The New Braunfels Food Bank assists clients with application and renewal assistance for various federal benefits including:

• SNAP
• Adult Medicaid
• Children's Medicaid
• Long-term Care
• NBU Utility Assistance
• WIC
• TANF
• Healthy Texas Women

Click here for more information or to download an application.

For application assistance via telephone, call 830-327-6014.

Hospice care is for people who are searching for a quality life when they are facing a life-limiting illness.

When the focus becomes palliative versus curative, this change does not mean giving up, or giving in, but means choosing to have your symptoms controlled and living your life on your terms.

Our team are experts in pain and symptom management. We are there to focus on symptoms, so you and your loved ones can focus on life. We take a compassionate, patient-centered approach to providing holistic care – physical, emotional, and spiritual – for our patients and their families. 

Hospice is about living and spending time with what or who matters most to you.

Under Hope Hospice care you or your loved one are involved in the plan for your care. You have a team of professionals helping guide you through these decisions. This team includes a hospice physician, your primary physician, a team of registered nurses, a master’s level social worker, a spiritual care counselor, certified nurse’s aides, and volunteers.

Hope Hospice helps you cover the cost of the visits from your team, wherever you call home. Hospice covers all related medications, supplies, medical equipment, and appropriate treatments to maximize your comfort.

Click here for a list of all our services.

Hospice services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans. Families can also choose to pay privately for our services. However, through tremendous community support and generosity, Hope Hospice has created a Community Assistance Program to assist those who need financial help. This unique program is designed to ensure that no one is turned away because of inability to pay and that everyone has access to a dignified end-of-life journey free from financial burdens and stress.

Insurances Accepted:

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• All Medicare Advantage Plans (MAPs)
• Private Insurance
• Community Assistance Program is available for underfunded or unfunded patients

Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ Krueger Elementary School-Based Health Centers provide pediatric primary health care and dental services.

Services include:

• Diagnosis and treatment of simple illness or injury
• Immunizations
• Well-child exams
• Physical exams
• Sports physicals
• Health promotion and education
• Prescription Assistance
• Preventative dental care including examinations, x-rays, cleanings, fluoride treatments, and sealants
• Dental treatment including fillings, extractions, and endodontic treatment available
• Sports mouthguards (in school colors)
• Counseling for students and their families
• Support groups
• Case management services
• Food assistance
• Assistance with Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP applications
• Referrals to other community resources
• Rent and utilities assistance for families of students

Assistance with Medicaid, CHIP, Food Stamp applications, food, housing, and utilities is also available.

This program is for children enrolled in the Marion and Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School Districts, as well as their siblings up to age 21.

Charges for medical and dental services vary according to procedure; however, all services are provided on a sliding fee scale.

Services will be provided regardless of your ability to pay. 

Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ George Ricks School-Based Health Centers provide pediatric primary health care and dental services.

Services include:

• Diagnosis and treatment of simple illness or injury
• Immunizations
• Well-child exams
• Physical exams
• Sports physicals
• Health promotion and education
• Prescription Assistance
• Preventative dental care including examinations, x-rays, cleanings, fluoride treatments, and sealants
• Dental treatment including fillings, extractions, and endodontic treatment available
• Sports mouthguards (in school colors)
• Counseling for students and their families
• Support groups
• Case management services
• Food assistance
• Assistance with Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP applications
• Referrals to other community resources
• Rent and utilities assistance for families of students

Assistance with Medicaid, CHIP, Food Stamp applications, food, housing, and utilities are also available.

This program is for children enrolled in the Marion and Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School Districts, as well as their siblings up to age 21.

Charges for medical and dental services vary according to procedure; however, all services are provided on a sliding fee scale.

Services will be provided regardless of your ability to pay. 

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• Home Visits
• Medical Services

Must reside within parish boundary.

Free

CentroMed is an integrated primary care clinic that provides accessible services of superior quality.

Services:

• Family Practice
• Eligibility Services
• Lab Services

This clinic operates under a Sliding Scale model. This means that it may not be free depending on your income. You will be required to prove financial need to receive free services or services at a reduced cost.

