Local Resources
Women's DV Shelters
| Center | Address | City | Phone | Information |
| Agape House | PO Box 861664 | Plano | 214-926-3686 direct contact 469-814-0453 office | Provides critical Housing and Life Skills that empower single women and their children to transform from Homelessness, Crisis and Poverty to Self-Sustaining, Fulfilling Lives. (Have them mention Emily’s Place and they will contact them back) |
| Brighter Tomorrows | PO Box 532151 | Grand Prarie, Irving, & DeSoto | 972-263-0506 (hotline) 972-262-8383 | Parenting classes, bilingual programs, support groups for victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault; 3 separate shelters & 24 transitional housing units. |
| Bridges Safe House | Cedar Hill | 469-272-4441 | Emergency shelter and Transitional housing | |
| Chetna | Richardson | 1-888-942-3862 | Helps South Asians who have been victims or DV. | |
| Crisis Center | PO Box 2112 | Sherman | 903-893-3909 (hotline) 903-893-5615 | Provides shelter and services for victims of domestic violence & sexual assault. Groups held various days of the week. |
| Families to Freedom | PO Box 1226 | Addison | 972-885-7020 | Transport victims of domestic violence back to saftey. SERVING THE DALLAS-FT. WORTH AREA (will drive to other states) |
| Friends of the Family | 4845 S. I-35 | Corinth/Denton | 940-387-5131 (hotline) 940-382-7273 | Emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence & sexual assault. Counseling services offered, support groups, parenting classes, violence intervention, and prevention groups. |
| Friends of the Family | 921 N. Mills | Lewisville | 972-221-0650 (hotline) 1-800-572-4031 | Emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence & sexual assault. Counseling services offered, support groups, parenting classes, violence intervention, and prevention groups. |
| Genesis Women’s Shelter | PO Box Drawer G | Dallas | 214-942-2998 (hotline) 214-946-HELP | Emergency shelter for women & children of domestic violence & sexual assault. Offers counseling, support groups, & parenting classes. Hispanic program. |
| Hope’s Door | 820 Ave F# 100 | Plano | 972-422-7233 | Shelter for women & children of domestic violence & sexual assault. Support and counseling services offered. Outreach for children after they have left the shelter. Batterers intervention and Prevention Program for men who are abusers (group/individual). |
| Jewish Family Service Family Violence | 5402 Arapaho Road | Dallas | 972-437-9950 | nonsectarian mental health and social services agency. support groups. Crisis intervention and safety planning, counseling, and support groups for the victim of family violence, as well as professional help for the abuser. Offers transitional housing. Has a men’s shelter. |
| Mission Granbury | 3611 Plaza E Ct | Granbury | 817-579-6866 | Provides safe haven for victims (women and children) of domestic violence and sexual assault. Located 30 miles from Fort Worth and 60 miles from Dallas. The Shelter provides 24/7 care to an average of 18 people per night. Licensed counselors are volunteers provide additional services such as transportation, addiction therapy groups and other life skills groups, budgeting and resume preparation. |
| Mosaic | PO Box 720907 | Dallas | 214-821-5393 (hotline) 214-823-4434 | Transitional housing for victims of domestic violence. Counseling & case management. |
| New Beginning Center | 218 N. 10th St. | Garland | 972-276-0423 (hotline) 972-422-2911 | Emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence & their children. Individual & group counseling. Battering intervention & Prevention Program and applications for protective orders. |
| Peaceful Oasis | PO Box 863388 | Plano | 972-769-4360 | Take women of any age; boys only to 12. Social and family violence services that foster peace and well-being in the home through our Peace in the Home Services and Peaceful Oasis Shelter. Offers transitional housing. |
