About: Austin Children's Museum strives to make Museum experiences available to all in our community through its outreach activities. By providing Museum experiences to underserved audiences, ACM broadens its ability to equip and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers.
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT To Go --The Museum takes this successful robotics after-school program to four area Title One Elementary schools in AISD during the academic year. Museum educators teach young students how to build and program their own robots while integrating learning about science, technology, engineering and math.
Family Learning Nights
In collaboration with local schools and community organizations, ACM introduces families from underserved communities to the Museum through Family Learning Nights. Through this initiative, ACM provides free bus transportation and Museum admission to low income families. Together, families discover new ideas in Museum exhibits and explore hands-on activities in topics like literacy, math and science. To add your local school or community group to the invitation list, call 512-472-2499 x213.
Open Door Access
The Open Door Access program helps to ensure accessibility to the Museum for all audiences. ACM admits families to the Museum free of charge upon request, every Sunday from 4-5pm and is open for free will donations during Community Night Wednesdays from 5-8pm. Scholarships are also provided to Museum programs for visitors with limited resources. Over 40,000 children and families are served through the Open Door Access program each year.

About: The Austin Men's Center is a national leader in counseling and men's concerns. The Center was founded by John Lee, and has been providing quality services to men and women since 1988. All services are provided by fully licensed and experienced professionals.
Our current focus in Austin is on working with men's well-being and their significant relationships in the context of their families, work, and daily lives. For a wider array of men's work, see related links. You should be able to find what you're looking for.
ADDICTIONS COUNSELING
MEN'S RELATIONSHIP GROUP
SMOKING CESSATION COUNSELING
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY
ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES FOR MEN
ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES FOR WOMEN

About: AVANCE-Austin strives to strengthen the family unit; to enhance parenting skills, to nurture the optimal development of children; to promote educational support; and to foster a safe and healthy home environment.
AVANCE-Austin prepares primarily Hispanic, low-income children to enter preschool and elementary school, providing them with skills necessary for success in school. AVANCE children interact in a classroom environment rich in oral language opportunities, reading activities, and social relationships with adults and peers as well as age-appropriate cognitive stimulation.

About: Provides seminars and materials on fathering.

About: Providers specialize in working with families dealing with transitions such as separation, divorce, or other family matters involving two homes.

About: Provides divorce and relationship counseling, psychotherapy, psychoeducational seminars and divorce support groups for individuals, couples and families who are struggling with the endings of important love relationships as well as building new ones. Services are also offered to single persons wanting to learn to live more effectively and joyfully.

Seminars:
The various seminar offerings address the needs of individuals who are sharing a common "life phase", be that the ending of a love relationship, the period of being single again in which much individual healing must take place, or when entering into new relationships. The seminars are highly interactive, emphasizing experiential learning as well as intellectual understanding. Large and small group settings are employed to facilitate the personal sharing. They begin the process of community building that continues well beyond the weeks spent in the classes. The seminars are led by experienced teachers and assisted by former graduates.

Three seminars are offered through the Center, When Your Relationship Ends, Successfully Single, and Building a Healthy Relationship. Each is a 30-hour program, meeting one night a week for ten weeks. The initial meeting for each is at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 8134 Mesa Drive in Austin. Subsequent meetings are held in participants' homes. Classes begin at 7:00 pm and end at 10:00 pm. Classes are offered four times a year, in January, March, June and September. The first nights of these programs provide an overview of the seminars and are open to all interested parties without obligation. The fee for the seminars is $250 and payment plans are available. Insurance companies do not pay for these services.

About: To foster parental involvement and to improve and enrich the lives and future of the children of Travis County through collaboration and cooperation with Judges, parents, employers and other agencies. To minimize the amount and effects of litigation and parental conflict on children under the jurisdiction of the Travis County District Courts.

We can help you:
Collect Child Support Payments
Enforcement Delinquent Child Support
Enforcement Visitation Orders
Family Court Services
Release from Jail

The Cooperative Parenting Program (CPP) A 9-hour series of six focus groups, which focus on the needs of children and parents in the aftermath of separation or divorce.

About: Common Ground provides specialized services for parents and their children in the difficult aftermath of separation, divorce, and remarriage. Our trained professional staff can offer treatment , education, support, and referrals to those families undergoing the challenges of co-parenting with an ex-partner.
Common Ground serves the needs of children of separated and divorced parents by providing a safe a secure facility for children during therapeutic supervised visitations.

About: Resources for parents in handling the challenge of a child who is labeled a "problem"
Consultation with parents, teachers and other caregivers
Education
Training
Workshops
To inquire about the above services, please call John Breeding.

Wildest Colts Workshops
Workshops for parents covering:
Recognition - An exposition and discussion of what is really going on with this mass ADHD phenomenon.
Remembrance - Things to remember about your child and yourself as a parent during this time.
What Else To Do - Other ideas and strategies that might be helpful.
These workshops also provide an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas and concerns with other parents.

About: Its simple message both reflects hope for the future and acknowledges the pain of trying to parent an out-of-control youngster.

Although TOUGHLOVE ® is firmly rooted in psychological principles, it does not conduct therapy sessions. Rather, groups are parent-run and offer support to members as they determine and apply individual boundaries and limits to their children.

About: Promote responsible fatherhood by educating the public about the benefits of father involvement, sponsoring father-friendly events and activities, and providing training and resources to individuals and organizations that serve fathers.

About: The group offers educational meetings on a variety of parenting topics, parent and family activities, community volunteer opportunities, as well as access to the international message forums (for parents & kids!), conventions, and scholarship opportunities.
As the largest single parenting organization in the world, Parents Without Partners provides members with community, education, support, and fun! This season, do something for yourself. Join Parents Without Partners.

About: A parent education and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age 5.

About: The organization serves families, parents, and children through several programs. The programs are father-friendly but not for fathers only, all are welcome to contact us for help.

Chief among the organizations is the over 35 year old LoneStar Fatherhood Initiative (LFI). LFI is a full service Family Law Legal Assistance Program Click "Services" above for details. LFI membership benefits include attorney assistance, preparation of legal documents by paralegals, and strategic planning, for its members.

For: Low Cost Legal Advice, Low Cost DNA Testing, Custody Issues, Divorce, Child Protective Services Cases, Attorney General Cases including Child Support Court, Child Support Modifications ( raising or lowering child support ), Lawyer Referrals and more