Rural Mental Health Initiative Grant Program funds are made available through a request for applications process to local mental health authorities, local behavioral health authorities, nonprofit ...

The HHSC Blindness Education, Screening and Treatment (BEST) Program is spreading awareness about vision loss during Low Vision Awareness Month in February. The BEST program works with Prevent ...

Public Health Provider/Charity Care Program Update Response to 2024 PHFPC Annual Report Recommendations Federal Funding Freeze Potential Impacts to Local Health Departments The PHFPC may take any ...

The new HHS Career Center offers a user-friendly experience when searching and applying for jobs with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Department of State Health Services, and ...

HIPP is the Texas Medicaid program that helps families pay for employer-sponsored health insurance premiums. It is for families with at least 1 person who gets Medicaid. People enrolled in any ...

Pregnant women might be able to get free health coverage during their pregnancy through Medicaid for Pregnant Women or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Perinatal program. Medicaid ...

What Are Blind and Visually Impaired Services? Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) works with people who are blind and visually impaired to help them reach their independence goals. Call the Office ...

Note: Texas law now allows an option for a person's signature to be acknowledged by a notary instead of witness signatures and for digital or electronic signatures on the Directive to Physicians, ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps people buy the food they need for good health. People also can buy garden seeds with SNAP benefits. SNAP food benefits are put on a Lone Star ...

When a disaster strikes, HHSC will work with the federal government to make sure services such as SNAP food benefits remain available to our clients. In addition to administering Disaster SNAP, you ...

Texas Health and Human Services Commission protects children by regulating and educating child care providers. Child Care Regulation (CCR) responsibilities include: Regulating all child care ...

If you feel unsafe, getting support can help you understand your options and feel safer. While ending an abusive relationship or seeking help, threats or violence can increase. Some warning signs of ...