T.E.A.M. Home & Community Services

 Desperate for Respite-click here to go to website
  

Desperate For Respite is a non-profit charitable corporation organized exclusively for charitable and community development purposes. Our corporation exists to provide support to caregivers caring for special needs children , dependent adults and their families in the Northwest Houston area, that face the challenges associated of caring for an individual with some level of disability; raising awareness and educating the community by developing relationships and community responsibility for supporting caregivers and their families.

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Collaborative for Children
3800 Buffalo Speedway Suite 300
Houston TX  77098
713-600-1100
800-245-1255
www.collabforchildren.org
·         Zip code based referral service for respite childcare and parenting programs.

Parents’ Night Out Program
HoustonAreaRespiteCenter
6856 Bellaire Blvd
Houston,Texas 77074
713-271-6001
www.harc-hou.org
harc@harc-hou.org.

·         Respite for children with special needs, ages 3-21, siblings included

·         Friday evenings, 6:30-10:30

·         Requires pre-registration, $10.00 fee, partial scholarships

·         Includes games, crafts, movies, music

Special Friends Night Out!
Lake Houston YMCA
2420 West Lake Houston Parkway
Kingwood, Texas 77339
281-360-2500

·         For children with disabilities, ages 5 and older, siblings included

·         Saturdays, 6:30-10:00, one Saturday a month

·         Pre-registration requested.

·         $5 member, $10-non-member, $2 sibling

·         Each child is paired with a volunteer buddy and participates in arts & crafts, dancing, gym games, etc.

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(The) ARC of Greater Houston
3737 Dacoma Street, Suite E
Houston, TX  77092
Bethanne Franco 713-957-1600 ext 16
www.thearcofgreaterhouston.com
Membership not required for service, however services are more expensive without membership. 

 ·         Saturday Fun Day -An out-of-home program for individuals, ages 4 to 25, with a diagnosis of mental retardation and or autism and other autistic spectrum disorders.

·         Provides games, sports, computer learning, songs and other recreational activities.

·         Community wide field trips

§         Central Houston (ages 4-14) -  2 Saturdays/month from 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

§         Cy-Fair (ages 8-18 ) - 2 Saturdays/month from 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

§         Kingwood (ages 15-25) -one Saturday/month from 10:00 - 4:00 pm

The Open Door
Sugar Creek Baptist Church
13333 Southwest Freeway, Suite 200
Sugarland TX 77478
Barbara Waldhuber  281-274-7431
·         Provides respite services to children with special needs, ages 4-14.

·         Break-Out - Parent Night Out on the third Friday every month, need to reserve slot.  There is a $5 fee and siblings are free. During the summer there is a vacation bible school especially for children with special needs, with no fee.

·         A Day to Remember - A day camp every Thursday from 9 am to 2 pm; $15 fee for the day.

Easter Seals of Greater Houston (formerly UCP)
4500 Bissonnet, Suite 340
Bellaire TX 77401
713-838-9050, ext 332
Erin Siaotong│ Family Day Out and Respite Coordinator 
esiaotong@ucphouston.org│www.ucphouston.org
Office 713.838.9050 x 357│Fax 713.664.0982