Academic Success
Kumon Math and Reading Center of Pflugerville-East
201 West Main Street
Suite #104
Pflugerville, TX 78660
512-989-6125
http://www.kumon.com/centerepage/home.aspx?p1=98ff9f0e-185e-4058-b7d8-984f3971ab7b&p2=1&p3=pflugerville-east
Kumon Learning Centers are located around the nation and in different parts of the world. Their philosophy is for preschool through twelfth grade students to become actively involved in developing their own skills through self-learning. Students are set up with an individualized program that includes daily 30 minute assignments—two at the Kumon Center and the other five at home. Students are given a free placement test and then parents have a consultation with a Kumon Instructor to discuss the child’s needs, abilities, and goals. During this consultation, a tutoring and tuition plan is also established.
Learning and Tutoring Center of East Austin
4613-A East 12th Street
Austin, TX 78721
512-96-8866
http://www.learningandtutoringcenter.org/contact.html
This is a non-profit learning center that offers free tutorial services in the areas of math and reading for children in the Austin area. Through the help of volunteers and donations from local businesses and organizations, the Learning and Tutoring Center of East Austin strives to end illiteracy in the Austin community through such activities like a summer mentorship program for teens, a summer bridge tutoring program for at risk-youth, and community events to raise awareness and support for the program.
Neighborhood Longhorns Program
2100 San Jacinto Blvd #312
The University of Texas at Austin
512-471-2557
http://ddce.utexas.edu/neighborhoodlonghorns/
This volunteer program consists of UT college students volunteering their time to serve as after-school mentors and tutors at Austin area Title-1 schools. Students that participate in the free program get one-on-one tutoring in the areas of math, reading, and science. Upon successful completion of the year long program by maintaining a 2.75 GPA or higher and having satisfactory attendance throughout the program, students are awarded a $100 scholarship to UT that is deposited into an account and held for the student until he or she is old enough to attend the university. This program serves students in grades two through twelve.
201 West Main Street
Suite #104
Pflugerville, TX 78660
512-989-6125
http://www.kumon.com/centerepage/home.aspx?p1=98ff9f0e-185e-4058-b7d8-984f3971ab7b&p2=1&p3=pflugerville-east
Kumon Learning Centers are located around the nation and in different parts of the world. Their philosophy is for preschool through twelfth grade students to become actively involved in developing their own skills through self-learning. Students are set up with an individualized program that includes daily 30 minute assignments—two at the Kumon Center and the other five at home. Students are given a free placement test and then parents have a consultation with a Kumon Instructor to discuss the child’s needs, abilities, and goals. During this consultation, a tutoring and tuition plan is also established.
Learning and Tutoring Center of East Austin
4613-A East 12th Street
Austin, TX 78721
512-96-8866
http://www.learningandtutoringcenter.org/contact.html
This is a non-profit learning center that offers free tutorial services in the areas of math and reading for children in the Austin area. Through the help of volunteers and donations from local businesses and organizations, the Learning and Tutoring Center of East Austin strives to end illiteracy in the Austin community through such activities like a summer mentorship program for teens, a summer bridge tutoring program for at risk-youth, and community events to raise awareness and support for the program.
Neighborhood Longhorns Program
2100 San Jacinto Blvd #312
The University of Texas at Austin
512-471-2557
http://ddce.utexas.edu/neighborhoodlonghorns/
This volunteer program consists of UT college students volunteering their time to serve as after-school mentors and tutors at Austin area Title-1 schools. Students that participate in the free program get one-on-one tutoring in the areas of math, reading, and science. Upon successful completion of the year long program by maintaining a 2.75 GPA or higher and having satisfactory attendance throughout the program, students are awarded a $100 scholarship to UT that is deposited into an account and held for the student until he or she is old enough to attend the university. This program serves students in grades two through twelve.
Career Services
Austin Community College Career Services
6101 Airport Blvd.
Austin, TX 78752
512-223-7315
http://www.austincc.edu/support-and-services/services-for-students/career-services
The Austin Community College Career Services department is a free resource available to students and alumni of the college. Since classes are available to teenagers and older, the ACC Career Services department is a good resource for a wide population of individuals. Those who are not alumni or students of ACC may not have full access to the resource. Information may be obtained by visiting their website or by going to the office between the hours of 8:00 am to 7:00 pm on Mondays, and 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesdays through Fridays. The website appears easy to use though meeting face to face with a career interventionist or counselor at the ACC Career Services office may prove more beneficial.
