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.
Employee Wellness
Our Employee Wellness department offers wellness resources to GISD employees and communicates health information through a collection of resources and services.
Family Tree Program
The Family Tree Program provides family counseling at no cost to families in Denton and Dallas Counties.
Find Help Social Care Network
Find Help connects people seeking help and verified social care providers that serve them. Search for free or reduced-cost services like medical care, food, job training, and more by zip code. Please see the Social Care Network website to enter your zip code and connect to services in your area.
FinPath Financial Wellness Program
FinPath is a free, confidential financial wellness program available to all Garland employees that are benefit eligible.
Foundation for Social Connection
This organization envisions a world where everyone has meaningful social connection. They provide Americans with opportunities and evidence-based supports necessary to be socially engaged in society.
Friendship House
Friendship House provides food, clothing, school supplies and more to area residents.
Garland Behavioral Hospital
Garland Behavioral Hospital is a 72-bed facility that provides mental health treatment for adults, ages 18 and older. They provide inpatient and outpatient treatment for Garland, Texas and the surrounding region.
Garland Housing Agency
Garland Housing Agency works to assist low and moderate-income families in finding housing and becoming self-sufficient.
Garland ISD Student Services Clinic
Provides a variety of health and related services to students and their families. The clinic at Student Services offers a full-time registered nurse and clinic assistant as part of its staff.
Garland Public Health Clinic
The Garland Public Health Clinic serves residents of Garland, Rowlett and Sachse offering vaccinations, health education, TB screening and more.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA)
GALA works to provide support for LGBTQ North Texans.
Genesis Women's Shelter
Find help escaping domestic violence.
Girl's & Boy's Town National Hotline
Call for crisis help, resource referral services, runaway and homeless help as well as counseling.
GISD Guidance and Counseling
GISD website for parents and students to quickly access common educational and mental health resources.
GoNoodle
GoNoodle offers programming focused on getting people moving and mindful.
Good Samaritans of Garland
Find food assistance with the Good Samaritans of Garland.
Grief Sensitive Schools Initiative
The Grief Sensitive Schools Initiative is a partnership with New York Life and other companies to promote grief sensitivity at school campuses.
GriefWorks
GriefWorks is a free grief support program for children ages 5-18 and their adult family members.
Group Counseling
School Counselors and Responsive Services counselors conduct group counseling sessions with students to help with a variety of issues.
Hazel Health Virtual Physical and Mental Health Services
Families have virtual access to free non-emergency physical and mental health care.