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Community Resources / Recursos Communitarios

Well-Being Pages

Definitions

  • F Services Free of Charge
  • S Services Provided on Sliding Scale/Reduced Fee Basis
  • $ Cost for Services
  • SP Spanish-Speaking Staff or Volunteers (Se habla Español)
  • TTY Teletypewriter for the Hearing-Impaired

Adult Health Services, Dallas 214-670-0522
Preventive health services/screening, awareness of community resources and
advocacy for Dallas residents age 18+. (F)

Arthritis Foundation
North Texas Chapter 800-442-6653
Northwest Texas Chapter 800-283-7733
Free literature, exercise classes, support groups, speakers bureau and physician referrals.
(F SP) (www.arthritis.org)

Carter BloodCare, Dallas and Fort Worth 800-366-2834
Not-for-profit community blood center serving hospitals in the D/FW Metroplex and 22 counties. Fourteen neighborhood blood donor centers. Four auxiliary locations.
(F SP) (www.carterbloodcare.org)

Child Health Services, Dallas 214-670-8267
John West Health Center 214-243-1530
North Dallas Health Center 214-670-6555
Oak Cliff Health Center 214-670-7482
West Dallas Health Center 214-670-7152
Health maintenance services, screening, growth and development assessment, immunizations, treatment of minor ailments and referrals for children ages 0-10. Medicaid accepted. (S SP)

Children’s Medical Center of Dallas 214-456-7000
Admitting 214-456-2190
Development (Philanthropic Gifts) 214-456-8360
Human Resources/Job Line 214-456-2895
Marketing & Public Relations 214-456-5310
Volunteer Office 214-456-6388
Provides healthcare services exclusively for a variety of diseases and disorders among children ages 0-18. A major pediatric kidney, liver, heart and bone marrow transplant center.
(S $ SP) (www.childrens.com)

City of Irving Public Health and Environmental Services 972-721-2346
Provides information about public health issues and immunizations. Offers environmental classes and recycling programs. (F SP) (www.ci.irving.tx.us)

Dallas County Dental Society 972-386-5741
Provides referrals for dental services by specialty and for general dentistry. Receives complaints about dentists. (F) (www.dcds.org)

Dallas Healthy Start 214-654-4512
Provides pregnancy and child-related services and referrals to help achieve healthy birth outcomes by improving the health and well-being of women, adolescents and children.
(F SP) (www.healthystart.net)

International Travel Clinic, Fort Worth and Southlake 817-871-7360
Provides immunizations, yellow cards and health counseling for international travel. ($)

JPS Health Network 817-921-3431
JPS Health Center, Arlington 817-920-6300
JPS Health Center, Northeast Bedford 817-920-6400
JPS Health Center South Campus, Fort Worth 817-920-7340
InfoNurse 24-hour Medical Hotline 817-927-1222
Primary care services for individuals and families. (S SP) Call for neighborhood locations. Provides medical necessities to residents age 18+. (F) (www.jpshealthnet.org)

Kaufman County Indigent Health Care 972-563-5531
Provides medical necessities to residents age 18+ (F)

Kaufman Outreach Health Services 972-932-1961
Services for women, infants and children. Food supplements for pregnant women and children ages 0-5. (F SP)

Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic, Dallas 214-651-8739
Healthcare services for Dallas County residents, primarily in West Dallas. (S SP) (www.tachc.org)

Low Birth Weight Program, Dallas 214-670-8266
Clinic services and home visits for high-risk infants and infants weighing 3 lbs., 8 ozs. or less at birth, from hospital discharge up to 3 years of age. (F SP)

North Texas Community Clinic, Denton 940-382-2842
Provides prenatal and family planning care for the low-income population. (S SP)

Parkland Health & Hospital System - Community Oriented Primary Care Centers, Dallas
Adolescent Clinic 214-266-0520
Bluitt-Flowers Health Center, South Oak Cliff 214-266-4200
deHaro Saldivar Health Center, West Oak Cliff 214-266-0500
East Dallas Health Center 214-266-1000
Garland Health Center 214-266-0700
Oak West Health Center, South Oak Cliff 214-266-1450
Pediatric Primary Health Center 214-266-1080
Southeast Dallas Health Center 214-266-1600
Vickery Health Center, North Dallas 214-266-0350
Primary care services. Call clinic for specific neighborhoods served. (S SP) (www.pmh.org))

Public Health Departments
Dallas County Health and Human Services Department 214-819-2000
Environmental Health Services, City of Dallas 214-670-0505
Public Health Department, Collin County 972-424-1460
Public Health Department, Denton County 940-349-2900
Public Health Department, Fort Worth and Tarrant County 817-871-7200
(www.fortworthgov.org/health)
Public Health Department, Kaufman County (www.tdh.state.tx.us) 972-932-6515
Child, adolescent and adult health and immunization services at various locations. (F S $ SP)

Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas 214-522-0255
North Texas’ organ donation agency. Does not include Fort Worth. (F SP) (www.organ.org)

WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children), Dallas 214-670-7200
Food supplements, nutrition education, breast-feeding support for eligible women and children under age 5. (F SP) (www.tdh.state.tx.us)