As part of our mission, Methodist Healthcare provides care to patients without the financial means to pay for hospital services. Care will be provided to all patients who present themselves for care at any Methodist Healthcare facility without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin and who are classified as financially or medically indigent.

Click here for the Methodist Healthcare System Financial Assistance Application

As part of our mission, Methodist Healthcare provides care to patients without the financial means to pay for hospital services. Care will be provided to all patients who present themselves for care at any Methodist Healthcare facility without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin and who are classified as financially or medically indigent.

Click here for the Methodist Healthcare System Financial Assistance Application

The Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan’s Wonderland™ (The MAC)

Community First Health Plans (CFHP) helps families, children, expectant mothers, and children with special needs access affordable health coverage.

Our goal is to help you, from learning how to best use your plan benefits to locating one of our network doctors in your neighborhood.

CFHP assists with the following programs:

• STAR Medicaid
• CHIP/CHIP Perinatal
• STAR Kids

CFHP also provides these Health and Wellness programs to members at no added cost:

• Healthy Expectations
• Asthma Matters
• Healthy Mind
• Diabetes in Control
• Healthy Living
• Healthy Heart
• Empowering Pathway
• Financial Wellness

CFHP also provides these services to members at no added cost:

• 24/7 Nurse Advice Line
• Member Services Hotlines
• Help with finding doctors

(By Appointment ONLY)

Hospice care is for people who are searching for a quality life when they are facing a life-limiting illness.

When the focus becomes palliative versus curative, this change does not mean giving up or giving in but rather choosing to have your symptoms controlled and living your life on your terms.

Our team are experts in pain and symptom management. We are there to focus on symptoms, so you and your loved ones can focus on life. We take a compassionate, patient-centered approach to providing holistic care – physical, emotional, and spiritual – for our patients and their families. 

Hospice is about living and spending time with what or who matters most to you.

Under Hope Hospice care you or your loved one are involved in the plan for your care. You have a team of professionals helping guide you through these decisions. This team includes a hospice physician, your primary physician, a team of registered nurses, a master’s level social worker, a spiritual care counselor, certified nurse’s aides, and volunteers.

Hope Hospice helps you cover the cost of the visits from your team, wherever you call home. Hospice covers all related medications, supplies, medical equipment, and appropriate treatments to maximize your comfort.

Click here for a list of all our services.

Hospice services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans. Families can also choose to pay privately for our services. However, through tremendous community support and generosity, Hope Hospice has created a Community Assistance Program to assist those who need financial help. This unique program is designed to ensure that no one is turned away because of inability to pay and that everyone has access to a dignified end-of-life journey free from financial burdens and stress.

Insurances Accepted:

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• All Medicare Advantage Plans (MAPs)
• Private Insurance
• Community Assistance Program is available for underfunded or unfunded patients

This clinic operates under a Sliding Scale model. This means that it may not be free depending on your income. You will be required to prove financial need to receive free services or services at a reduced cost.

Services:

• Medical
• Dental
• Behavioral Health
• Psychiatry
• Dental Care
• Eligibility Services
• Family Practice
• Internal Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Lab Services
• Women’s Health (OB/Gyn)

Centromed accepts insurance and also offers a sliding fee scale to patients who qualify.

If you need help with your utilities, rent, or other critical expenses, please call us at 830-980-HOPE or click here below to schedule a consultation. We are here to bring relief during your difficult financial season.

Please contact the office because there are documents that we will need you to bring to your scheduled appointment.

We are only able to provide financial assistance to residents of Bulverde, Blanco, Canyon Lake, Fisher, and Spring Branch.

Financial assistance is limited to once annually per household, typically about $250.

Helping families and adults who are unable to pay for their medications.

For epilepsy patients, taking their prescribed anti-seizure medication every day is critical to their health and safety. Patients who stop taking their medications without a physician’s supervision are in serious danger of having an unexpected seizure that could be a life-threatening event. Our staff recognizes the importance of medication adherence; our Emergency Medication Assistance Program is a critical service for epilepsy patients.

30-Day Supply of Medications:

This program provides a 30-day supply of an individual’s anti-seizure medications at no cost to the patient. Our staff works directly with the patient’s pharmacy to pay for the prescriptions. Emergency medical assistance is granted on a case-by-case basis.

