Community centers where you can stay cool and minimize home electricity use. Open until Oct.1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

HOUSTON Multi-Service Centers participating in the Reliant Beat the Heat program: Acres Homes Multi-Service Center    6719 W. Montgomery    Houston, TX 77091    713-694-9274 Southwest Multi-Service Center    6400 High Star    Houston, TX 77074    713-778-6500 Denver Harbor Multi-Service Center    6402 Market Street    Houston Texas 77020    713-670-2143 Sunnyside Multi-Service Center    4605 Wilmington Street    Houston, TX 77051    713-732-5030 Fifth Ward Multi-Service Center    4014 Market Street    Houston, TX 77020    832-393-3800 Third Ward Multi-Service Center    3611 Ennis Street    Houston, TX 77004    713-527-4005 Hiram Clarke Multi-Service Center    3810 West Fuqua    Houston, TX 77045    832-393-4200 West End Multi-Service Center    170 Heights Blvd    Houston, TX 77007    713-803-1050

Kashmere Multi-Service Center    4802 Lockwood    Houston, TX 77026    832-393-5503 Magnolia Multi-Service Center    7037 Capitol Street    Houston, TX 77011    713-928-9515 DALLAS Multi-Service Centers participating in the Reliant Beat the Heat program: Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center    2922 MLK Blvd    Dallas, TX 75215    214-670-8367 West Dallas Multipurpose Center    2828 Fish Trap Road    Dallas, TX 75212    214-670-6340 CORPUS CHRISTI Senior Centers participating in the Reliant Beat the Heat program: Greenwood Senior Center    4040 Greenwood    Corpus Christi, TX 78416    361-826-1368 Lindale Senior Center    3135 Swantner    Corpus Christi, TX 78404    361-854-4508

Rebuilding Together Houston (RTH) is a non-profit organization that provides home repair services for low income, elderly and/or disabled Houston-area homeowners. Each spring and fall, Reliant Energy volunteers team up with RTH to work on its home repair projects.

Since 2002, Reliant employees have made repairs to more than 50 homes in low-income Houston areas. Working together with RTH, Reliant volunteers installed new exterior doors, screen doors, wheelchair ramps, window panes and screens, exterior siding and trim. Every home received a thorough caulk job, and a new coat of paint.

Founded in 1982, and the successor to PSI Home Savers, RTH is funded by donations and grants from corporations, churches, foundations, in-kind contributions and public-sector funds. More than 97 percent of the resources go directly to benefiting program clients.

The CARE (Community Assistance from Reliant Energy) Energy Assistance Program offers a helping hand to Reliant customers during a difficult time. The program is funded by corporate contributions and many generous donations from our customers.

Customers who qualify may receive this one-time annual assistance through non-profit social service agencies in our communities. These agencies review customer cases and qualify them based upon the agency’s designated hardship criteria. Customers looking for assistance can locate the CARE agencies by calling 211 from anywhere in the state of Texas or by contacting one of the organizations listed below.

2011 C.A.R.E AGENCIES - Service Areas & Contact Information

CENTRAL TEXAS	COUNTIES SERVED	PHONE
Bell County (Human Services/Help Centers)	Bell	254-770-6842
Central Texas Opportunities Inc.	Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, McCulloch, Runnels	325-625-4167 or 1-800-625-4167
Helping Hands of Belton	Bell County (within the Belton School District)	254-939-7355
DALLAS	COUNTIES SERVED	PHONE
Arlington Urban Ministries	Residents of Arlington (in Tarrant County)	817-861-8585
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth Inc.	Fort Worth (28 counties)	817-534-0814
City of Dallas - Housing & Community Services	Dallas residents only	214-670-8416 MLK Center 214-670-6530 West End Center
Dallas County Dept. of Health & Human Services	Dallas County	214-819-1848
Duncanville Outreach Ministry	Duncanville residents only(in Dallas County)	972-296-4986
Grand Prairie Food & Clothing Assistance Co-Op	Grand Prairie residents only (in Dallas/Tarrant Counties)	972-264-8540
Network of Community Ministries	North Dallas, Richardson, Garland	972-234-8880
Tarrant County Department of Human Services	Tarrant	817-531-5620
Waxahachie CARE	Ellis	972-923-2273
EAST TEXAS	COUNTIES SERVED	PHONE
Greater East Texas Community Action	Angelina, Gregg, Houston, Nacogdoches, Polk, Rusk, San Jacinto, Smith, Trinity, Wood, Cherokee	936-564-2491
HOUSTON AREA	COUNTIES SERVED	PHONE
Brazoria County CDBG& Welfare Department	Brazoria	979-864-1427
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston	Galveston	409-762-2064
Fort Bend County Social Services	Fort Bend	281-342-7300
Galveston County Social Services	Galveston	409-770-5583 or 409-770-5803
Gulf Coast Community Services	Harris	713-393-4700
Harris County Community Services - Dept. of Social Services	Harris	713-696-7900
Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Inc.	Montgomery	936-539-9211
Sheltering Arms Senior Services	Harris	713-956-1888
NORTH TEXAS	COUNTIES SERVED	PHONE
Economic Opportunities Advancement Corporation of Planning Region XI	Bosque, Fall, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, McLennan	254-756-0954
North East Texas Opportunities	Titus, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Morris, Red River, Rains	903-537-2256
Rolling Plains Management Corporation	Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Clay, Hardeman, Foard, Jack, Wilbarger, Witchita, Montague, Young, Taylor, Stephens, Shackleford	Wichita Falls Office - 940-723-2261 Crowell Office - 940-684-1571 Abilene Office - 325-672-3969
Texoma Council of Governments	Cooke, Fannin, Grayson	903-813-3541
SOUTH TEXAS	COUNTIES SERVED	PHONE
Bee Community Action Agency	Bee, Live Oak, Refugio, McMullen	361-358-5530 or 1-800-358-5534
Cameron Willacy Counties Community Projects Inc.	Cameron, Willacy	956-544-6411
Community Action Committee of Victoria	Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria	361-578-2989 or 1-800-365-7712
Nueces County Community Action Agency	Nueces	361-882-4193
Webb County Community Action Agency	Webb	956-523-4182
WEST TEXAS	COUNTIES SERVED	PHONE
Permian Basin Mission Center	Ector, Crane, Ward, Andrews	432-337-0554
West Texas Opportunities Inc.	Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Upton	806-872-8354