Tips:

Keep a copy of birth certificates and school records accessible.

• Safeguard all health and immunization records.
• Have a reliable person keep a second copy of birth certificates, school records and health information.
• Enroll children in school as soon as possible.
• Inform your new school about any special education records that pertain to your child.

Resources

The city of Fort Worth and the Tarrant County community are rich in resources.  Below are links to a variety of community providers that families could explore to meet needs.

• ACH Child and Family Services
• Best Place 4 Kids
• Big Brothers and Sisters
• Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth
• Center for Transforming Lives
• Cornerstone Assistance Network
• Fort Worth Housing Authority
• Help Me Grow
• Homeless Shelter Near Me.org
• National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY)
• Presbyterian Night Shelter Morris Foundation Women and Children’s Center
• Promise House Youth Shelter
• SafeHaven of Tarrant County
• Salvation Army Fort Worth
• Santa Fe Youth Services
• School House Connection
• Tarrant Area Food Bank
• Tarrant County Homeless Coalition (TCHC)
• Texas Education Association (TEA)
• Texas Education for Homeless Children and Youth (TEHCY)
• Texas Homeless Network
• Texas Rent Relief & the Texas Eviction Diversion Program
• Tarrant County Samaritan House
• True Worth
• Union Gospel Mission
• United Way of Tarrant County
• YWCA 
• 2-1-1 Texas