| Salvation Army Family Violence Program | PO Box 35928TH | Dallas | 214-424-7208 hotline | 30 Day program for women & children of domestic violence & sexual assault. Offers counseling and support groups. Provides referrals for childcare. |
| The Family Place | PO Box 7999 | Dallas | 214-559-2170 (hotline) 214-692-8295 | Emergency shelter for women & children of domestic violence & sexual assault. Offers counseling and support groups. |
| The Women’s Shelter | PO Box 1207 | Arlington | 817-548-0583 (hotline) 817-460-5566 | Support groups/counseling. Legal Aide. Suenos-Spanish program. Transitional housing program and an Alternative program for women who have dropped charges on their abuser. |
| Turning Point | 3325 Silverstone Dr. | Plano | 800-886-7273 (hotline) | Rape crisis center, helps survivors of sexual violence. |
| Women In Need | PO Box 349 | Greenville | 903-455-4612 (hotline) 972-262-8383 | Shelter for women & children of domestic violence & sexual assault. Counseling and individual therapy offered. |
| Women’s Center of Tarrant County | 1723 Hemphill | Fort Worth | 817-927-2737 (hotline) 817-927-4040 | Rape Crisis and Victim Services, Employment Solutions and General Counseling Services. Offering information and referral, employment assistance, and life skills workshops. |
| Women’s Center of Tarrant County | 401 W. Sanford, Suite# 1200 | Arlington | 817-548-1663 | Rape Crisis and Victim Services, Employment Solutions and General Counseling Services. Offering information and referral, employment assistance, and life skills workshops. |
| Women’s Haven of Tarrant County | PO Box 1456 | Ft. Worth | 817-535-6462 (hotline) 817-535-6464 | Individual & group therapy. Male & Female batterers programs. Ft Worth ISD school on-site. Bilingual programs. |
| Shiloh Place | PO Box 2731 | McKinney | 469-534-9407 | Helps single moms and their kids. Provides housing, childcare, nutrition, counseling, and life skills for up to 2 years. |
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*Angela Evans 214-227-5549 Goodwill – Garland store (manager of connections for jobs and possible housing) |
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| Frisco Family Services | 972-335-9495 | |||
| Adult Protective Services | 800-252-5400 | |||
Homeless Shelters
| Center | Address | City | Phone | Information |
| Arlington Life Center | 325 W. Division | Arlington | 817-548-9885 | Must have state issued ID and SS Card. Able to work full-time. Background check. Able to stay for 2 weeks, may get an extension based on employment status. Case management & employment office. |
| Austin Street Shelter | 2929 Hickory St. | Dallas | 214-428-4242 | Emergency, temporary shelter for men (40+) and women. Day program for women/children. “Step-up” rehab with counseling, medical, and psych services. |
| Bella House | PO Box 940802 | Plano | 972-379-7450 | House of hospitality that offers love and support for homeless pregnant women with first child only in the Dallas area. (can stay until baby is born) |
| Buckner Children and Family Services | 5200 S. Buckner Blvd. | Dallas | 214-388-1442 | Family Pathways-transitional living/independence program for single mom’s and their children; must have GED/HS Diploma; Daycare ages 3-5; application process. |
| Dallas Life Foundation | 1100 Cadiz | Dallas | 214-421-1380 | Men, women, and children of all ages. Intakes are done between 3pm-7pm. Counseling, vocational, and employment services. Senior Connections for ages 55+. |
| Family Gateway | 711 St. Paul Street | Dallas | 214-823-4500 | Short term (10 weeks) and long term (1 yr) transitional housing. Goals are living wage employment. Counseling referrals, parenting, budgeting, nutrition, and children’s programs. |
| Grayson County Shelter | 331 W. Morton | Denison | 903-465-6041 | Requires ID and SSN. Provides service for men, women, & children. Men may stay with families if they are legally married. |
