Spectrum Early Learning Cottage

The Community Council of South Central Texas (CCSCT) is dedicated to providing essential services to low-income individuals and families, helping them achieve stability and improve their quality of life. Their programs include utility assistance, rental assistance, Head Start education, veterans' financial support, WIC nutrition services, weatherization, and digital equity initiatives. Celebrating over 60 years of service, CCSCT emphasizes dignity and respect for all clients while working to alleviate poverty and enhance community well-being. Through various programs, they aim to empower individuals and families to transition out of poverty and achieve self-sufficiency. Generated from the website

Established in 1981, Connections is a private, nonprofit organization that offers a range of support services for homeless, abused and at-risk youths, families and the communities in which they live. It provides various counseling, residential, community education and referral services for the residents of Atascosa, Bastrop, Bee, Caldwell, Comal, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Lee, Live Oak and McMullen counties in Texas. The organization administers emergency shelter, transitional living and outpatient programs. Connections' transitional living program features employment, educational and independent living skills assistance for youths. It conducts the STAR Program, which includes prevention services in the areas of truancy, delinquency and family conflicts. The organization also offers assessment and individual and group counseling services through its emergency shelter program. Connections is funded by the United Way, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and Department of Health and Human Services. It is located in New Braunfels, Texas.