Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) and Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation program (TWS-VRS) are working together to provide a variety of services that assist eligible people with disabilities prepare for, obtaining, retaining, or advancing in employment.

Services include (as needed):

• Vocational counseling and guidance
• Referrals for hearing, visual, and other examinations.
• Assistance with medical appointments and treatment.
• Rehabilitation deceives, including hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial limbs, and braces.
• Therapy to address a disability, including occupational or speech therapy and applied behavioral analysis.
• Physical restoration services
• Medical, psychological, and vocational assessments.
• Assistance with a college education or trade certification
• On-the-job training
• Training in workplace and employer expectations.
• Vocational adjustment training
• Rehabilitation teacher's services to help you learn Braille, orientation and mobility, and home and health management skills if you are blind or have a visual impairment.
• Supported employment

Job Matching & Placement Services:

• Transportation assistance to and from your job, including travel vouchers and vehicle modifications.
• Follow-up and supported employment services to help you maintain employment.
• Referral to Business Enterprises of Texas program, Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and other state, federal, and community agencies and organizations.

Services may also include:

• Referral to community support systems, such as peer support and advocacy organizations.
• Vocational counseling and guidance, including exploring employment options and postsecondary education programs with high school students who have disabilities.
• Required assessments to determine eligibility and VR needs. 
• Interpreter services for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.
• Needs assessment of assistive technology.
• Assistive devices such as hearing aids, prosthetics, braces, and wheelchairs to improve functioning on the job.
• Assistive technology and training, including training to use hearing aids, Braille, low-vision aids, and other types of technology to improve communication, access to information, and performance of job functions.
• Orientation and mobility training for participants who are blind.
• Speech, physical, and occupational therapies.
• Outpatient psychiatric and psychological services.
• Personal assistance services
• Medical treatment to reduce or remove barriers to employment.
• Work-based learning experiences for high school students with disabilities, such as job shadowing, volunteer work, internships, and summer employment.
• Training in behaviors that are expected by employers in a work environment.
• Job coaches and support for customized employment, self-employment, and supported employment.
• College, technical, and on-the-job training.
• Return-to-work, job retention, job development, and job placement assistance.
• Instruction in self-advocacy

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

• Have a disability that results in substantial barriers to employment.
• Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain, or advance in employment.
• Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of services.

Disabilities Served through Vocational Rehabilitation include:

• Blindness or significant visual impairments
• Deaf-blindness
• Deafness, or other hearing impairments.
• Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, ADHD, intellectual, learning, Tourette’s, and other developmental disabilities.
• Physical disabilities, including traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, paralysis, or any impairment in movement.
• Other physical or mental conditions.
• Behavioral and mental health conditions.
• Alcoholism or drug addiction

Call or email to get started, or click here to get started online.

Get help preparing for post-secondary education and employment through the following individualized services.

Services are based on eligibility and your individual need and are provided in collaboration with the family, high school, community college, or Educational Service Center.

Receive core services, as needed, to help prepare for post-secondary education and employment opportunities:

• Vocational counseling, including counseling in job exploration and post-secondary training opportunities.
• Counseling on opportunities for post-secondary education such as college, vocational schools, etc.
• Work-based learning experiences, including internships and on-the-job training.
• Training in workplace and employer expectations.
• Training in self-advocacy and social skills.

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

• Have a disability that results in substantial barriers to employment.
• Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain or advance in employment.
• Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of services.

Disabilities Served through Vocational Rehabilitation include:

• Blindness or significant visual impairments.
• Deaf-blindness
• Deafness, or other hearing impairments.
• Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, ADHD, intellectual, learning, Tourette’s, and other developmental disabilities.
• Physical disabilities, including traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, paralysis, or any impairment in movement.
• Other physical or mental conditions.
• Behavioral and mental health conditions
• Alcoholism or drug addiction

Call or email to get started, or click here to get started online.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) and Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation program (TWS-VRS) are working together to provide a variety of services that assist eligible people with disabilities prepare for, obtain, retain or advance in employment.

