Where Houston families can still find help after Uplift Harris funding shift

HOUSTON – While Harris County leaders continue to debate how best to support struggling families, one thing hasn’t changed: thousands of residents are still searching for help.

LATEST: Uplift Harris funds diverted to other programs after Harris County Commissioners Court vote

Now that funds from the Uplift Harris program have been redirected to other initiatives, many of the 80,000-plus applicants left without assistance are turning to local nonprofits for food, housing support, and financial relief. If you’re one of them, here’s a list of Houston-area organizations ready to step in.

Children and Families

• An-Nisa Hope Center
• Camp H-Town
• DePelchin Children’s Center
• Family to Family Network
• Families Empowered
• Northwest Assistance Ministries (NAM)
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston
• The Forge for Families

Community Assistance

• BakerRipley
• Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
• Dollie Rose Foundation
• Volunteers of America Texas- Houston
• Coalition for the Homeless Houston
• Avenue CDC

Food Assistance

• Houston Food Bank
• Target Hunger
• United Way of Greater Houston - (includes partners)
• Brighter Bites

Women’s Assistance

• Big Sister Little Sister Mentoring Program
• Daya Inc.
• Houston Area Women’s Center, Inc.
• Restorer of City Streets
• The Women’s Home
• United Against Human Trafficking
• The Rose

Men’s Assistance

• 100 Men Houston
• Career Gear of Greater Houston
• Distinguished Men of Valor
• Harbor Ministries

Disabilities

• Arc of Greater Houston
• Easterseals of Greater Houston
• Friends of Down Syndrome
• The Summerhouse
• The Center for Pursuit
• Hope for Three

Homelessness

• A Shelter for Cancer Families
• Helping Hands Charity
• Project Row Houses
• Star of Hope Mission
• Turning Point Center
• Coalition for the Homeless
• Lord of the Streets

LGBTQIA+

• Aids Foundation - Houston
• DignityHouston
• The Diana Foundation
• Iftikhar Community USA
• Montrose Center
• Pride Houston Inc.
• PFLAG Houston

Mental Health

• Code Green Campaign: For First Responders
• Mental Health American of Greater Houston
• National Alliance on Mental Illness - Houston
• The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD

Military

• Changing Hearts and Mind Program (C.H.A.M.P)
• Combined Arms
• Helping a Hero
• Help our Military Endure (H.O.M.E)
• Operation Homefront
• Combined Arms

Pets & Animals

• Friends for Life
• Houston Pets Alive!
• Rescued Pets Movement
• Wildlife Center of Texas
• Houston Humane Society
• BARC Animal Shelter and Adoptions

Religion

• Shifa Foundation
• Interfaith Ministries
• Jewish Family Service Houston
• Olive Branch Muslim Family Services
• Catholic Charities - Houston
• Houston Responds
• Christian Community Service Center (CCSC)

Continue to check back on this story as this list will continue to be updated with more nonprofit organizations.

Previous coverage:

• How low-income families can apply for $500 monthly assistance through Uplift Harris program
• ‘Uplift Harris’: Applications for program that provides $500 monthly to low-income households now open
• TX Supreme Court blocks $500 monthly payments after Ken Paxton files appeal against Uplift Harris
• Texas Senate approves bill to block Houston’s ‘Uplift Harris’, other universal basic income programs
• Court approves revised Harris County program to support low-income families
• ‘It’s unfortunate’: Undocumented residents ineligible to apply for $500 monthly check from Uplift Harris program