Child & Family Guidance Center

The mission of Child & Family Guidance Center (CFGC) is to provide quality, accessible mental health services to strengthen children, families and communities. We envision a future where all children and families have access to mental health resources needed to grow into healthy, contributing members of society. Our goal is for all of our neighbors in need to be emotionally and psychologically healthy so that they can reach their maximum potential at home, at school and in life.

With expertise in trauma-informed and culturally competent care, CFGC’s continuum of mental health and behavioral programs provides a broad range of high-quality supports to a vulnerable population. At CFGC, we aim for comprehensive and coordinated service delivery. We work internally between teams and functions and externally with other providers to meet the agency’s strategic goals. We empower each employee to accept, own and fulfill their job responsibilities in an environment of a high level of trust between all levels of the organization. We provide culturally informed mental and behavioral health services and complementary supports to children, adults, and their families, regardless of their ability to pay.

CFGC’s continuum of mental health and behavioral programs provides a broad range of high-quality supports to a vulnerable population. CFGC provides individual and family therapy, psychiatric evaluations, and medication management to children, adolescents, and adults struggling with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. Individuals of all ages benefit from a professional team of mental healthcare providers, licensed social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and a board-certified psychiatric team. In addition to clinic-based and community-based options, we also continue to provide telehealth, which includes videoconferences and telephone appointments. CFGC has developed a comprehensive range of programs designed to empower individuals, strengthen families and communities and provide those we serve with the skills and resources necessary to reduce the symptoms of mental health concerns and emotional distress. We strive to treat the whole person with individualized treatment planning. ​Our services include the following:

​MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Comprehensive, outpatient mental health services are provided to children, adults, and families throughout the following North Texas counties - Dallas, Collin, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall. Services are provided at one of our 8 clinics or in the community, when appropriate, including individual's own home.
Services include:
Psychiatric Evaluations & Medication Management
Individual Screenings
Counseling & Therapy
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services for Adults
Skills Training for Children
Case Management
Comprehensive Telemedicine & Telehealth

ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT (ACT)
Community-based mental health care for ​adults living with a serious mental illness that interferes with their ability to live in the community, attend appointments, and manage mental health symptoms.

OUTPATIENT COMPETENCY RESTORATION (OCR)
Community-based services for adults who have been diagnosed with a chronic, persistent mental illness and deemed incompetent to stand trial.

SAFETY NET (SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION & INTERVENTION)
School & Community-based, youth program serving Dallas, Collin, & Denton counties via drug and alcohol education, goal-setting, stress management, communication skills, and anger management.

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICES (YES WAIVER)
Family-centered, community-based, program designed to help children and youth, ages 3 to 18, who are at risk of out-of-home placement due to serious mental, emotional, and behavioral difficulties. CFGC embraces the Wraparound Model, a strength-based, youth and family-driven response to children's mental health challenges and their family's obstacles to resources.

Since 1896, CFGC has served over 1 million children, adults, and families over its 125 year history and was the first social service agency established to support children and families’ mental health needs in Texas. Today, CFGC provides culturally competent and trauma informed mental health services, with complementary case management supports to over 12,000 clients annually including children, adults, and families experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges throughout North Texas. By leveraging the strengths within the communities we serve and inviting the larger community to participate in supporting our most vulnerable children, adults, and families, we will continue to be a beacon of hope, healing and support in the Greater Dallas area and beyond. As a community-based organization in a geographical area of need we have the foundation and expertise to envision a thriving, state of the art, trauma-informed and culturally competent center of care as we mark our 125th (quasquicentennial) year of service in 2021.