| Hope Mansion | 1595 Lebanon Rd. | Cedar Hill | 972-293-3370 | Pregnant women with children can stay up to 12 weeks after baby is born. Provides housing, meals, counseling and life skills. |
| Interfaith Family Services | 5612 Ross | Dallas | 214-827-7220 | Transitional 90 day-housing for families with children. 2 mandatory evening classes per week (budgeting, employment, living skills, and parenting). Families pay monthly rental fee. |
| Legacy Founders Cottage | 828 S. Tyler | Dallas | 214-520-6308 | Special care housing for critically ill people with AIDS. 24 hour care & assistance, meals, housekeeping, counseling, emotional support, client advocacy & access to hospice. |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter | 2400 Cypress | Ft. Worth | 817-632-7405 | Single mens/womens facility and womens/children facility. Intakes at 5pm. Able to bring 2 bags & blanket. Case management. No limit on length of stay. |
| Ronald McDonald House | 5641 Medical Center Dr. | Dallas | 214-631-7354 | Provides temporary housing for families of seriously ill children ages 8 & under who are receiving care in a Dallas hospital. |
| Shiloh Place | PO Box 2731 | McKinney | 469-534-9407 | Helps single moms and their kids. Provides housing, childcare, nutrition, counseling, and life skills for up to 2 years. |
| Salvation Army | 5302 Harry Hines | Dallas | 214-424-7000 | Shelter Care Services short-term temporary shelters, meals, & casework services for men, women, & children. On-site child care. |
| Salvation Army | 1508 E. McKinney | Denton | 940-556-3800 | Temporary/Emergency shelter for men & women. Case management available. Must have state issued ID. |
| Salvation Army | 5700 Texoma Pkwy | Sherman | 903-868-9602 | Emergency shelter for males and females without children. Two night stay, may stay longer, but must speak with a case worker. ID and/or SS card needed. |
| The Healing Place | 722 Cottonwood Circle | DeSoto | 972-228-2590 | Temporary housing for persons and/or their family, who are receiving medical treatment or who require an extended stay in a hospital. |
| The Samaritan Inn | 1710 N. McDonald | McKinney | 972-562-7375 | Must have state issued ID. Intakes between 11am-2pm. Serves men, women, & children. |
| Union Gospel Mission Center of Hope | 4815 Cass Street | Dallas | 214-638-2988 | 90 day shelter for women with children. Daycare, food, clothing, rehab, parenting, job skills, and computer training. |
| Adult Protective Services | 1200 E. Copeland | Arlington | 1-800-252-5400 | Helps adults with disabilities |
| *Angela Evans 214-227-5549 Goodwill – Garland store | ||||
| (manager of connections for jobs and possible housing) | ||||
Teenage Shelters
| Center | Address | City | Phone | Information |
| All Church Home for Children | 1424 Summit | Ft. Worth | 817-335-4041 | Residential homes, ages 4-18. Foster homes, ages 0-18. Counseling & therapy offered to residential & non-residential clients. |
| Bryan’s House | PO Box 35868 | Dallas | 214-559-3946 | Daytime & Overnight medically-managed child care to HIV + children and HIV + parents. Adolescent program ages 12-18. Counseling and social work services. |
| Buckner Children and Family Services | 5200 S. Buckner Blvd. | Dallas | 214-388-7442 | Residential services ages 13-17 for children with behavorial/emotional problems, application process. M-F 9am-5pm; Temporary Foster care ages infant-17. |
| City House Family Center | 1947 Ave. K, Bldg. 6, Suite 100 | Plano | 972-424-4626 | Assessment’s for shelter M-F 9am-5pm; Various counseling services for all ages. |
| City House Teen Shelter | N/A | Plano | 972-424-4626 | Ages 10-17; counseling services provided at CH-Family Center (anger management, peer pressure, health, individual, and group therapy) |
| City House Transitional | 3400 Stone Crest | Plano | 972-424-9556 | 18 month program, ages 16-21. Resident/Non-Resident services (individual/group therapy and life skills) |
| CPS | 1-800-252-5400 | 18 and under child abandonment | ||