Services include (as needed):

• Vocational counseling and guidance.
• Referrals for hearing, visual, and other examinations.
• Assistance with medical appointments and treatment.
• Rehabilitation deceives, including hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial limbs, and braces.
• Therapy to address a disability, including occupational or speech therapy and applied behavioral analysis.
• Physical restoration services
• Medical, psychological, and vocational assessments.
• Assistance with a college education or trade certification.
• On-the-job training
• Training in Workplace and Employer Expectations.
• Vocational adjustment training
• Rehabilitation teacher's services to help you learn Braille, orientation and mobility, and home and health management skills if you are blind or have a visual impairment.
• Supported employment

Job Matching & Placement Services:

• Transportation assistance to and from your job, including travel vouchers and vehicle modifications.
• Follow-up and supported employment services to help you maintain employment.
• Referral to Business Enterprises of Texas program, Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and other state, federal, and community agencies and organizations.

Services may also include:

• Referral to community support systems, such as peer support and advocacy organizations.
• Vocational counseling and guidance, including exploring employment options and postsecondary education programs with high school students who have disabilities.
• Required assessments to determine eligibility and VR needs.
• Interpreter services are available for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.
• Needs assessment of assistive technology.
• Assistive devices such as hearing aids, prosthetics, braces, and wheelchairs to improve functioning on the job.
• Assistive technology and training, including training to use hearing aids, Braille, low-vision aids, and other types of technology to improve communication, access to information, and performance of job functions.
• Orientation and mobility training for participants who are blind.
• Speech, physical, and occupational therapies.
• Outpatient psychiatric and psychological services.
• Personal assistance services
• Medical treatment to reduce or remove barriers to employment.
• Work-based learning experiences for high school students with disabilities, such as job shadowing, volunteer work, internships, and summer employment.
• Training in behaviors that are expected by employers in a work environment.
• Job coaches and support for customized employment, self-employment, and supported employment.
• College, technical, and on-the-job training.
• Return-to-work, job retention, job development, and job placement assistance.
• Instruction in self-advocacy.

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

• Have a disability that results in substantial barriers to employment.
• Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain or advance in employment.
• Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of services.

Disabilities Served through Vocational Rehabilitation include:

• Blindness or significant visual impairments.
• Deaf-blindness
• Deafness, or other hearing impairments.
• Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, ADHD, intellectual, learning, Tourette’s, and other developmental disabilities.
• Physical disabilities, including traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, paralysis, or any impairment in movement.
• Other physical or mental conditions.
• Behavioral and mental health conditions.
• Alcoholism or drug addiction.

Call or email to get started, or click here to get started online.

Get help preparing for post-secondary education and employment through the following individualized services.

Services are based on eligibility and your individual needs and are provided in collaboration with the family, high school, community college, or Educational Service Center.

Receive core services, as needed, to help prepare for post-secondary education and employment opportunities:

• Vocational counseling, including counseling in job exploration and post-secondary training opportunities.
• Counseling on opportunities for post-secondary education such as college, vocational schools, etc.
• Work-based learning experiences, including internships and on-the-job training.
• Training in workplace and employer expectations.
• Training in self-advocacy and social skills.

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

• Having a disability results in substantial barriers to employment.
• Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain, or advance in employment.
• Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of services.

Disabilities Served through Vocational Rehabilitation include:

• Blindness or significant visual impairments.
• Deaf-blindness
• Deafness, or other hearing impairments.
• Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, ADHD, intellectual, learning, Tourette’s, and other developmental disabilities.
• Physical disabilities, including traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, paralysis, or any impairment in movement.
• Other physical or mental conditions.
• Behavioral and mental health conditions.
• Alcoholism or drug addiction.

Call or email to get started, or click here to get started online.

Hill Country MHDD Centers offer compassionate care and support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Provider Services support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, helping them to achieve an interdependent life and live to their fullest potential.  Personalized, specialized services may include:

• in-home, community, and work supports
• transportation
• behavioral supports
• respite
• day habilitation

If you are interested in IDD Services, please call our IDD Centralized Intake Line at 830-387-5970.

Hill Country is a contracted provider of Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Medicaid waiver programs; however, we also serve as the Local Intellectual and Developmental Authority (LIDDA), which means we cannot and do not endorse any particular provider. If you or someone you help support receives services through HCS or TxHmL, our Service Coordinators will present all available provider options, including Hill Country, to help you make an informed choice about the program that will best meet the needs and goals of the person served.

Provides community living and support services for maintaining quality of life. Includes special therapies such as dietary, speech, occupational/ physical, and audiology therapy. Also, nursing, daily habilitation, social work, employment assistance, supported employment, and respite services.

