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HHSC recommends the use of evidence-based practices and peer-reviewed research.

Autism training helps meet the needs of Texans on the autism spectrum and fully integrate them into community life.

This page provides information about COVID-19 to Texans receiving HHS services.

Join the fight against the fentanyl crisis by learning what fentanyl is and get connected to resources to help you and your community.

Children need to feel heard and comforted. Making yourself available to listen is the first step in helping them. It may be hard at first, but with patience, you can be the person they turn to in their time of need.

If you’re struggling and looking for support, you’ve turned to the right place. We’ll show you that there are people and places close by that can help you with what you’re experiencing.

Are you pregnant and considering adoption? Have you already delivered and are unable to care for your newborn? Adoption agencies, also known as child placing agencies, help match birth mothers with adoptive families.

ECI providers use a coaching approach to work with families when delivering early intervention services. During the coaching process, parents become equipped to teach their child new skills.

Texas Health and Human Services is partnering with the Texas Department of Agriculture and the Texas Education Agency to provide school year 2021–2022 Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits to eligible children.

P-EBT Summary: Summer P-EBT (June–August 2022) is for families with children (K–12) who are certified for free or reduced-price meals through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and for families with children born on or after Aug. 1, 2015, who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits.

CHIP covers children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford to buy private insurance.

Information for providers about changes to Medicaid and CHIP services due to COVID-19, links to information sessions and resources for providing assistance.

Most Medicaid services and all Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) services are delivered through health plans. If you have Medicaid or CHIP, your health plan makes sure you get the health care services you need.

After you're approved for Medicaid or CHIP, you must pick a health plan. You will have at least two plans to choose from. Your health plan choices depend on where you live (PDF) and the program you're enrolled in.

If you're looking for long-term care services and want to know what your options are, , call 2-1-1, , our hotline service for helping you find the services you need. If you have an intellectual or developmental disability or multiple disabilities, a local intellectual and developmental disability authority can help you find the services you need.