| Jonathan’s Place | 4707 Gaston | Dallas | 214-827-9595 | Emergency shelter for abused, abandoned, and neglected children with focus on drug exposed infants. Ages 0-11 |
| Juliette Fowler Homes Inc. | 1220 Abrams | Dallas | 214-827-0813 | Residential services for males and females ages 13-17 with emotional, social, and behavorial problems. Individual, group, and family therapy. Outpatient psych. Assessments and psychotherapy. |
| Kaufman Shelter | 40905 Houston St. | Kaufman | 972-932-4896 | Children 0-17. Emergency Shelter and placement by CPS. Average stay is 30 days. Offers counseling and transportation to school, medical, and psychological appointments. |
| Lena Pope | 3131 Sanguinete St. | Ft. Worth | 817-225-2652 | Alt. School for troubled youth (Elem., Inter. & Highschool) Family Matters Preservation offers counseling services (all ages) Foster Care placement (all ages) |
| Letot | 10505 Denton Dr. | Dallas | 214-357-0391 | Runaways; MUST be brought in by the police. Residential-school and family/individual counseling services. Non-residential offers family/individual counseling. |
| Nexus Recovery | 8733 La Prada | Dallas | 214-321-0156 | Residential program for adolescents ages 13-17 with alcohol and drug problems. 12 step based program. |
| North Texas Youth Connection (JA) | PO Box 1625 | Sherman | 903-893-4717 | Ages 10-17; Children in CPS custody; STAR program for family counseling. |
| Our Friends Place | 2501 Oak Lawn, Ste # 500 | Dallas | 214-520-6268 | 2 Programs: Wendy-transitional living, ages 18-24 & Pauline- ages 10-17. |
| Phoenix House | 2345 Reagan St. | Dallas | 214-999-1044 (hotline) 800 (DRUGHELP) | Substance abuse prevention, intervention, & treatment. Offers adolescent residential & outpatient substance abuse treatment. |
| Promise House | 224 West Page | Dallas | 214-358-4504 (24 hr) 214-941-8578 | Runaways 10-17, can stay 30 days with parental approval and family counseling. Day school and parenting classes. Wesley Inn for teen mothers. |
| Texas Youth Commision-Cottrell House | 7929 Military Pkwy | Dallas | 214-388-5498 (24 hr) 214-388-5497 | Halfway house for adjudicated maels, ages 15-20. Program includes school, work/vocational training, group & individual therapy and drug treatment. |
| The Bridge-ER Youth Center-CPS Ft. Worth Community Placement | 115 W. Broadway | Ft. Worth | 817-335-4673 | Ages 10-17, temporary shelter. Parenting classes. Buffalo soldiers program for the youth. |
| YMCA Casa Shelter | 2640 Webbs Chapel | Dallas | 214-358-4504 | Ages 10-17; temporary shelter. |
| Viola’s House | 1819 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd | Dallas | 469-751-2017 | Shelter for pregnant teens between the ages of 12-21 |
Male Only Shelters
| Center | Address | City | Phone | Information |
| Salvation Army | 5554 Harry Hines | Dallas | 214-424-7000 | Residential care & rehab through counseling & work therapy. Work provided through pick-up, repair and sale of used materials. |
| Second Chance | 3507 McCreary Rd. | Allen | 214-545-8387 | Transportation provided. No sex offenders or serious psych issues. 72 hours clean. Mentor & financial classes offered. |
| Union Gospel Mission | 3211 Irving Blvd. | Dallas | 214-637-6117 | Overnight shelter & food for men. Clothing issued, computer training, employment assistance and skills training. Rehab programs for drug/alcohol. |
| Substance Abuse Shelters | Address | City | Phone | Information |
| Care Center Ministries | 4724 Eastside Ave. | Dallas | 214-824-9852 | 18 month Christian program for males only who are drug/alcohol addicts. |
| Help is Possible Project, Gateway Foundation | 723 S. Peak | Dallas | 214-827-2870 | Residential treatment program for drug & alcohol abusers ages 18 and up. Outpatient treatment. Sliding scale fees. |
| Reconciliation Outreach | 4311 Bryan | Dallas | 214-545-6500 | Christian based program for men, women, & children who have been involved with substance or domestic abuse. The Refuge-abused women & children. After school programs & daycare. |