This program includes:

• Respite services
• Day habilitation
• Employment services
• Nursing services
• Dental services
• Behavioral support
• Community Support (transportation)
• Social work
• Occupational therapy
• Physical therapy
• Speech therapy
• Dietary services
• Audiology services
• Accessible minor home modifications
• Adaptive aids

Click here to enroll

All people should have the opportunity to belong and be accepted by a community.

Our Projects:

Education Services

• The Center on Independent Living has been involved with educating people with disabilities and life skills in the community as funding allows. We are constantly seeking ways to provide this service at no cost to the people who need it. This could include family members as well.

Transportation

• Our clients need transportation as well as those who are currently living independently in the community. This specialized service will enable the Center on Independent Living to enhance freedom for people with disabilities.

Affordable ADA, Net Zero, Housing Community Project

• Click here to learn about this project

Home Modification Services

• The Center on Independent Living has been involved with home modification services since the 1990s as funding allows.

Relocation Services

• Funded by the Texas Department of State Health and Human Services (TXHHS), the Center on Independent Living helps disabled Medicaid recipients who are in nursing homes achieve independence in the community. 

TEA-accredited nonpublic school offers year-round individualized education for students with autism ages 3-22 using small student-to-teacher ratios and an adapted curriculum designed to meet each student’s, individual educational goals and needs. 

Teachers provide the students with an atmosphere of acceptance and motivation, taking care to reward each step of accomplishment no matter how big or small.

Classrooms incorporate technology like interactive smart boards and iPads to aid student education. Additional vocational activities such as Culinary, Snack Shop, Art, and Horticulture are also a part of ATC’s educational services.

We accept Medicaid, TRICARE, Private Insurance, Private Pay, CAP, and ISD Placement.

• Assistive Technology

The Texas A&M – San Antonio Autism Lifeline Links Program (ALL) is working to increase service capacity and eliminate wait times and barriers for individuals on the autism spectrum throughout the life. ALL will do this by working collaboratively and transparently to create a comprehensive person-centered system of awareness, early diagnosis, treatment and services to improve the opportunities and outcomes for individuals with autism and their families.

SESS is a one-time 3-hour class that includes a meal, childcare, and a SESS Graduation Certificate with 3hr Credits. These are small group clinics designed to address concerns and questions about your child’s ARD/IEP. Please bring a copy of your child’s most current ARD/IEP document. Sessions held at various times and locations throughout San Antonio. Please call for more information.

Our nationally accredited program supports each student as an individual and ensures that all of our students receive the best possible education in a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment that promotes learning through social interaction and hands-on experiences from our research-based curriculum.

Click here to learn more

Brighton Center's Preschool Program has five classrooms:

• Toddler Classroom (6 to18 months old)
• Transition Classroom (18 months to 3 years
• Pre-K1 Class (2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years)
• Pre-K2 Class (3 to 5 years)
• Kinder-Ready Class (5 years)

Contact us directly for fees and payment options.

Parent involvement is the cornerstone of every child’s success. But without the right knowledge and tools, parents might not realize all the opportunities they can help provide to their children to set them up for a successful future. At Brighton, we provide an array of educational sessions that teach parents about the importance of their child’s environment, how to engage in appropriate discipline, effective communication strategies, and how to work with the educational system to ensure your child’s educational needs are being met.

Other SESS Services Available:

• IEP and Evaluation Reviews
• 504 Plan Reviews
• Resource and Program Referrals
• Support for Parents

Click here for more information

Flat rate minimal fee for advocacy assistance for comprehensive services. There is not a charge for every call/email etc.

FACT Institute, Inc.’s objective is to provide world-class education for individuals with special abilities.

Courses consist of:
• Daily Living (LCE) 
• Functional Reading 
• Functional Math 
• Social Skills 
• Communication 
• Vocational Training 

In addition, life skills will also be taught in areas such as: 
• Independent Living 
• Community Outreach 
• Decision Making 
• Problem Solving 
• Effective Communication 
• Interpersonal Communication 
• Self-Awareness 
• Coping with Stress & Emotion 
• Behavioral Preparedness 

Students with special abilities aged 11 and up

We offer San Antonio's amputee community support through education, case management service, health/fitness programs, recreational and social opportunities, and basic home and car modifications.

To be eligible for assistance, you must reside in the San Antonio, Texas area and have attended at least two support group meetings.

Click here to learn about our support groups.

Click here to apply for service.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) and Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation program (TWS-VRS) are working together to provide a variety of services that assist eligible people with disabilities in preparing for, obtaining, retaining, or advancing in employment.

