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Page last reviewed: December 28, 2022
Acres Homes Multi-Service Center
Location
Acres Homes Multi-Service Center
6719 W. Montgomery Rd.
Houston, Texas 77091-3105
Hours
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Rental Space
Phone: 832-393-4145
Rental space available for public meetings, receptions, workshops, banquets, and seminars.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday and Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Phone: 832-393-4145
Alcoholics Anonymous provides support-group meetings for recovering substance abusers.
Avance Community Development
Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Phone: 832-393-4145
Offers free professional and personal development classes for the community.
Baker Ripley Senior Health and Wellness Center
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Contact: Jo Annette Shields
Phone: 832-393-4127
Phone: 832-851-9461
Email: jshields@bakerripley.org
- Free hot, nutritious lunch
- Health and wellness classes
- Exercise classes and Tai Chi
- Games
- Arts and crafts
- Parties and special events
- Senior resources
Beat the Heat with Reliant
June – October
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Serves as a cooling center for individuals needing to escape high temperatures.
Career Recovery Resources, Inc.
Monday – Thursday, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Monday (Intake), 10 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Phone: 713-754-7000
Phone: 713-697-8968
Suite 166
We provide an array of support activities such as workforce development, general education, counseling, case management, job readiness services, and disaster relief assistance. We aim to educate clients on the various soft skills needed in acquiring and maintaining a job and assist with acquiring employment. To that end, we partner with vocational schools, trade schools, colleges, and community colleges to help educate our clients while providing them an opportunity to gain a skill or trade.
Change Happens! Navigator Program
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Phone: 832-393-4135
Phone: 832-919-2666
Change Happens! Navigator Program ensures Texans in the gulf coast region can access high-quality, affordable health coverage in the federal marketplace. The program provides navigator services in Harris and Fort Bend counties.
Community Meetings
North Division Community PIP Meeting
Fourth Thursday, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Acres Homes Super Neighborhood Council No. 6
Third Thursday, 6 – 8 p.m.
- Acres Homes West Area Civic Club
- First Monday, 6:45 – 7:45 p.m.
- Willow Run/North Plaza Civic Club
- First Monday, 7 – 9 p.m.
- Carver Estates Civic Club
- First Monday, 7 – 9 p.m.
- Acres Homes Advisory Board Committee
- Fourth Monday, 7 – 9 p.m.
- Pinemont Plaza Civic Club
- Fourth Monday, 7 – 9 p.m.
- Highland Heights Civic Club
- Third Tuesday, 7 – 9 p.m.
- Ella Park Terrace Civic Club
- Second Tuesday, 7 – 9 p.m.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee
By appointment only.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee acts as liaison between federal agencies and constituents of the 18th Congressional District. Assists in the resolution of constituent issues such as Veteran Affairs, immigration and naturalization matters.
Diabetes Awareness and Wellness Network
Phone: 832-393-6700 or Enrollment form
The DAWN Center provides free diabetes self-management education and many other health related services to Houstonians in order to reduce and prevent chronic disease.
Get Moving Houston Farmers Markets
Monthly from April – October, Thursday, 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Get Moving Houston Farmers Markets provide an opportunity to purchase organic grown fruits and vegetables.
Get Moving Urban Gardens
The Get Moving Houston Urban Gardens provide hands-on experience in vegetable gardening and urban agriculture to community members and encourage the consumption of local fruits and vegetables.
The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD
During school year, Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Phone: 346-267-3118
The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD provides mental health services by appointment.
Harris County Juvenile Probation
Monday and Wednesday, 3 – 6 p.m.
Phone: 832-393-4145
The Harris County Juvenile Probation Department provides juvenile supervision services for youth and families.
Head Start
Monday – Friday, 7:15 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Phone: 713-694-1619
Avance Suite
Avance Head Start provides early education to children of low-income families who are three to five years old by Sept. 1 of the program year. Offers integrated and interdisciplinary services that focus on the whole child as well as the family: health services, nutrition services, metal wellness services, family services, and special services for children with disabilities.
Houston Area Urban League
Monday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Houston Area Urban League is the nation’s oldest and largest community based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream.
Houston Financial Empowerment Center
Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ana Gonzalez – Program Manager
Email: agonzalez@theAllianceTX.org
Phone: 713-776-4700 ext. 501
The Financial Empowerment Center provides one-to-one, professional financial counseling to Houstonians at no cost to residents. It is staffed by professionally-trained financial counselors who will help individuals and families to better manage their finances, pay down debt, increase savings, establish and build credit, and access safe and affordable mainstream banking products.
Whatever I have to offer, I want to offer it to this community.
— Catherine Dorsey, Community Relations Specialist at Acres Homes Multi-Service Center
Learn more about the City of Houston, Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, and Regions Bank Financial Empowerment Center initiative.
Houston Food Bank
Second Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Phone: 832-393-4145
The Houston Food Bank provides food assistance to seniors of age 60+, and families with children under five years of age on a monthly basis. An educational component is incorporated as one of the requirements to participate.
Houston Police Department — Acres Homes Storefront
Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Phone: 713-699-9591
Human Services
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m..
Phone: 832-393-3806
Suite: 160
Functions as an one-stop shop to serve anyone needing assistance with completing applications for health service programs. Eligibility for Houston Health Department Health Centers can be determined on-site. Provides application completion for Harris County Financial Assistance Program, Texas Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Healthy Texas Women program, and Title V Dental.
Kidz Grub
During school year, Monday – Friday, 3 – 5 p.m.
Kidz Grub's objective is to provide a nutritious dinner, educational assistance and a stable after school environment to the At Risk children of Houston.
L.I.F.E. Houston
Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Phone: 713-528-6044
Suite: 207
L.I.F.E. Houston provides short-term infant formula and baby food on emergency basis for babies up to 12 months old.
Lift Zone (Hotspot Internet Access)
Comcast Lift Zones provide free hotspot internet access to help students get online, participate in distance learning, and do their homework.
Mayor's Assistance Office
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 832-393-4117
Suite: 205
The mission of the Mayor’s Assistance Office is to improve the quality of life for all Houstonians by promoting efficient and effective city services, encouraging community involvement and participation, handling individual citizens’ concerns, and supporting neighborhood revitalization efforts throughout the City of Houston.
Memorial Assistance Ministries
Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Phone: 713-574-7533
Suite: 166
Memorial Assistance Ministries provides help to families and individuals who find themselves in temporary crisis and in need of assistance to maintain self-sufficiency and avoid homelessness. It routinely provides the following types of assistance: rental, utility (gas and water) and transportation. It also provides workforce development classes.
Nurse Family Partnership
Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Phone: 832-393-4112
The nurse-family partnership provides home visitation services and case management to first-time mothers.
Office of New Americans and Neighborhood Restoration (Harvey-related assistance)
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
On-Time Grad (HISD programming)
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Public Computer Access
Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Phone: 832-393-4145
Computers available for public use.
Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)
Visit our WIC page to learn how to apply for WIC benefits, and find all locations and hours of operation.
Phone: 832-393-4150
WIC provides nutritional education and supplemental food to promote good health for infants, children up to age five, breast feeding, and postpartum women.