Enrollment Assistance:

During the month the patient benefits from the program, our staff will work with the family or individual to help enroll them in a patient assistance program or insurance coverage to ensure they do not find themselves in the same situation after the 30-day supply is gone.

To learn more about Emergency Medical Assistance, contact us through our online form or by phone at (210) 653-5353.

We offer Seizure Clinics in Austin, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Laredo, San Antonio and Uvalde for persons with epilepsy in our service area without access to specialized medical care. 

 Clinic services include:

• Examination by Board-certified Neurologist
• Emergency Medication Assistance
• Electroencephalogram (EEG)
• Laboratory Diagnostic Services
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Medication Assistance Programs
• Medical Case Management
• Social Service Case Management

To become a new patient in our clinic you must meet the following criteria:

• Have a diagnosis of epilepsy
• Be a Texas resident that resides in our service area
• Gross family income at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Income Level Guidelines

As part of our mission, Methodist Healthcare provides care to patients without the financial means to pay for hospital services. Care will be provided to all patients who present themselves for care at any Methodist Healthcare facility without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin and who are classified as financially or medically indigent.

Click here for the Methodist Healthcare System Financial Assistance Application

The Healthy Eyes Eyeglass Program serves as a referral system for those individuals who do not qualify for related social services and provides eyeglasses only to those clients who qualify.

To find out if you qualify:

• Click here to download the application form.*
• Submit the completed application and a copy of your current eye prescription (must be less than one year old) to the address above.
• Incomplete applications will not be processed.
• Please allow 3-6 weeks to process your application.

*Note:  The forms are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.  If you don’t already have it, you can download the Acrobat Reader for free.  If you are having trouble using Acrobat Reader, visit Adobe’s Acrobat Support page.

The “Sight for Students” Program is VSP Vision Care’s national charity program that provides FREE EYE EXAMS AND EYEGLASSES, when prescribed, to those children who qualify.

If the child is eligible, Prevent Blindness Texas will issue a “Sight for Students” gift certificate along with a list of participating doctors in the area so the family can pick the doctor that’s right for their child.

To apply for services, download and submit the completed application to the address above:

Click here to download the application form.*

*Note:  The forms are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.  If you don’t already have it, you can download the Acrobat Reader for free.  If you are having trouble using Acrobat Reader, visit Adobe’s Acrobat Support page.

At the Airrosti Training Center, the providers conducting your treatment are Doctors of Chiropractic in the final stages of the Airrosti Certified Provider (ACP) program. They have spent weeks developing all of the skills Airrosti requires of its providers, and they apply that knowledge and training to your treatment.

Each provider is supervised by a member of Airrosti’s Clinical Development Team (all ACPs) throughout your treatment session for quality care assurance. The supervising provider may periodically interrupt your treatment to instruct the trainee on a technique or process.

Aspects of your treatment session may need to be repeated for training purposes, resulting in longer than expected treatment sessions.

Availability is based on the training program schedule. We offer training appointments only during active training classes.

Click here to check current class availability.

$5/session

Kind Clinic offers free sexual health services in a safe and supportive environment regardless of race, creed, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, or ability to pay.

We offer the following free sexual health services:

• PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)/ PEP access (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)
• HIV Testing and Care
• STI Testing and Treatment
• Intersex Care
• Gender Affirming Care

All Kind Clinic services are offered at no cost to you

We accept all major medical insurance

The CareLink program is open to San Antonio/Bexar County residents who do not have private or public health insurance.

Based on several factors, like the number of people in your family and your total income, you may qualify to be a member of CareLink. Once enrolled, CareLink will establish a monthly payment plan based on total household income and family size.

You will be assigned your own primary care physician and have access to quality health care at University Health.

CareLink requires appointments for enrolling or renewing your membership. 

While CareLink is not health insurance, CareLink helps make health care services at University Health more affordable.

You may qualify for CareLink membership if you meet certain qualifications:

• Your income must be at or below 200% of federal poverty guidelines.
• You must be a Bexar County resident.
• You do not have or qualify for health insurance.

