Provides custom trained service dogs encouraging and empowering those with special needs.

Provides website-based resources for parents and caregivers who play an essential role in helping children and teenagers recover from traumatic events. The website has a number of resources including definitions and types of child trauma, treatments and practices, screenings and assessments, information on trauma-informed care, as well as tip sheets and trainings in English and Spanish.

Internet-based resource

The ARCH National Respite Network includes the National Respite Locator, a service to help caregivers and professionals locate respite services in their community, the National Respite Coalition, a service that advocates for preserving and promoting respite in policy and programs at the national, state, and local levels, and the Lifespan Respite Technical Assistance Center.

The ARCH National Respite Network includes summer camps for both children and adults with special needs.

A cooperative agreement with the US Administration for Community Living/ Administration on Aging

Application required - wait time to receive a service dog can take up to 2 years. 

Provides guide dogs and instruction in their use, free of charge. 

Services Include:

• Guide Dogs for Visually Impaired
• Service Dogs for Veterans
• Service Dogs for Children with Autism
• Service Dogs for Facilities

People with a variety of disabilities or hearing loss.

Trains a wide range of assistance dogs,
Deaf & Hearing Loss
Combat Veterans
Physical Disability
Classroom, Therapy & Ministry
Children with a Disability
Children on the Autism Spectrum

 An on-line inquiry form must be completed.

Helps disabled children and adults achieve greater safety and independence through partnership with a highly trained service dog. No charge to the recipient for a service dog, other than a small application fee.

Education and Training: Offers professional development to become a Patient-Centered Medical Home Certified Content Expert. See website for comprehensive knowledge of the requirements, the application process and the documentation of the NCQA PCMH Recognition Program.

Directory of Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH): Search by location or specialty. Also offers accreditation and training for health care plans and clinics.

Provides information, resources and support to those impacted by a child with the anxiety disorder known as Selective Mutism (SM). Provides a network of professionals, families and affected individuals across the world who understand the struggle of living in silence.

SMA Support Groups by State: list of SMA support groups.

Find a Treating Professional: Directory of professionals that have joined the SMA community.

Works to support prevention, treatment, and cure of anxiety, OCD, PTSD, depression, and related disorders and to improving the lives of all people who suffer from them.

Provides information on caregiver services, policy and research. Search for state-based resources using the Services by State tool.

Operates a toll-free referral line and national website where parents and child care providers can receive information about finding, choosing, and paying for child care, and referrals to local child care resource and referral agencies to receive individualized assistance.

Provides essential information on costs for thousands of procedures and learn insurance basics. A national independent, nonprofit corporation whose mission is to bring transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information through comprehensive data products and consumer resources. Search for medical and dental costs.

Internet-based service

Provides a free medically supervised camp for children with heart disease and their families. 

Services Include:

• Youth Camp Ages 7-12
• Teen Camp Ages 13-17
• Mentor/Leadership Camp Ages 16-21 prior/current teen campers
• Family Camp Children of all ages
• Young Adult Program (Y.A.P.) Ages 18-32
• TimeOut4 Heart Mom’s A weekend camp for mothers of children with heart disease

Free of charge summer camp for children with heart disease, ages 7-17, 18-24.

Provides a medically supervised, residential summer camp for children ages 7-17 who are living with heart disease. Located on Catalina Island, 22 miles off the California coastline. PACE program for ages 18-24 with congenital heart disease.

Mothers of children with special needs

24/7 peer-support helpline for mothers of children with special needs. Offers peer support, clinical assessment, database of trained service providers, support groups.

Completed applications must be returned to the Trust by the end of each quarter: March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st. 

Provides financial assistance to people who suffer deafness or hearing impairment.  Assistance includes obtaining mechanical devices, medical or specialized treatment or specialized education as well as speech classes, note takers, interpreters, etc. and in other areas of need that are directly related to hearing impairment.

Adults and children with limited financial resources. Asks all applicants to exhaust other financial resources including but not limited to, available credit, family support, money market accounts, mutual funds, 401(k) plans, trust funds, annuities, and savings/checking and State sponsored programs.

Provides new high quality hearing aids. Each person receives: two hearing aids, custom ear molds and one year limited service. After an application fee (see Tier I and II on website) the only expenses are the cost of the hearing evaluation and batteries. These costs are not paid to HAH.

Works with children and adults who experience hearing loss in the greater Dallas, Texas area and across the U.S. 

Provides advanced hearing technology and services to individuals with hearing loss. 

Services Include:

• Surgeries
• Audiological services and therapies
• Hearing aids and accessories
• Cochlear implants

Advocates for children who have genetic, rare or undiagnosed disorders with a photography and blog project. AOA brings awareness to and shares stories and images of children with genetic disorders and those needing a diagnosis.

Provides autism treatments, assessments and needed life supports

Grants fund effective treatments, assessments and needed life supports. Quarterly deadlines, typically $100 - $5000 awards. See website for guidelines. In addition, ACT Today! SOS for immediate and imperative needs, and ACT Today! for Military Families