region 09

Permian Basin / Concho Valley

Region 09 includes those counties known for oil fields, ranches and a Dark Sky Reserve across Midland, Odessa and all the surrounding areas. Our services are designed to keep adoptive families intact and provide access to programs that focus on building a strong family foundation.

Region 09 Case Manager

Lindsey Clark

Email: lclark@centerstx.org

Local and Regional Resources

TEA Region 15 Website

TEA Region 17 Website

TEA Region 18 Website

TEA Special Education Information Center – Provides information and resources that can help you understand your child’s disability, your rights, and responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and facilitate collaboration that supports the development and delivery of services to children with disabilities in our state.

Parent-Directed Special Education Services (PDSES) – The Parent-Directed Special Education Services (PDSES) program, previously, the Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES) program is a one-time $1,500 online grant for parents/guardians of eligible students served by special education and who are enrolled in a Texas public school.

Disability Rights of Texas – Is the protection and advocacy agency for Texans with disabilities. People with disabilities have a right to be included in all aspects of their communities. Our mission is to help people with disabilities understand and exercise their rights under the law, ensuring their full and equal participation in society.

PermiaCare – Serves Ector, Midland and Pecos counties.

Center For Life Resources – Serves McCulloch county.

Concho Valley – Serves Coke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, and Tom Green counties.

West Texas Centers – Serves Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, and Winkler counties.

Hill Country – Serves Kimble, Mason, Menard, Schleicher and Sutton counties.

YES Waiver – The YES Waiver provides intensive services delivered within a strengths-based team planning process called Wraparound. YES services are family-centered, coordinated and effective at preventing out-of-home placement and promoting lifelong independence and self-defined success.

2-1-1 – Is a nationwide non-emergency phone number and online resource that connects people to vital community services. By dialing 2-1-1, you can get connected to programs for housing assistance, food support, health services, job training, and other essential community resources.

Outreach, Screening, Assessment, & Referral (OSAR) – Programs are available to all persons looking for information about substance use services. OSAR programs can be the starting point for people who want help accessing substance use services and are unsure where to begin.

LGBTQ+ Advocacy – A website organized by SMU that contains links to organizations that help with Health and Wellness, Anti-discrimination, and Legal and Civil Rights.

Texas Children’s Defense Fund – Established in 1999, CDF-Texas has connected more than one million children and youth to affordable health care, supported Texas youth in pursuing education and personal growth, and advocated for resources that nurture the next generation of leaders. TCDF can assist with appeals to SSA for benefits as well as assist with appeals for other state services, medical, educational, or otherwise

Every Child Texas – Supports family life for children with disabilities who would otherwise grow up in facilities. They want all children to grow up in a safe, loving, and nurturing family with whatever support is needed for families and children to thrive.

Personal Care Services (PCS)– Personal Care Services is a Medicaid benefit that helps clients with everyday tasks. These tasks are called activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. This service is applied for through your local DSHS Office.

Social Security Administration – Individuals can apply for retirement, disability, and Medicare benefits online, check the status of an application or appeal, request a replacement Social Security card (in most areas), print a benefit verification letter, and more.

Heart Gallery of Texas – Works with 42 community partners and post-adoption service providers across Texas to provide additional supports to help adoptive families thrive and to reduce the number of adopted children returning to DFPS Conservatorship.

Creating a Family – Strengthening foster, adoptive, & kinship families with expert-based, trauma-informed resources and trainings.

C.A.S.E. – Helping to improve the well-being and permanence of children and their families by providing adoption competent mental health services, advancing learning to build a responsive national network of professionals, and transforming policy and practice through research and advocacy.

Families Rising – Amplifying those with lived experience, assist adoptive, foster, and kinship parents, educate child welfare professionals, and champion the well-being of children and families.

Institute of Child Psychology (ICP) – Mission is to empower caregivers (i.e., parents, teachers, therapists, social workers, psychologists) by giving them pertinent skills, tools, training & a shame-free community.

Robyn Gobbel – Author, podcasters, clinical therapist for 20 years.

TX Alliance of Children & Family Services – Is a network of mission-driven organizations that have embraced the call to serve these children and families, and are working together to improve our care, services, and outcomes statewide.

Parenting Today’s Teen (Mark Gregston) – Equips parents of teenagers with biblically-based resources, training and education that will create and encourage deeper and longer-lasting parent-teen relationships.

Harkla – Harkla also offers sensory trainings and courses for parents.

Generation Mindful – Contains parenting courses available on the website as well.

National Autism Resources – Gives access to resources focused on parenting a child with Autism.

Therapy Shoppe