Welcome to Tarrant Cares

Welcome to Tarrant Cares, an online information service for individuals, families, caregivers and agencies. This one resource will provide you with countless solutions for issues your family may be facing. You can also create personal health records.

Click a topic below to learn more about the information in each area.

Children and Families

Tarrant Cares for Children and Families provides information and resources about children and families, including:

  • Health
  • Child care
  • Mental and physical illnesses
  • Parenting
  • Mentoring programs
  • Life skills
  • Counseling
  • Case management
  • Substance abuse and addiction recovery
  • Community services
  • Emergency and crisis supports
  • Recreation and leisure
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Children and Families

Domestic, Sexual and Other Violence

Tarrant Cares for Domestic, Sexual and Other Violence provides information and resources for victims of domestic, sexual and other violence, including:

  • Supports for crime/abuse victims, including children, families and significant others
  • Crisis services
  • Counseling, including individual, group, family and trauma specific
  • Housing
  • Legal issues
  • Law enforcement and Criminal Justice systems
  • Child Protective Services
  • Prevention and education
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Domestic, Sexual and Other Violence

Community Corrections

Tarrant Cares for Community Corrections provides information and resources about adult and juvenile corrections, including:

  • Correctional Facilities and Juvenile Detention Center
  • Community-based services
  • Courts
  • Adult and juvenile probation services
  • Victim services
  • Youth programs and services
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Community Corrections

Veterans, Service Members and Their Families

Tarrant Cares for Veterans, Service Members and Their Families provides information and resources for service members, veterans and their families, including:

  • Veterans/military services
  • Support groups
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Medical care
  • Substance abuse and addiction recovery
  • Financial support
  • Housing
  • Insurance and benefits
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Veterans, Service Members and Their Families

Prenatal to Age 5

Tarrant Cares for Prenatal to Age 5 provides information and resources about children from before they are born through age 5, including:

  • Prenatal development
  • Parenting
  • Infant development
  • Child care
  • Pre-school education
  • Health, including hearing and vision
  • Social, emotional and behavioral issues
  • Early childhood illnesses
  • Community Services
  • Disabilities
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Prenatal to Age 5

Ex-Offender Reentry

Tarrant Cares for Ex-Offender Reentry Resources provides information and resources for ex-offenders and their families, families of the incarcerated (jail or prison), case managers, probation officers, parole officers, and chaplains, including:

  • Reentry Services
  • Housing
  • Employment Resources
  • Transportation
  • Spiritual Resources
  • Education
  • Financial Services
  • Social Services
  • Medical Services
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Ex-Offender Reentry Resources

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Tarrant Cares for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities provides information and resources about children and adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, including:

  • Pervasive Developmental Disorders
    • Autism Spectrum Disorders (Autism, Asperger's)
    • Rett's Disorder
    • Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
    • Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (NOS)
  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Developmental disabilities
  • Down Syndrome
  • Learning disabilities
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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Mental/Behavioral Health

Tarrant Cares for Mental/Behavioral Health provides information and resources about mental and behavioral health, including:

  • Mental health care
  • Mental illnesses, including ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
  • Substance abuse and addiction recovery
  • Family support
  • Psychiatric evaluation
  • Medication management
  • Case management
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Veterans resources
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Mental/Behavioral Health

Public Health and Healthy Communities

Tarrant Cares for Public Health and Healthy Communities provides information and resources about public health and healthy communities, including:

  • Communicable diseases
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Chronic disease and Prevention
  • Immunizations
  • Breastfeeding Support
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Public Health and Healthy Communities

Seniors/Adults with Disabilities

Tarrant Cares for Seniors/Adults with Disabilities provides information and resources about adults with disabilities and seniors, including:

  • Caregiver supports
  • Alzheimer's disease/dementia
  • Prevention of falls
  • Prevention of abuse
  • Medicare
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Seniors/Adults with Disabilities