The LITE-UP TEXAS program is designed to help qualified low-income individuals reduce the monthly cost of electric service. To qualify for discounts, the customer must either be currently receiving Medicaid or food stamps, and/or have a household income at or below 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. They are providing help for the May, June, July, August and September 2012 bills.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) - public bus and light rail services
Dental Benefits for Low-income families in certain areas of the state where the Oral Health Program (OHP) offices and providers are located.
NATIONAL LINKS
Reentry Housing Options Chart (National - Reentry Policy Council)
Ex-Offender Housing Mythbusters (National Reentry Resource Center-Council of State Governments)
These portions of the website provide information, resource contacts, and links to numerous community resources in your area. You can click on any one of these for access. They include public benefits, basic needs, education resources, employment help, financial assistance,
We believe gainful employment is an important part of your supervision success. Not only is it required by the Court, it will also it help you to achieve your goals, and help you support your family and avoid situations that might lead to new criminal activities. To that end, the Probation Office will make every effort to assist you in finding and keeping meaningful employment by way of direct services, referral to community programs, and in some cases, direct job leads. Our focus is to help you employment that fits your interest and skills, provides a liveable wage for
Our Probation Office realizes that many of you who release from custody after paying your debt, come home with big goals and dreams to make things right again, yet so many things and people have changed and in some ways left you behind while you were gone. Though we want you to grow stronger by working through much of it with personal effort and support of family and friends, we also know you will likely need some information, guidance, support, and resources from others trained to work with your unique needs and challenges. We call it a "hand up" not a hand out. It will require