Click here for the Carelink Enrollment Application.

The Adoption Alliance is a 501c3 non-profit organization licensed to provide adoption services in the State of Texas.

We can assist birth parents who are interested in making an adoption plan for their unborn or born children. Counseling is available during the pregnancy and afterward. We can also assist with housing, groceries, utilities, cell phone service, laundry, clothing, personal hygiene, and maternity-related transportation.

If a birth mother does not have Medicaid, we can assist her with the application and refer her to an OB doctor.

Birth parents can select the adoptive family for their child and keep in touch with them if they desire.

Birth mothers who are seeking to make an adoption plan for their child must provide a proof of pregnancy.

The San Antonio AIDS Foundation provides a continuum of care to low-income HIV-positive men, women, and transgender individuals. Our services include resource and benefits assistance, case management, mental health counseling, medical care, pharmacy services, housing, and a year-round hot meal program.

We offer onsite and mobile testing for HIV and STDs, as well as HIV prevention education presentations in local public schools, colleges and universities, adult probation facilities, and teen detention programs.

Services are only available to individuals living with HIV/AIDS who are registered clients of the San Antonio AIDS Foundation.

As part of our mission, Methodist Healthcare provides care to patients without the financial means to pay for hospital services. Care will be provided to all patients who present themselves for care at any Methodist Healthcare facility without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin and who are classified as financially or medically indigent.

Click here for the Methodist Healthcare System Financial Assistance Application

We are able to help cover the cost of many prescription medications up to $80 per year. (May be given out multiple times during the year until the $80 limit is reached.)

Must have a prescription from a doctor.

Founded in 1999 by breast cancer patient, Terri Jones, and her surgeon, Dr. Kathryn Stafford. WINGS (Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Antonio, Texas. 

WINGS is currently serving over 1,000 women in various stages of their journey, providing over 1.3M in healthcare services per year.

Additionally, the organization offers educational workshops, support groups, resource referrals, survivor events, and activities.

To find out more about us, please visit here.

Once enrolled and the participant remains eligible, benefits are offered for a lifetime. These services include:

• physician visits
• surgical procedures
• chemotherapy
• radiation
• laboratory tests
• scans
• medications
• rehabilitation
• prosthetics
• wigs
• and more!  

WINGS also provides continuum care for survivors for five years after remission.

Click here for how to apply.

To help by making a donation to WINGS, please click here or to check out how you can help by donating your time, click here.

Every dollar counts in our fight against breast cancer. Your support changes lives!

WINGS is the only non-profit program of its kind to provide no-cost comprehensive breast cancer treatment services to under or uninsured women in Central and South Texas.

As part of our mission, Methodist Healthcare provides care to patients without the financial means to pay for hospital services. Care will be provided to all patients who present themselves for care at any Methodist Healthcare facility without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin and who are classified as financially or medically indigent.

Click here for the Methodist Healthcare System Financial Assistance Application

El Bari Community Health Center-Free Charity Clinic

Bridging the gaps in healthcare!

Chronic Disease Management (CDM)

• Treatment for Diabetes
• High Blood Pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Other Chronic Disorders are by appointment only.

Referrals
Patients with complex medical conditions requiring care beyond the scope and capabilities of the clinic will be given resources and guided to partner healthcare facilities.

Telehealth appointments available

Click here for more information on services

Who Can Be Seen?

• Only Adult patients by appointment

Patients who have no form of Health Insurance,  Carelink, Medicare, or Medicaid & Meet income requirements based on the Federal Poverty Level.

Please call for Information

Free

Thrivewell Cancer Foundation provides eligible adult cancer patients with financial assistance towards their cancer treatment.

We also provide transportation assistance for active cancer treatment throughout San Antonio.

Our goal is to allow cancer patients to live their lives as normally and worry-free as possible.

This program is for cancer patients living in San Antonio and surrounding areas.

Our care coordination team will receive your message and call you back within 24 hours.

We can assist in person, by phone, or by email- whatever you prefer.

Click here for the Care Coordination Request Form.

Need Health Insurance? We can help - for free!

Please call or click below for appointment before going in.

Click here or call us to make an appointment.