With over a century of experience, ACH brings needed resources and skills to children and families struggling with life's challenges. Some of our programs keep children and families together, while others provide a healing home for children who can't live with their families.
Preserving Families
FAMILIES TOGETHER provides transitional housing for single mothers and their children who are experiencing homelessness due to domestic violence.
YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING offers real help for youth, up to age 18, and their families dealing with real-life issues such as conflict at home, bullying anger management issues, talk of running away, or behavior problems
SKILL BUILDER CLASSES provide one-hour group classes for youth 10-16 with topics including Life Skills, Why Try, Anger Management, Theft Prevention, and Parenting Wisely. Over 98% success rates using evidence-based curricula.
Promoting Safety and Stability
ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL SERVICES (AIRS) s a 24-hour crisis call response, centralized assessment and intake department for ACH programs, and referrals to services in the community.
THE LIFE (LEARNING INDEPENDENCE FROM EXPERIENCE) PROJECT is a supervised independent living program (SIL) that provides young adults the opportunity to live and learn in a more self-directed environment that inspires confidence and self-sufficiency. Participants between the ages of 18 and 21 benefit from a variety of housing options that promote learning, provide guidance and build necessary skills as the young adult’s progress toward full independence.
SAFE PLACE is a locally administered national program designed to provide immediate help and safety to young people under the age of 18 years, who are experiencing a crisis.
YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER offers runaway, homeless and street youth as well as trafficking survivors, ages 10-17, 24-hour immediate safe shelter and care while ACH works to reunite them with their families or find safe and stable alternative living arrangements
Treatment Services
ADOPTION provides services for families until the adoption is finalized. ACH also provides post-adoption support and referral services to families, as needed.
BEHAVIORAL CARE includes therapeutic residential services for children, ages 4-12, with moderate to severe behavioral challenges.
FOSTER CARE provides services for children, ages 0-17, in the conservatorship of the state of Texas.
SUMMIT PROGRAM is an innovative crisis stabilization and respite program designed to serve youth, ages 10-17.
RTC is a secure facility staffed by treatment teams who put the highest-needs teenagers on an accelerated path to success. By helping teens understand that they are safe, that some adults can be trusted, and that they can relax and not worry about protecting themselves from an abuser, these youth can make incredible strides in their development.
TURNING POINT is a crisis intervention, acute stabilization, and family preservation program providing foster children and their caregivers with relief and therapeutic interventions that prevent hospitalizations and placement disruptions.
WEDGWOOD TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM offers safe, stable, and nurturing homes for youth, ages 14-17, who are unable to live with their families or in a community home setting.
Family Support
FAMILIES TOGETHER provides transitional housing for single mothers and their children who are experiencing homelessness due to domestic violence.
SUMMIT PROGRAM is an innovative crisis stabilization and respite program designed to serve youth, ages 10-17.
SKILL BUILDER CLASSES provide one-hour group classes for youth 10-16 with topics including Life Skills, Why Try, Anger Management, Theft Prevention, and Parenting Wisely. Over 98% success rates using evidence-based curricula
TURNING POINT is a crisis intervention, acute stabilization, and family preservation program providing foster children and their caregivers with relief and therapeutic interventions that prevent hospitalizations and placement disruptions.
YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING offers real help for youth, up to age 18, and their families dealing with real-life issues such as conflict at home, bullying anger management issues, talk of running away, or behavior problems
Teens & Young Adults
RTC a secure facility staffed by treatment teams who put highest-needs teenagers on an accelerated path to success. By helping teens understand that they are safe, that some adults can be trusted, and that they can relax and not worry about protecting themselves from an abuser, these youth can make incredible strides in their development.
THE LIFE (LEARNING INDEPENDENCE FROM EXPERIENCE) PROJECT is a supervised independent living program (SIL) that provides young adults the opportunity to live and learn in a more self-directed environment that inspires confidence and self-sufficiency. Participants between the ages of 18 and 21 benefit from a variety of housing options that promote learning, provide guidance and build necessary skills as the young adult’s progress toward full independence.
SAFE PLACE is a locally administered national program designed to provide immediate help and safety to young people under the age of 18 years, who are experiencing a crisis.
SKILL BUILDER CLASSES provide one-hour group classes for youth 10-16 with topics including Life Skills, Why Try, Anger Management, Theft Prevention, and Parenting Wisely. Over 98% success rates using evidence-based curricula
YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING offers real help for youth, up to age 18, and their families dealing with real-life issues such as conflict at home, bullying anger management issues, talk of running away, or behavior problems
YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER offers runaway, homeless and street youth as well as trafficking survivors, ages 10-17, 24-hour immediate safe shelter and care while ACH works to reunite them with their families or find safe and stable alternative living arrangements. The program provides outreach, education, advocacy, counseling, and case management services for youth who are experiencing a family crisis, family conflict, or homelessness.