The following organizations lend a helping hand to those who need one across Fort Bend County and Houston.
Books Between Kids is a non-profit organization serving Houston’s at-risk children by providing them with books to build their own home libraries. Since our foundation in 2012, our mission has been to get books into the hands of children who may not have access to them in Houston.Throughout the year, we collect new and gently-used books, sort them, and prepare them for distribution to children in the Houston community.
View Organization ProfileThe Montrose Center empowers our community—primarily lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and their families—to live healthier, more fulfilling lives.
View Organization ProfileChild breathlessness is a national problem, and as a national nonprofit with chapters spread across the country, SHP has provided the solution. We are a volunteer organization that builds beds for kids who are sleeping on the floor.
View Organization ProfileWe are a global organization that serves locally by adopting pockets of poverty and launching what we call ‘Friends Communities’. These are long-term commitments that require mutual relationships and collaborative efforts with local organizations, churches, residents, and stakeholders committed to community transformation. Our community programs include: in-school student support, after school programs, literacy, Adult GED completion, English as a Second Language classes, job readiness training and home repair.
View Organization ProfileOur mission is to assist survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and their children to achieve safety and self-sufficiency, while striving to prevent violence against women. Since our founding in 1980, the Fort Bend Women’s Center has helped more than 50,000 survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault. We are always here to help our neighbors in their time of need. We are the primary provider of assistance services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Fort Bend County, just outside of Houston, Texas. Our goal is to guide survivors as they heal from their abuse. We equip them with the emotional, psychological and practical skills and resources to create a hopeful, safe, independent life free of abuse. All of our services are completely free of charge and open to all survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault because we believe every survivor deserves the chance to thrive.
View Organization ProfileCareer Gear is a national non-profit organization that builds strong families and communities by empowering low-income men to overcome barriers and achieve self-sufficiency. We promote the economic independence of low-income men by providing financial literacy training, a network of support, professional attire, career development tools, job-readiness and essential life-skills training that help men enter the workforce, stay employed and become role models and mentors to their families and communities. The Houston affiliate was formed in 2004 after realizing that men were receiving little to no resources to secure interview appropriate attire and job readiness training as they prepared for upcoming job fairs and interviews. After a meeting with Gary Field, national founder and executive director, Career Gear Houston was launched.
View Organization ProfileThe Arc of Fort Bend County ensures opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to maximize their quality of life within our community. Achieve with us.
View Organization ProfileWe are a group of people who want to help others. God’s Garage was born out of the needs we saw around us, as some of our single ladies, widows, and wives of deployed military are struggling to make ends meet. One of the ways that we can help, is to step in and make necessary repairs to their vehicles. We also have found those who are in need of a vehicle, but are not at the place where they can purchase one. Through donated cars and parts, we are able to bridge troubled times in so many people’s lives.
View Organization ProfileSince 1968, Magnificat Houses has proved to be an alternative to the streets by sheltering, clothing, feeding and providing mental health support and spiritual guidance to men and women – of all mental abilities, social backgrounds, religions and cultures – as they rebuild their lives in community.We privately operate 16 residential homes, a Clubhouse for the mentally ill and a large downtown soup kitchen — not as an agency, but as a ministry motivated by the belief that all are created with dignity and worth.
View Organization ProfileCrisis Intervention of Houston, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the sole mission to help people in crisis. We operate free, confidential, anonymous crisis and suicide prevention counseling, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We offer the only Survivor of Suicide Support Group serving Houston/Harris County and immediate surrounding counties. We are available to provide presentations and suicide prevention education on a limited basis. We provide links to resources and other nonprofit organizations that provide other critical suicide prevention services.
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