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 American Speech, Language & Hearing Association

Ensures all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services to help them communicate effectively.

Area(s) Served: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, McMullen, Medina, Wilson

Phone: (800) 638-8255

Address: None

Web: Go to site

Related Taxonomies:

  • Speech and Hearing
  • Information Sources
  • Medical Information Services
  • Hearing Loss

 Consumer Product Safety Commission

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children.

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm EST

Area(s) Served: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, McMullen, Medina, Wilson

Fees: None

Application Process: Call for more information

Phone: (800) 638-2772

Address: None

Web: Go to site

Related Taxonomies:

  • Consumer Education
  • Government Consumer Protection Agencies
  • Information Sources

 Covenant House- Homeless Teenagers - Toll-Free Hotline

Provides shelter and other services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth. In addition to food, shelter, clothing and immediate crisis care, provides a variety of services including medical care, educational and vocational programs, drug abuse treatment and prevention programs, legal aid services, recreation programs, mother/child programs, transitional living programs, life skills training and street outreach. Covenant House International has facilities in 21 cities throughout the United States, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.

Hours: 24/7

Area(s) Served: Bexar

Phone: (800) RUNAWAY

Address: None

Web: Go to site

Related Taxonomies:

  • Runaway/Youth Shelters
  • Runaway/Homeless Youth Helplines
  • Information Sources