Day Habilitation & Independent Living Resources

What is Day Habilitation?

Day habilitation programs help people work on their own goals. These programs happen during weekdays, usually for 5 or 6 hours a day at a place in the community. They might also be called adult day care or day services. Participants do activities to learn important skills:

  • Daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, money management, communication and safety

  • Personal care

  • Social skills and relationships

  • Job skills and work practice, sometimes called “readiness for employment skills”

  • Positive behavior

  • Creative and artistic skills

  • Independence and personal choice

  • Occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT)

Each day habilitation program is different. They often focus on connecting participants to the community and to jobs or job skills.

If your child is in a group home, that group home might use a day habilitation program for its residents.

There are day habilitation programs that also have residential programs where a young adult lives. These programs charge fees. You and your young adult should weigh their options and choose what best fits the family as a whole. Your young adult may choose other housing options instead.



Long-Term Care Service Providers

Liberty Dayton Community Day Activity Center

807 Hanson Rd

Cleveland, TX 77327

(281)592-9222


Website for Liberty Dayton Community Day Activity Center



The Village Center - DAHS Centers


3819 Plum Valley Dr.

Kingwood, TX 77339

(281) 358-6172


Website for The Village Centers



Nixon Adult Day Center


931 N Byrd Ave

Shepherd, TX 77371

(936) 628-1200


Website for Nixon Adult Day Center


Brookwood Community

1752 FM 1489

Brookshire, Texas 77423

(281) 375-2100


Website for Brookwood Community


Sarah Care at The Woodlands

157 Nursery Rd.

Spring, Texas 77380

(281) 419-3600


Website for Sarah Care at The Woodlands


A Better Quality of Life Adult Daycare

239 W Tidwell Rd.

Houston, Texas 77022

(832) 692-6766


Brightway Adult Day Care Center

12808 Veterans Memorial Dr.

Houston, Texas 77014

(832) 602 5114


Caring Place Adult Day Care

6717 Stuebner Airline Rd #213

Houston, Texas 77091

(713) 692-6061


Delight Adult Day Care

4505 Highway 6 N Ste 850

Houston, Texas 77084

(832) 674-9992




Texas Health and Human Services Commission HHSC List of Day Activity and Health Services