Resources

Plain-language guides for families, caregivers, and supporters trying to understand and navigate access to mental health care. Written for anyone, anywhere; grounded in Central Texas.

Guides

Why Psychological Testing Can Be Hard to Access, and What Families Can Do

Cost, waitlists, insurance limits, and confusion about who does what make psychological evaluations hard to get. A plain-language guide to the barriers and the practical steps families can take.

Read → When a Family May Consider Psychological Testing

Signs that a psychological evaluation may help a child or adult, what questions an evaluation can answer, and what to do first. Plain-language guidance for parents and caregivers.

Read → Mental Health Support for Adoptive, Foster, Kinship, and Permanency Families

Families formed through adoption, foster care, kinship care, and guardianship often have distinct mental health needs. What to know about early experiences, attachment, evaluation, and finding informed care.

Read → How Charitable Funding Can Expand Access to Mental Health Care

What philanthropy can do that insurance and public systems often cannot: fund evaluations, caregiver education, navigation, and the gaps that keep families from care. A guide for donors and sponsors.

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Helplines and directories

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988, 24 hours a day, anywhere in the United States.
SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357, free and confidential treatment referral and information (samhsa.gov).
FindTreatment.gov: confidential national directory of mental health and substance use treatment providers.
2-1-1 Texas: local health and human services, including low-cost mental health care.
Texas Abuse Hotline: 1-800-252-5400 to report suspected abuse or neglect of a child (txabusehotline.org).
NAMI: education, support groups, and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network: resources for caregivers of children affected by trauma.
American Psychological Association: plain-language information on psychological testing and assessment.
Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council: verify a Texas psychologist's, counselor's, therapist's, or social worker's license.

These guides are general information, not clinical advice, and the organizations listed are independent of the Foundation. If you are in Central Texas and cost is keeping you from an evaluation or therapy, see Get Help.

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