Texas Health and Human Services Commission
CSHCN Family Support Services · About this organization
What you get
Help at home, including respite, caregiver training, childcare, equipment, counseling, utility help, and home or vehicle changes.
How to start
Your social worker sends the referral.
Good to know
- Current CSHCN eligibility, payer-of-last-resort rules, prior authorization, regional funding, and published dollar limits apply.
The details, as published
Eligible CSHCN clients may receive prior-authorized Family Support Services that help the child remain at home and strengthen caregiver capacity, including respite, caregiver training, specialized child care, equipment, counseling or training, short-term utility help, and home or vehicle modifications. Annual and lifetime dollar limits are published, but regional funding is limited and a CSHCN case manager must request authorization.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
CSHCN Family Support Services — household bills and cash assistance
Eligible CSHCN clients may receive prior-authorized Family Support Services that help the child remain at home and strengthen caregiver capacity, including respite, caregiver training, specialized child care, equipment, counseling or training, short-term utility help, and home or vehicle modifications. Annual and lifetime dollar limits are published, but regional funding is limited and a CSHCN case manager must request authorization.
Amount not published
Navigation Guides And Advocacy
CSHCN Family Support Services — navigation guides and advocacy
Eligible CSHCN clients may receive prior-authorized Family Support Services that help the child remain at home and strengthen caregiver capacity, including respite, caregiver training, specialized child care, equipment, counseling or training, short-term utility help, and home or vehicle modifications. Annual and lifetime dollar limits are published, but regional funding is limited and a CSHCN case manager must request authorization.
Amount not published
Peer And Emotional Support
CSHCN Family Support Services — peer and emotional support
Eligible CSHCN clients may receive prior-authorized Family Support Services that help the child remain at home and strengthen caregiver capacity, including respite, caregiver training, specialized child care, equipment, counseling or training, short-term utility help, and home or vehicle modifications. Annual and lifetime dollar limits are published, but regional funding is limited and a CSHCN case manager must request authorization.
Amount not published
Practical Items And Home Help
CSHCN Family Support Services — practical items and home help
Eligible CSHCN clients may receive prior-authorized Family Support Services that help the child remain at home and strengthen caregiver capacity, including respite, caregiver training, specialized child care, equipment, counseling or training, short-term utility help, and home or vehicle modifications. Annual and lifetime dollar limits are published, but regional funding is limited and a CSHCN case manager must request authorization.
Amount not published
Why this may help
Household Bills And Cash Assistance: Home adaptations and other approved services can reduce costs of keeping your child at home.
Navigation Guides And Advocacy: Caregiver training helps you manage care as part of the wider home-support services.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child with B-ALL may use Family Support Services only after qualifying for CSHCN under its chronic physical-condition and financial rules.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: TX.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
- Ask the CSHCN case manager to assess the family-support need and request prior authorization.
- Establish current CSHCN eligibility.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · Open form or page · 800-222-3986 · cshcn@hhs.texas.gov
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Limited |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
Limitations and things to confirm
- Current CSHCN eligibility, payer-of-last-resort rules, prior authorization, regional funding, and published dollar limits apply.
- What current regional funding and service-provider capacity apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- CSHCN Family Support Services · checked Aug 27, 2026
- CSHCN Family Support Services · checked Aug 27, 2026