Wellness and Support Resources
Find wellness and support resources available to our families, students and staff. #GISDCares #YouMatter
Use our guide to find community and district resources supporting all areas of your well-being:
- Emotional/Mental Health: Managing emotions and mental health
- Environmental: Social, natural and built environments
- Financial: Money management
- Intellectual: Education and learning
- Physical/Medical: Caring for your body
- Social: Connecting you to your community
- Spiritual: Finding purpose, value and meaning in life
- Vocational/Occupational: Work and career
Resources can be filtered by location, audience, support area and category.
Children's Health Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology
Children’s Health℠ is home to one of the nation’s most comprehensive pediatric psychiatry and psychology program.
Christ's Family Clinic
Christ’s Family Clinic provides health care to the uninsured in an atmosphere of dignity and respect, regardless of race or religion.
Christian Works for Children
ChristianWorks for Children provides counseling and other support to families founded on Christian beliefs.
City House
City House works to protect, empower and transform the lives of at-risk children, youth and young adults suffering from abuse, neglect or homelessness.
Classroom Instruction (formerly known as Classroom Guidance)
Counselors can meet with students during class to provide classroom instruction on behavioral health.
Community Care Counseling of Texas
CCC of Texas provides comprehensive Mental Health Rehabilitation Services that promote the health and quality of life of our community members.
Community Helpline
Community Helpline is a confidential crisis and referral hotline for those who need a confidential, safe and empathetic space to talk.
Connecting families with needed resources
Our campuses work with you to help meet your needs.
Connections Wellness Group
Connections Wellness group provides a variety of mental health services with a cost-effective and accessible aim.
Counseling Institute of Texas
CIT is a non-profit counseling agency focused on helping children, adolescents, and adults cope with a variety of issues.
Counseling Works
CounselingWorks is a Christian counseling center whose staff of licensed therapists focuses the emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual needs of their clients.
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7, high-quality text-based mental health support and crisis intervention to support people in their moments of need.
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center
Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center works to help survivors heal, provide awareness and help educate the community.
Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is a center of excellence in providing psychiatric stabilization and dual diagnosis treatments for adolescent and adult patients in the Dallas metroplex.
Dallas Housing Authority
Dallas Housing Authority works to provide affordable, quality housing and access to support resources across North Texas.
Dallas Life Foundation
Dallas Life is a place where homeless men, women and children can receive help and hope during their time of need.
Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
Legal assistance provided to those who are eligible via their application to get assistance.
Early Childhood Texas
Early Childhood Texas helps families with young children find access to state agency programs, services and resources. They partner with several state agencies and offer tips on:
- Child health and development
- Childcare
- Education
- Parenting
- Eligibility programs
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
GISD offers all benefits-eligible employees and their household access to the EAP.
Employee Benefits
Our TRS ActiveCare medical plans offer a variety of wellness and support services for GISD employees.