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Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) is ready to meet the challenge of providing these services. HHS provides a range of services to Texans with disabilities that help ensure their well-being, dignity and choice. Programs also are in place to support family members who care for them.
Our experienced staff and paid contractors can help eligible Texans with disabilities access services so they can:
Live independently in their own homes or communities
Prepare for and find jobs
Provide medical equipment and assistive devices
Determine eligibility for Supplemental Security Income
Provide health care services to people who have disabilities who work
Give family caregivers the tools to do their job
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Food Benefits
(formerly known as food stamps) allows millions of Americans to buy nutritious food at their local grocery stores. It is available for both single people and families who have low-income. To find out if you might be eligible for SNAP, visit the Your Texas Benefits website
Medicaid and Health Services
Medicaid provides health coverage to eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, and people who are older or who have disabilities. Each state has its own rules about who’s eligible, and what Medicaid covers. Some people qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. To find out if you might be eligible for Medicaid in Texas, visit the Your Texas Benefits website
Blind and Visually Impaired
Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) works with people who are blind and visually impaired to help them reach their independence goals.
What Services can I Get?
What Services can I Get?
The Blind Children’s Vocational Discovery and Development Program provides information and works with each child and family to create a Family Service Plan tailored to the child's needs and circumstances.
The Blindness Education, Screening and Treatment Program provides blindness education, vision screenings and urgent eye medical treatment services.
The Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) program provides home and community based services to individuals of all ages with deafblindness and another disability.
Independent Living Services works with people who have significant disabilities to maximize their empowerment, independence and productivity through integration and full inclusion into society.
Where do I Apply?
Where do I Apply?
Call the Office of the Ombudsman at 877-787-8999, select a language and then select Option 3. You also can submit your request online
For DBMD, contact the interest list at 877-438-5658. For questions about DBMD, please email: DBMDPolicy@HHSC.State.Tx.Us.
For Independent Living Services, contact the Center for Independent Living in your area.
Autism Services
The HHS Children's Autism Program provides focused ABA services through local community agencies and organizations.
Focused ABA treatment is targeted to address a few specific outcomes instead of all developmental needs of the child. It is particularly useful when children have challenging behaviors and when improvements in social and adaptive skills are sought. Focused ABA treatment is used to target specific behaviors. The treatment might be to:
Minimize a challenging behavior; or
Maximize a social or adaptive skill in a specific area.
Who is Eligible for Services?
Who is Eligible for Services?
A child is eligible for treatment through the Autism Program if the child:
Has a documented diagnosis on the autism spectrum made by a qualified professional.
Is 3 to 15 years old (services end on the child's 16th birthday).
Is a Texas resident.
How to Find Services and Apply?
How to Find Services and Apply?
All services are provided by contractors located in communities around the state. Please call the contractor closest to your area to access services and complete the enrollment process.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Community mental health services are usually provided at an office or in the home. Services support families to make positive changes that help children recover from mental illness and foster resilience.
Mental health services start with a thorough assessment and developing a plan to address goals identified by the child and family. Services to the child and family may include:
Crisis intervention
Skills training and development
Counseling
Supportive employment
Medication training and support
Case management
Peer services (family partner support services)
Texas Health & Human Adult Services
What is TxHmL?
TxHmL is a Medicaid waiver program that supplies essential services and supports to Texans with an intellectual disability (ID) or a related condition so that they can continue to live in the community.
TxHmL services are intended to supplement rather than replace services received from other programs, such as Texas Health Steps, or from natural supports, including families, neighbors or community organizations.
What is CLASS?
CLASS provides home and community-based services to individuals with related conditions as a cost-effective alternative to an intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability or related conditions (ICF/IID).
A case management agency (CMA) and a direct services agency (DSA) help CLASS Program individuals in organizing various services needed to achieve maximum levels of independence. Services provided are based on the unique needs of the individual and on an individual plan of care (IPC) developed by the service planning team, which includes (at a minimum) the individual, the case manager and DSA representative.
what-is-class English.pdfwhat-is-class-es.pdfWhat is Home-Community Based Services (HCS)?
HCS is a Medicaid waiver program that supplies services and supports to Texans with an intellectual disability (ID) or a related condition so that they can live in the community. HCS services are intended to supplement rather than replace services received from other programs, such as Texas Health Steps, or from natural supports, including families, neighbors or community organizations.
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