Adult Education Center, Fort Worth Independent School District 817-531-4300
Courses for out-of-school youth and adults, including basic adult education, vocational training, evening high school and GED. (F $ SP) (www.fortworthisd.org)

Alliance for Higher Education, Dallas 972-713-8170
Televised and Internet-delivered educational training for working adults.
($ S) (www.allianceedu.org)

CAPE (Childcare and Parent Education), Dallas 214-821-4784
Vocational job training for people interested in childcare. (F $ SP)

Collin County Community College District (www.ccccd.edu) 972-881-5791
Dallas County Community College District (www.dcccd.edu) 214-860-2135
Tarrant County College District, Fort Worth (www.tccd.net) 817-515-5100
Traditional academic courses, technical and career training, noncredit and continuing education courses. Call for campus locations. ($ SP)

Dallas Can! Academy/Texans Can! (www.dallascan.org) 214-824-4226
Fort Worth Can! Academy/Texans Can! 817-431-4226
Charter school of choice for students ages 16-21, offering a high school diploma or GED. (F SP)

Dallas County Community Action Committee, Inc 214-827-6585
Serves low-income people and the homeless through education, job training/placement and housing counseling programs. (S SP) (www.dccac.org)

Educational Opportunity Center, Arlington Metro/817-272-2506
Educational Opportunity Center, Dallas 214-678-0255
Educational Opportunity Center, Fort Worth 817-926-9261
Helps individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds prepare for and be successful in programs of postsecondary education. (F SP)

EXCAP Center, (Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of DFW, Inc.) 214-370-9810
Provides prevention services and programs on child abuse and shaken baby syndrome (F) and divorce. ($) Serves Dallas County and D/FW area. (www.excap.org)

Head Start of Fort Worth and Tarrant County 817-838-8422
Head Start of Greater Dallas (www.hsgd.org) 214-634-8704
Programs available to decrease health disparities by reducing infant mortality, low birth weight births and unplanned pregnancies in target areas of Dallas. (F SP)

I Have a Dream Foundation, Dallas 214-823-3490
I Have a Dream Foundation, Fort Worth 817-738-0212
Program to motivate students who are at risk to graduate from high school and pursue higher education. (F)

J. Erik Jonsson Community School, Dallas 214-915-1890
Serves Pre-K through 6th-grade children in the North Oak Cliff area.
(S SP) (www.jonssonschool.org)

LIFT (Literacy Instruction for Texas), Dallas 214-824-2000
Classes in reading and writing, computers, math, family literacy programs and adult ESL.
(F SP) (www.lift-texas.org)

Literacy Centers
Arlington Literacy Center 817-275-1711
Dallas Reads (www.dallasreads.org) 214-826-3011
Plano Literacy For Life (www.planolibrary.org) 972-941-7175
Tarrant Literacy Association, Inc., Fort Worth 817-923-4242
Call for program information. (F SP)

Mi Escuelita Preschool, Inc., Dallas 214-526-0220
Early childhood program for disadvantaged children of all languages, exposing them to English at an early age. Six locations. (S SP) (www.miescuelita.org)

Neighborhood Technology Center 214-823-4409
Basic computer literacy classes for adults and seniors. Microsoft Office and Graphic Design classes for adults. After-school program for children ages 6-11. Classes for teenagers.
(F SP) (www.cdm-hope.org)

The Parenting Center, Tarrant County 817-332-6348
Couple and family counseling, play therapy for young children and parent education programs on more than 50 topics. Locations in Arlington and Fort Worth. (S SP) (www.theparentingcenter.org)

Paul Quinn College, Dallas 800-252-8014
Small private Christian college serving primarily African-American students 800-237-2648
($ SP) (www.pqc.edu)

Upward Bound, Southern Methodist University Campus 214-768-2364
Educational skills and motivation training for low-income and first-generation young people who want to attend college. (F SP)