Austin Public Library
800 Guadalupe St.
Austin, TX 78701
512-974-7400
http://library.austintexas.gov/new-information-guides/job-searching
While the physical location of the library may be visited, Austin and Texas job postings are readily available online. Several specialized job boards, including call centers, health care, and finance, may be searched to for job vacancies, as well as names and locations of temporary labor services. To access the information users will need to visit the website and select the desired link to learn more about job vacancies. High school students desiring to get an idea of the types of jobs that are hot in the market would find this site useful. Adults and senior adults seeking employment will find the website easy to navigate and a good resource of a wide variety of job posting search engines. The job vacancy data bases seem to be well organized and easy to use. There are even a few links in Spanish to aid bilingual job seekers.
Capital Area Workforce Solutions
6505 Airport Blvd, Suite 101
Austin, TX 78752
512-454-9675
http://www.wfscapitalarea.com/
The Capital Area Workforce Solutions exists to provide career intervention and development of individuals in order to create a world-class workforce in the Austin area. Job seekers may get help finding a job or getting job training. Youth may receive help in career planning and preparing for their futures. Assistance to youth is provided to those qualifying as low socio-economic status, while assistance to adults is provided no matter the age or amount of income. Job seekers may access the website or visit the physical location Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. This resource is simple to access and easy to use. Teenagers, adults, and senior adults will have an easy time accessing information and finding desired links through this website.
City of Austin’s Dewitty Job Training and Employment Center
2209 Rosewood Avenue, Suite 210
Austin, TX 78702
512-472-5718
http://www.austintexas.gov/department/dewitty-job-training-and-employment-center
The human resources department for the city of Austin houses a great resource of information for job seekers both young and old. Individuals may easily access the website without having to create any sort of login information, or they may visit the physical location Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Dewitty Job Training and Employment Center is an excellent resource for all age groups seeking to join the workforce. For youth as early as 13 years of age there is information about joining internship programs for the fire, water, police, animal control, and waste management departments, as well as several other departments. For adults and senior adults there is contact information for job vacancies and resume writing assistance. While certainly applicable, senior adults may find the information available through this resource is slanted towards the younger generation, as many opportunities are presented that encourage young college students that are new to the workforce to make comfortable and easy transitions from school to work. Information seems to be presented for an audience that is new to the workforce.
Texas Workforce Commission
101 East 15th Street, #446
Austin, TX 78701
512-463-2222
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/
The Texas Workforce Commission is a government agency that helps employers seeking to hire individuals and individuals seeking employment. For people seeking employment, the Texas Workforce Commission offers career development information, job search resources, training programs, and it also administers the unemployment benefits program. This resource is intended for use of anyone of working age (age 16 and up) in the state of Texas, making it a good option for older high school students, adults, and senior adults. To access the website, job-seekers will need to register for an online profile with personal contact information. Users may post resumes and browse job vacancies across the state of Texas. While a large number of job vacancies are posted, individuals may find the search feature overwhelming unless specific key words, including name of the city and job title, are used.
6101 Airport Blvd.
Austin, TX 78752
512-223-7315
http://www.austincc.edu/support-and-services/services-for-students/career-services
The Austin Community College Career Services department is a free resource available to students and alumni of the college. Since classes are available to teenagers and older, the ACC Career Services department is a good resource for a wide population of individuals. Those who are not alumni or students of ACC may not have full access to the resource. Information may be obtained by visiting their website or by going to the office between the hours of 8:00 am to 7:00 pm on Mondays, and 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesdays through Fridays. The website appears easy to use though meeting face to face with a career interventionist or counselor at the ACC Career Services office may prove more beneficial.
Austin Public Library
800 Guadalupe St.
Austin, TX 78701
512-974-7400
http://library.austintexas.gov/new-information-guides/job-searching
While the physical location of the library may be visited, Austin and Texas job postings are readily available online. Several specialized job boards, including call centers, health care, and finance, may be searched to for job vacancies, as well as names and locations of temporary labor services. To access the information users will need to visit the website and select the desired link to learn more about job vacancies. High school students desiring to get an idea of the types of jobs that are hot in the market would find this site useful. Adults and senior adults seeking employment will find the website easy to navigate and a good resource of a wide variety of job posting search engines. The job vacancy data bases seem to be well organized and easy to use. There are even a few links in Spanish to aid bilingual job seekers.
