Counseling & Community Services

Resource Offices
For over 60 years, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has served the social and health needs of the Houston and Galveston communities by providing programs aimed at promoting and facilitating self-sufficiency. Services are provided in the following four divisions:

Children and Family Services: adoption and foster care, counseling (children, family, individual), post adoption counseling and search, services to pregnant and parenting adolescents.

Community Outreach: AIDS ministry, disaster relief, family emergency assistance at Galveston County Center and Guadalupe Center, Services to the Alone and Frail Elderly (SAFE), transitional living for women at Villa Guadalupe, temporary living for patients of the Texas Medical Center at Serenity House.

Immigration and Refugee Services: legal assistance through St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance, refugee resettlement, St. Jerome's Home for Children, St. Michael's Home for Children.

Parish Relations and Advocacy: advocacy for social justice and human needs, training and support for parish and community leaders.

For more information on Catholic Charities programs, call (713) 526-4611 or visit www.catholiccharities.org

The following agencies either provide services directly or offer referrals for individuals and families seeking counseling or community assistance.

Respect Life Office
If the matter pertains to an unwanted pregnancy, please contact Marcella Colbert, director of the Archdiocesan Respect Life Office at (713) 741-8728 or mcolbert@archgh.org or visit the Respect Life section of our website.

Other Agencies
The following agencies either provide services directly or offer referrals for individuals and families seeking counseling or community assistance.
•Crisis Hotline of Houston: (713) 228-1505
•Crisis Intervention of Houston: (713) 533-4500
•Bo's Place: (713) 942-8339
•United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast: (713) 685-2300
•United Way Helpline: (713) 957-4357
•If something about your relationship with your partner scares you and you need to talk, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) or visit their website www.ndvh.org

National Catholic Council on Alcoholism and Drug Related Problems, Inc.
This organization committed to assisting its members and other people in the community to achieve a greater awareness of alcoholism, other chemical addiction, and prevention issues. For detailed information please visit their website at www.nccatoday.org.
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Parenting Information Referral Services
Escape Family Resource Center
For court-ordered and other parenting classes at (713) 942-9500 or visit www.escapefrc.org

Houston Area Professional Parenting Education Network (HAPPEN)
Offers a listing of available parenting education classes at www.happentx.org

Depelchin Children's Center
For court-ordered and other parenting classes at (713) 802-3888 or visit www.depelchin.org

Special Youth Services
For juvenile court-ordered and other parenting classes at (713) 741-8779.

For more extensive information on referrals, please contact Maritza Cano-Roman, Associate Director of the Archdiocesan Family Life Office at (713) 741-8711 or mroman@archgh.org.
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