| Straight Street | 1542 S. Hwy 67 | Dallas | 972-291-2988 | 6 month Christian Program for individuals who have a drug/alcohol dependency or have been released from jail. Call first. Cannot take individual with crimes involving children or who are taking anti-depressants. |
| Turtle Creek Manor | 3511 N. Hall, Suite 210 | Dallas | 214-522-7930 | Residential treatment for adults with mental illnesses and/or chemical dependency. |
| Nexus | 8733 LaPrada | Dallas | 214-321-0156 | Residental and outpatient programs for women ages 18 and up, women w/ children and pregnant women w/ alchol and drug abuse programs |
| Lifepath System | 7308 Alma Dr | Plano | 844-544-5939 | help individuals and their families dealing with mental illnesses, intellectual disabilities and developmental delays |
| Shelters for Ex-Offenders | Address | City | Phone | Information |
| Exodus Ministry | 4630 Munger Ave. #110 | Dallas | 214-827-3772 | 6 month program for ex-offenders with families. Provides budgeting, parenting, counseling, and job search classes. |
| The WayBack House, Inc. | 899 N. Stemmons Fwy | Dallas | 214-742-1971 | Halfway house for ex-offenders. Living skills, GED, 12 step program & employment assistance. |
Substance Abuse Shelters
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| Center | Address | City | Phone | Information |
| Ethel Daniels Foundation | 1900 N. Prairie | Dallas | 214-823-9090 | 12 step residential program for women. Call for appt. |
| Free Grace | 1603 Wendy Way | Richardson | 469-740-1043 | Sober living transitional home, support group and life skills. No expectant mothers. |
| Help is Possible Project, Gateway Foundation | 723 S. Peak | Dallas | 214-827-2870 | Residential treatment program for drug & alcohol abusers ages 18 and up. Outpatient treatment. Sliding scale fees. |
| Homeward Bound, Inc | 233 W. Tenth St. | Dallas | 214-941-3500 | Full range of chemical dependency treatment & counseling. Women’s specialty & educational programs. Ages 18 & up with drug/alcohol history. |
| Nexus | 8733 LaPrada | Dallas | 214-321-0156 | Residential & outpatient programs for women ages 18 & up, women with children and pregnant women with alcohol & drug abuse problems. |
| Reconciliation Outreach | 4311 Bryan | Dallas | 214-821-9192 | Christian based program for men, women, & children who have been involved with substance or domestic abuse. The Refuge-abused women & children. After school programs & daycare. |
| Straight Street | 1542 S. Hwy 67 | Dallas | 972-291-2988 | 6 month Christian Program for individuals who have a drug/alcohol dependency or have been released from jail. Call first. Cannot take individual with crimes involving children or who are taking anti-depressants. |
| The Magdalen House | 1302 Redwood Cir. | Dallas | 214-324-9261 | Free nonmedical 14 day in-house program for women 18 and up who want to withdraw from alcohol. |
| Turtle Creek Manor | 3511 N. Hall, Suite 210 | Dallas | 214-522-7930 | Residential treatment for adults with mental illnesses and/or chemical dependency. |
Counseling Resources
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| Center | Address | City | Phone | Information | Website |
| The Turning Point | 3325 Silverstone Dr. | Plano | (972) 985-0951 | Free sexual assault counseling services including Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Survivors, Coping Skills Group for Females, and Friends and Family Support Group. | https://www.theturningpoint.org/what_we_do/counseling/ |
| The Counseling Place | 375 Municipal Dr. Suite 222 | Richardson | (469) 283-0242 | Variety of counseling services. Price depends upon household income. Free counseling services are possible. | http://counselingplace.org/ |
| Dallas Rape Crisis | 11300 N. Central Expy. Ste. 601 | Dallas | (214) 712-4900 | Free services to survivors and loved ones. | http://www.dallasrapecrisis.org/ |