Capital Area Workforce Solutions
6505 Airport Blvd, Suite 101
Austin, TX 78752
512-454-9675
http://www.wfscapitalarea.com/
The Capital Area Workforce Solutions exists to provide career intervention and development of individuals in order to create a world-class workforce in the Austin area. Job seekers may get help finding a job or getting job training. Youth may receive help in career planning and preparing for their futures. Assistance to youth is provided to those qualifying as low socio-economic status, while assistance to adults is provided no matter the age or amount of income. Job seekers may access the website or visit the physical location Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. This resource is simple to access and easy to use. Teenagers, adults, and senior adults will have an easy time accessing information and finding desired links through this website.
City of Austin’s Dewitty Job Training and Employment Center
2209 Rosewood Avenue, Suite 210
Austin, TX 78702
512-472-5718
http://www.austintexas.gov/department/dewitty-job-training-and-employment-center
The human resources department for the city of Austin houses a great resource of information for job seekers both young and old. Individuals may easily access the website without having to create any sort of login information, or they may visit the physical location Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Dewitty Job Training and Employment Center is an excellent resource for all age groups seeking to join the workforce. For youth as early as 13 years of age there is information about joining internship programs for the fire, water, police, animal control, and waste management departments, as well as several other departments. For adults and senior adults there is contact information for job vacancies and resume writing assistance. While certainly applicable, senior adults may find the information available through this resource is slanted towards the younger generation, as many opportunities are presented that encourage young college students that are new to the workforce to make comfortable and easy transitions from school to work. Information seems to be presented for an audience that is new to the workforce.
Texas Workforce Commission
101 East 15th Street, #446
Austin, TX 78701
512-463-2222
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/
The Texas Workforce Commission is a government agency that helps employers seeking to hire individuals and individuals seeking employment. For people seeking employment, the Texas Workforce Commission offers career development information, job search resources, training programs, and it also administers the unemployment benefits program. This resource is intended for use of anyone of working age (age 16 and up) in the state of Texas, making it a good option for older high school students, adults, and senior adults. To access the website, job-seekers will need to register for an online profile with personal contact information. Users may post resumes and browse job vacancies across the state of Texas. While a large number of job vacancies are posted, individuals may find the search feature overwhelming unless specific key words, including name of the city and job title, are used.
Social Development
Bastrop County Boys and Girls Club
PO Box 1449
Bastrop, TX 78602
512-718-9068
http://www.bastropbgc.net/about.html
The Bastrop County Boys and Girls Club is an after-school and summer program that seeks to enable youth to become proficient in basic educational disciplines, set goals, explore careers, prepare for employment, and embrace technology to achieve success in a career. Through various group activities, the Boys and Girls club develops young people’s capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals, and live successfully as self-sufficient adults.
Bastrop County YMCA
1112 Main Street
Bastrop, TX 78602
512-321-9622
http://www.austinymca.org/branches/bastrop-recreational-program-office
The Bastrop County YMCA offers a wide variety of programs including swimming, dance, sports, and art for youth and teens to specialty exercise programs for seniors. Programs are goal oriented and seek to include all participants by developing both teamwork and individual skills. Participants will build self-confidence and self-esteem while developing social skills and healthy relationships with other individuals. The focus of YMCA is to develop to promote community health and wellness.
Elgin Head Start
1002-B North Ave. C
Elgin, TX 78621
512-285-4022
https://www.ctfhs.org/elgin_center.htm
Elgin Head Start seeks to provide learning experiences in a safe and healthy environment. They promote school readiness and seek to improve the quality of life for the children and families that they serve by empowering them to become self-sufficient contributing members of society.
PO Box 1449
Bastrop, TX 78602
512-718-9068
http://www.bastropbgc.net/about.html
The Bastrop County Boys and Girls Club is an after-school and summer program that seeks to enable youth to become proficient in basic educational disciplines, set goals, explore careers, prepare for employment, and embrace technology to achieve success in a career. Through various group activities, the Boys and Girls club develops young people’s capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals, and live successfully as self-sufficient adults.
Bastrop County YMCA
1112 Main Street
Bastrop, TX 78602
512-321-9622
http://www.austinymca.org/branches/bastrop-recreational-program-office
The Bastrop County YMCA offers a wide variety of programs including swimming, dance, sports, and art for youth and teens to specialty exercise programs for seniors. Programs are goal oriented and seek to include all participants by developing both teamwork and individual skills. Participants will build self-confidence and self-esteem while developing social skills and healthy relationships with other individuals. The focus of YMCA is to develop to promote community health and wellness.
