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 ProgramTexas 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.