Services include (as needed):

• Vocational counseling and guidance.
• Referrals for hearing, visual, and other examinations.
• Assistance with medical appointments and treatment.
• Rehabilitation deceives, including hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial limbs, and braces.
• Therapy to address a disability, including occupational or speech therapy and applied behavioral analysis.
• Physical restoration services
• Medical, psychological, and vocational assessments.
• Assistance with a college education or trade certification.
• On-the-job training
• Training in workplace and employer expectations.
• Vocational adjustment training
• Rehabilitation teachers services to help you learn Braille, orientation and mobility, and home and health management skills if you are blind or have a visual impairment.
• Supported employment

Job Matching & Placement Services:

• Transportation assistance to and from your job, including travel vouchers and vehicle modifications.
• Follow-up and supported employment services to help you maintain employment.
• Referral to Business Enterprises of Texas program, Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and other state, federal, and community agencies and organizations.

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

• Have a disability that results in substantial barriers to employment.
• Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain, or advance in employment.
• Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of services.

Disabilities Served through Vocational Rehabilitation include:

• Blindness or significant visual impairments
• Deaf-blindness
• Deafness, or other hearing impairments
• Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, ADHD, intellectual, learning, Tourette’s, and other developmental disabilities.
• Physical disabilities, including traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, paralysis, or any impairment in movement.
• Other physical or mental conditions.
• Behavioral and mental health conditions.
• Alcoholism or drug addiction.

Get help preparing for post-secondary education and employment through the following individualized services.

Services are based on eligibility and your individual need and are provided in collaboration with the family, high school, community college, or Educational Service Center.

Receive core services, as needed, to help prepare for post-secondary education and employment opportunities:

• Vocational counseling, including counseling in job exploration and post-secondary training opportunities.
• Counseling on opportunities for post-secondary education such as college, vocational schools, etc.
• Work-based learning experiences, including internships and on-the-job training.
• Training in workplace and employer expectations.
• Training in self-advocacy and social skills.

You may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services if you:

• Have a disability that results in substantial barriers to employment.
• Require services to prepare for, obtain, retain or advance in employment.
• Are able to obtain, retain, or advance in employment as a result of services.

Disabilities Served through Vocational Rehabilitation include:

• Blindness or significant visual impairments
• Deaf-blindness
• Deafness, or other hearing impairments
• Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, ADHD, intellectual, learning, Tourette’s, and other developmental disabilities.
• Physical disabilities, including traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, paralysis, or any impairment in movement.
• Other physical or mental conditions
• Behavioral and mental health conditions
• Alcoholism or drug addiction

Call or email to get started, or click here to get started online.

For services including parent and teacher, we have several options available.

Click here for more information.

Finally, there is a place for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) where the future is bright and hope springs eternally—a place where they can maximize their full potential while finding meaningful work, engaging in sports, and developing lifetime relationships.

The Texas Foundation of Hope (TXFH) Activity Program is designed for persons 18 years of age and older who:

1) have intellectual disabilities
2) are emotionally and physically well
3) show behaviors within acceptable guidelines

There is a $50, non-refundable application fee.

Please download the General Program Application here.

ICF facilities are 6-bed group homes funded by Medicaid. These homes are certified and licensed by the state to provide a full range of training and care to individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.

ICF group homes include:

• 24-hour nursing support
• Therapy
• Nutritional and dietary supports
• Behavior supports
• Medical and dental support not funded by Medicaid
• Active training to master new skills

This program is for individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (IDD).

All services are paid by Medicaid and personal income is managed by the provider, representative payee, or the client. If the client works, a percentage of earnings is refunded to Medicaid. SSDI (Social Security Disability Income) funds can continue with a percentage repaid to Medicaid.

RMI's Life Enrichment Day Program provides life skills training and social activities that help adults with developmental disabilities live and work successfully in the community.

The Life Enrichment curriculum includes training in personal care and hygiene, communication skills, academic skills, and job preparation.

Parties, group projects, and community outings provide opportunities for social, educational, and cultural experiences.

This program is for individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (IDD).

RMI’s Life Enrichment Day Program provides life skills training and social activities that help adults with developmental disabilities live and work successfully in the community. The Life Enrichment curriculum includes training on personal care and hygiene, communication skills, academic skills, and job preparation. Parties, group projects, and community outings provide opportunities for social, educational, and cultural experiences.