Elgin Head Start
1002-B North Ave. C
Elgin, TX 78621
512-285-4022
https://www.ctfhs.org/elgin_center.htm
Elgin Head Start seeks to provide learning experiences in a safe and healthy environment. They promote school readiness and seek to improve the quality of life for the children and families that they serve by empowering them to become self-sufficient contributing members of society.
Special Needs
The Arc of Texas
8001 Centre Park Drive
Suite 100
Austin, TX 78754
512-454-6694
www.thearcoftexas.org
The Arc of Texas creates opportunities for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to actively participate in their communities and make the choices that affect their lives in a positive manner. The Arc exists to teach individuals and their families how to effectively advocate for themselves and for the people that they care about. The Arc offers trainings in advocacy, education, and independent living.
Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program
Purchased Health Services Unit, MC1938
Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
1-800-252-8023
512-776-7355
https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/cshcn/
This program is available to anyone who lives in Texas, is under 21 years old, has a certain level of family income, and has a medical problem that is expected to last at least 12 months, will limit one or more life activities, needs more health care than what children usually need, and has physical symptoms. This program helps clients with their medical, dental, and mental health care, drugs, special therapies, case management, family support services, travel to health care visits, insurance premiums, and transportation of deceased clients.
Disability Services ASAP (A Safety Awareness Program) at SafePlace
PO Box 19454
Austin, TX 78760
512-267-7233 (SAFE)
http://safeplace.org/
Disability Services ASAP helps provide services for abuse prevention and also education for teachers, parents and students with disabilities. The Deaf Services staff are culturally Deaf and fluent in ASL. Deaf, hard-of-hearing or Deaf/blind victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or rape can get free and confidential services in Austin/Travis County such as counseling, safe parenting classes, case management and advocacy services, and community trainings.
Early Childhood Intervention
DARS Disability Determination Services
PO Box 149198
Austin, TX 78714-9198
1-800-628-5115
http://www.dars.state.tx.us/
A division of the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, ECI is a statewide program for families with children, birth to three, with disabilities and developmental delays. ECI supports families to help their children reach their potential through developmental services. Services are provided by a variety of local agencies and organizations across Texas.
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
4800 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78756
1-800-628-5115
http://www.dars.state.tx.us/index.shtml
The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services provides advocacy for Texans of all ages who are deaf or hard of hearing. Also provides services and programs for Texans of all ages who are blind or visually impaired, including transition services for those aged 13-22, as well as assistance in vocational rehabilitation and job counseling for Texans with disabilities (all ages).
8001 Centre Park Drive
Suite 100
Austin, TX 78754
512-454-6694
www.thearcoftexas.org
The Arc of Texas creates opportunities for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to actively participate in their communities and make the choices that affect their lives in a positive manner. The Arc exists to teach individuals and their families how to effectively advocate for themselves and for the people that they care about. The Arc offers trainings in advocacy, education, and independent living.
Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program
Purchased Health Services Unit, MC1938
Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
1-800-252-8023
512-776-7355
https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/cshcn/
This program is available to anyone who lives in Texas, is under 21 years old, has a certain level of family income, and has a medical problem that is expected to last at least 12 months, will limit one or more life activities, needs more health care than what children usually need, and has physical symptoms. This program helps clients with their medical, dental, and mental health care, drugs, special therapies, case management, family support services, travel to health care visits, insurance premiums, and transportation of deceased clients.
Disability Services ASAP (A Safety Awareness Program) at SafePlace
PO Box 19454
Austin, TX 78760
512-267-7233 (SAFE)
http://safeplace.org/
Disability Services ASAP helps provide services for abuse prevention and also education for teachers, parents and students with disabilities. The Deaf Services staff are culturally Deaf and fluent in ASL. Deaf, hard-of-hearing or Deaf/blind victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or rape can get free and confidential services in Austin/Travis County such as counseling, safe parenting classes, case management and advocacy services, and community trainings.
Early Childhood Intervention
DARS Disability Determination Services
PO Box 149198
Austin, TX 78714-9198
1-800-628-5115
http://www.dars.state.tx.us/
A division of the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, ECI is a statewide program for families with children, birth to three, with disabilities and developmental delays. ECI supports families to help their children reach their potential through developmental services. Services are provided by a variety of local agencies and organizations across Texas.
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
4800 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78756
1-800-628-5115
http://www.dars.state.tx.us/index.shtml
The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services provides advocacy for Texans of all ages who are deaf or hard of hearing. Also provides services and programs for Texans of all ages who are blind or visually impaired, including transition services for those aged 13-22, as well as assistance in vocational rehabilitation and job counseling for Texans with disabilities (all ages).