map Region 1 includes Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, and Yoakum counties Region 2 includes Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman, Comanche, Cottle, Eastland, Fisher, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Kent, Knox, Mitchell, Montague, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties Region 3 includes Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise counties Region 4 includes Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties Region 5 includes Angelina, Hardin, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler counties Region 6 includes Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, and Wharton counties Region 7 includes Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Madison, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and  Williamson counties Region 8 includes Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Calhoun, Comal, DeWitt, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Jackson, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, La Salle, Lavaca, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Wilson, and Zavala counties Region 9 includes Andrews, Borden, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Kimble, Loving, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, and Winkler counties Region 10 includes Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and Presidio counties Region 11 includes Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata counties

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Are you interested in providing support services for children, families, or vulnerable adults? Do you want to donate items in your community or help prevent child and adult abuse but don’t know how?

The Faith-Based and Community Engagement Division has local staff who can help you, your organization, or your faith community find opportunities to volunteer, partner, or make a donation to help support the families we serve. Every day our team works in partnership with Texans to help meet the needs of the most vulnerable children, adults, and families in Texas. To get started and to get answers to your questions, reach out to the following staff in your region.

Region Location Name/Email Phone
1 Lubbock Paige Belew
DFPSREG01FBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(806) 543-9992
2 Wichita Falls Paige Belew
DFPSREG02FBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(806) 543-9992
3 East Dallas Starla Abraham
REG03EFBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(214) 796-1267
3 West Fort Worth Starla Abraham
REG03WFBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(214) 796-1267
4 Tyler Starla Abraham
DFPSREG04WFBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(214) 796-1267
5 Beaumont Starla Abraham
DFPSREG05FBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(214) 796-1267
6A Houston & Harris County Alysa Elliott-Wilson
DFPSREG06FBCE@dfps.texas.gov

(713) 416-3386

6B Outlying Counties Alysa Elliott-Wilson
DFPSREG06FBCE@dfps.texas.gov

(713) 416-3386

7 Austin Valinda Bolton
DFPSRegion07FBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(512) 865-9462
8 San Antonio Valinda Bolton
DFPSREG08FBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(512) 865-9462
9 Midland Paige Belew
DFPSREG09FBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(806) 543-9992
10 El Paso Paige Belew
DFPSREG10FBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(806) 543-9992
11 Corpus Christi Valinda Bolton
DFPSREG11FBCE@dfps.texas.gov
(512) 865-9462
12 APS Gustavo Salinas
APS State Coordinator

(956) 607-4136

12 APS Stephanie McCoy
APS Team Lead
(214) 546-2040
12 State Office Rachel Duer
Director of Faith-Based and Community Engagement
(512) 701-7353
12 State Office Kathryn Houlton
Deputy Director of Faith-Based and Community Engagement
(512) 963-4197
12 State Office Fidel Rassu
Volunteer Services Coordinator
(512) 705-5156
12 State Office Amanda Frangu
Statewide Intake
(512) 952-8691
12 State Office Lindsey Morin
Texas Youth Helpline
(512) 960-9278

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