Child Care Associates delivers a wide range of programs and services to boost early childhood development for children in lower-income families, who have the greatest needs. We deliver Head Start programs, engage parents in the learning process, assist families with child care subsidies, influence public policy, and continuously work to improve the quality of early child care and education.

For more than 135 years, Gladney has been a pioneer and leading voice for improving the lives of children, adoptive families and birth parents. With unwavering commitment, through good economic times and bad, we have focused on our mission and made a difference in the lives of birth parents, families and children here and around the world.

Our Vision: Communities where no one has to go hungry. Our Mission: Empowering our communities to alleviate hunger by providing food, education and resources. A central clearinghouse for donated food and groceries, Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB) receives fresh, frozen and nonperishable food donated by the food industry and the community. Dedicated volunteers help sort, inspect and repackage the food, which is then distributed to our network of 270 Partner Agencies serving hungry children, families and seniors in North Texas. The people who generously donate their time, funds and skills to TAFB help make the services we provide to the community possible. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Mission: To eliminate poverty from our community by empowering individuals and families to find their path to social and financial well-being. Vision: Helping families help themselves. Pathfinders offers three programs to families and individuals struggling to overcome the bonds of poverty, homelessness and reentry after incarceration. Our Mentoring program is unique to Tarrant County, matching trained volunteer mentors to provide a broad range of support to clients including: budgeting, job preparation, decision making, emotional support, parenting, and goal setting. Our 89% rate of retained employment confirms this unique program makes a difference in people's lives. The Mentoring program has been recognized for Best Practices by Urban Partnership Initiatives of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Financial Empowerment programs use the Money Smart curriculum developed by the FDIC and innovative instruction to teach financial skills in a personal meaningful learning environment. Classes include instruction in managing money, using financial services, managing credit history and handling financial setbacks. Financial Coaching offers client-drive sessions led by a volunteer coach with training in budgeting, banking and borrowing, and credit. These sessions allow clients to come with their own questions and work together with a coach to take back control of their finances, make better decision, and regain a foothold in financial stability and self-sufficiency. This is a proven effective intervention with 96% of participants achieving greater financial stability, increasing savings by an average of $4,200, and decreasing debt by an average of $5,900.

Lighthouse for the Blind Fort Worth (Tarrant County Association for the Blind) is a non-profit industry in Fort Worth, Texas. Lighthouse for the Blind of Fort Worth empowers individuals who are blind through superior training, meaningful employment and one-on-one specialized rehabilitation services so that they lead full lives with the highest level of independence and quality of life.

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County is a united Christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless in Tarrant County. The Mission accepts no government funding, relying solely on the generosity of individuals, businesses and foundations to help provide the wonderful services to those with the greatest needs. It takes a team of dedicated staff to keep the Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County up and running. As an employee of the Mission, you are playing a unique and very important role in God’s plan for all those He brings to our doors. We are "God's Healthy Place to End Homelessness, One Person at a Time."

Today, 9/20/2018 is North Texas Giving Day! Have you heard about our NEW CK Treatment Foster Care Program? We developed CK TFC (Treatment Foster Care) to

For the past 37 years, Challenge of Tarrant County has been dedicated to confronting substance misuse in Tarrant County by Identifying needs, educating the community, mobilizing resources, promoting collaboration, and advocating for sound public policy. Through its broad-based coalitions, Challenge advocates for the most effective forms of substance use disorder prevention, intervention, and treatment. With more than 250 community partners involved in an array of coalition activities, Challenge has a wealth of resources available to accomplish its goals. Since its establishment in 1984, Challenge leverages resources and engages community partners to develop a comprehensive continuum of care for Tarrant County.

The Miles Foundation endeavors to honor the legacy of its founder, Ellison Miles, through investments in education that promote the next generation’s success. Mr. Miles demonstrated a passion for education throughout his life, and The Miles Foundation carries on this commitment today through its five core funding areas: 1) early childhood education, 2) third grade literacy, 3) family engagement, 4) leadership development, and 5) character development. To learn more, visit www.milesfdn.org.

REACH, Inc. providing services for people in Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, and Collin counties so that they can lead independent and self-directed lives.

Each day, Meals on Wheels caring volunteers deliver noon-time meals with a smiling face that nourishes the spirit who are homebound, elderly and disabled persons. Additional services include: AniMeals for our clients’ four-legged family members, nutritional supplements at a low cost and client support. We are helping nourish the body and spirit of our homebound neighbors.