Reaching Maximum Independence takes pride in providing one of San Antonio's finest Job Placement Programs for people with disabilities. Through a network with the Texas Workforce Vocational Rehabilitation Services (TWS-VRS), local employers, as well as trained and experienced staff, participants receive an array of services designed to enhance employment. Our motto is Find, Get, and Keep employment.

Multi-Assistance Center (MAC)
Reaching Maximum Independence is happy to announce that we have partnered with the Multi-Assistance Center (MAC) to provide Work Experience Placement (WEP) and Work Experience Training (WET) services!

Selected individuals will work alongside qualified staff who have the Job Placement and/or Job Skills Trainer credential. The selected individual will gain the necessary knowledge and skills while at The Mac to obtain competitive and integrated employment.

Work experience services are intended to be short-term (12 or fewer weeks) and part-time.

This program is for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (IDD).

Texas HCS (TX HCS) is our company that provides HCS services (Home and Community-Based Services) in our Beaumont, Harlingen, McAllen, and San Antonio service regions…offering 3 and 4-person group residences, along with the entire array of available HCS services since 1993 in San Antonio and McAllen, since 2000 in Beaumont, and most recently since 2007 in Harlingen.

We take great pride in the development of each of these companies, each serving many people with great success.

Brain Balance for adults is a brain wellness program. The program is designed to help you strengthen and improve your brain’s functioning -- positively impacting many areas of your life.

Click here for more information.

Brain Balance for children is a brain and body wellness program. The program is designed to help your child strengthen and improve his/her brain’s functioning -- positively impacting many areas of their life.

Click here to learn more.

Our Men’s Retreat is designed to bring men with epilepsy together through outdoor activities, educational sessions, and conversation. This retreat focuses on issues specific to men and epilepsy and allows participants to form bonds and empower one another in their journey. This retreat alternates with the Women’s Retreat and happens every other Spring.  For more information, contact us at [email protected].

Feel relaxed and renewed with our Women’s Retreat! This long weekend focuses on issues specific to women with epilepsy. Activities include outdoor, educational, and therapeutic activities. Our retreat offers a safe environment to form bonds and connect with peers. This retreat alternates with the Men’s Retreat and happens every other Spring. Register Here! For more info, contact us at  [email protected]

The Young Adult Retreat invites young adults with epilepsy to take a step back and connect with their peers. During their long weekend away, they learn about nature, mindfulness, and about managing their epilepsy, all while making friends. Activities offered include archery, fishing, and arts and crafts. This Spring retreat is open to young adults with epilepsy ages 18-26. For more info, contact us at [email protected].

A society truly welcomes life when it recognizes that it is also precious in old age, in disability, in serious illness and even when it is fading; when it teaches that the call to human fulfillment does not exclude suffering; indeed, when it teaches its members to see in the sick and suffering a gift for the entire community, a presence that summons them to solidarity and responsibility.

The Archdiocese of San Antonio aims to further the spiritual, intellectual, moral, and physical development of every member of the Body of Christ. The Archdiocese reaches out to the disabled so that they can fully participate in the life of the parish, in worship services, recreational events and other activities. The Archdiocesan Ministry for Persons with Disabilities serves as an educational/informational resource to develop and advocate for the most vulnerable in our communities.

At the heart of our comprehensive evaluation process, our evaluations assess a spectrum of language skills crucial for success in academic settings. We delve into receptive and expressive language abilities, phonological processing, narrative comprehension, writing, spelling, and vocabulary development. Through a combination of standardized tests and clinical observations, we offer a nuanced understanding of a child's language profile.

Click here for more information.

We provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 reading intervention to meet your IEP/504 service requirements for Specific Learning Disabilities in reading and spelling. We also provide professional development training.

Click here for more information.

Our Goodwill Good Careers Centers provide free career assistance to anyone seeking employment or a new career.

Our trained staff can help you answer the following questions:

• How do I write my resume to highlight my experience and get the attention of recruiters?
• How do I search for and apply for jobs that meet my needs?
• What careers am I interested in and how do I get started?
• What should I expect during an interview and how do I make a good first impression?
• What workplace skills do I need to be successful at my new job?
• What are the best ways to apply for government jobs?

Our staff provides one-on-one career coaching that focuses on:

• Identifying your career interests.
• Developing or updating your resume.
• Connecting to employers.
• Completing online job applications.
• Practicing interview tactics.

If you have a hearing or vision disability, we can coordinate support for you.

Click here for a downloadable informational flyer in English and Spanish.