problems from local organizations
Texas Legal Services Center
The
Texas Legal Services Center
(TLSC), a Legal Services Program, is a state support
office which provides specialized assistance to
advocates of low-income people. The areas in which we
provide assistance are training, litigation support, and
communication.
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas
The mission of
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas,
is to ensure equal justice for people living in poverty
through the provision of high quality legal
representation and to further the ends of justice and
improve the lives of low income people through the rule
of law.
L.A.W. Center (Legal Action Works)
(Formerly known as the Urban Justice Center)
o
Low-cost
legal assistance
o
Contact:
Ken Koonce
(214-827-1000 x22)
Other Websites:
Reading & Radio Resource
Program:
NTRB - Radio Reading Service
Program Description:
Serves children and adults who are visually or
physically disabled and/or learning differenced.
Those who are certified by either a physician or
social worker to be print impaired may order a
special-ordered radio unit on which they may listen
to programming 18/hrs. per day; 7 days/week, 365
days/year. Local and national newsletters and
periodicals are read as well as serialized books and
various other programming which includes exercising,
cooking, travel, interviews of local people and
agencies of interest, New York Times book review
etc..
Eligibility:
Children and adults who are certified to be visually
or physically disabled and/or learning differenced.
Other important
information:
Radio units are provided free of charge to the
listener with the proviso that if the radio is no
longer needed, it will be returned to the agency to
be re-cycled.
Referral Contact
Information:
Contact person: Dick Jenkins, Radio Station
Manager
Office phone: 214/871-7668
Office fax: 214./871-7669
Other phone: 800/871-7668
Email:
audiobooks@readingresource.org
Web site:
www.readingresource.org
Address:
2007 Randall St.
Dallas, TX 75201
Supplemental
Security Income (SSI):
Direct Link to the Federal income
supplement program designed to help disabled people who
have little or no income.
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