Practical disposal · City of Dallas · collection calendar, item, placement, fee, and service rules apply
Dallas brush and bulky item collection
Dallas Sanitation publishes the 2026 brush and bulky-item collection calendar, set-out rules, accepted materials, an annual oversize exception, and service-request instructions. Non-compliant or oversize set-outs may result in fees or citations. Confirm the current collection week, accepted items, placement rules, and whether the address receives City service before moving anything outside.
Food pantry, meal, mobile-distribution, and benefits-navigation pathway · Dallas · partner schedule and eligibility rules vary
City of Dallas food assistance
The City of Dallas Community Empowerment page directs residents to current North Texas Food Bank and partner food-assistance locations, including pantry, meal, and mobile-distribution options. Confirm the current location, schedule, identification, transportation, household rules, and available food before traveling.
Aging and disability support · Dallas County · residents 60+ and program rules apply
Dallas County Older Adult Services
Dallas County's Older Adult Services Program provides information and referrals, meals, transportation, benefits counseling, wellness activities, and senior-center connections for county residents age 60 and older. Ask about current enrollment, transportation boundaries, waitlists, and whether a service can support the person's actual needs. This is not a hoarding-specific program.
Housing stability · Dallas County · income, disability, residency, documentation, and funding rules apply
Dallas County housing programs
Dallas County lists housing programs including short-term rental assistance for some disabled residents, home-loan counseling, weatherization, and other housing-support pathways. Eligibility, documentation, and funding vary. Ask whether the person's housing status, disability, income, and county residence fit the current program before relying on an application.
Local directory · Mental health, shelter, legal, food, and practical resources · listings and availability change
Dallas County community resource directory
Dallas County maintains a community-resource directory that includes shelter, mental-health, substance-use, legal, food, and financial-assistance resources. Use it to identify possible routes, then confirm current eligibility, hours, capacity, and contact details directly with the provider.
Local navigation directory · Housing, medical, transportation, legal, mental-health, and emergency categories · verify details directly
Dallas County Aging and Disability Resource Directory
The Dallas County ADRC resource directory organizes local options by housing, medical care, senior services, transportation, mental health, legal help, in-home support, and emergency assistance. A directory entry is not an endorsement or guarantee; confirm the current service area, cost, eligibility, and availability.
Aging-services information and referral · Dallas County · age, program, and funding rules apply
Dallas County Area Agency on Aging
Texas Health and Human Services lists the Dallas County Area Agency on Aging as the regional aging-services contact. It can help older adults and caregivers identify information, referral, benefits, and supportive-service options. Confirm the current service route, eligibility, and availability before relying on a referral.
Accessible, origin-to-destination transportation · Dallas and DART member cities · ADA eligibility, booking, and fare rules apply
DART Paratransit Services
DART Paratransit provides shared-ride, origin-to-destination transportation for people with disabilities who cannot use fixed-route buses or trains. The current eligibility process includes an application, disability verification, and assessment; certified riders schedule trips in advance. Ask about eligibility, accessible vehicles, fares, travel training, and service-area limits.
Mental-health, developmental-disability, housing, substance-use, and qualified-care pathway · Dallas County · intake and program rules apply
Metrocare Services
Metrocare provides mental-health, developmental-disability, substance-use, housing, supportive-social, veteran, and pharmacy services in North Texas. Its current site also publishes a charity-care policy and ability-to-pay fee schedule. Ask about the appropriate intake, eligibility, cost, privacy, accessibility, and whether current services fit the person's needs; this is not hoarding-specific cleanup support.
Career centers, job search, training, child-care, and employment-support pathway · Dallas region · program and eligibility rules apply
Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas
Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas provides job-search assistance, career counseling, training programs, child-care assistance, veteran and youth services, and workforce-center access. Confirm the nearest center, current hours, documents, accommodations, eligibility, and available training or child-care funding.
Municipal housing, homelessness-prevention, fair-housing, and community-service navigation · Dallas · program rules vary
City of Dallas Office of Housing and Community Empowerment
The City's Office of Housing and Community Empowerment is a central hub for housing, homelessness prevention, fair housing, WIC, senior help, and related community services. Ask which current program or partner fits the household's needs and whether funding, geography, income, ownership, or documentation rules apply.
Shelter, outreach, diversion, rapid rehousing, and supportive-housing navigation · Dallas · assessment and capacity rules apply
City of Dallas housing and homelessness support
The City publishes a current get-support route for shelter, street outreach, housing navigation, coordinated access, diversion, rapid rehousing, and supportive housing. It also lists local shelter and day-service partners. Confirm current hours, intake, transportation, documentation, eligibility, and capacity before traveling.
Municipal and federal housing, neighborhood, and community-investment programs · Dallas · application and funding rules apply
City of Dallas community development
Dallas Community Development publishes housing and neighborhood-investment information funded through programs such as CDBG, ESG, and HOME, along with current public notices and annual-action-plan materials. Ask which current program fits the person's housing or neighborhood need; funding is limited and not guaranteed cleanup support.
State directory for local mental-health authorities · Texas · county, intake, eligibility, and provider rules apply
Texas Health and Human Services local behavioral-health directory
Texas Health and Human Services maintains a current directory and service-area search for local mental-health and behavioral-health authorities. Use the county or ZIP search to identify the correct local intake line and ask about planned care, crisis response, eligibility, language access, and wait time. Use 988 or 911 for a crisis or emergency.
Fire-safety education, inspections, code information, and smoke-alarm pathway · Dallas · program and request rules apply
Dallas Fire-Rescue fire prevention and smoke-alarm information
Dallas Fire-Rescue's Prevention and Investigation Bureau publishes fire-code information, life-safety education, inspection guidance, and smoke-alarm resources. Use 911 for an emergency. For planned prevention help, confirm the current request route, availability, and whether the address qualifies.
Searchable support and care directory · North Texas and beyond · provider details must be verified directly
IOCDF Hoarding Resource Directory
The International OCD Foundation directory can help people search for hoarding-related therapists, programs, support groups, organizers, and task forces. Availability, credentials, insurance, fees, service area, and emergency limits can change; use it as a starting point and confirm every detail with the provider.
Practical and peer support · private-pay pathway · confirm fit, scope, cost, scheduling, and safety
The Peer Tree
The Peer Tree is the private-pay pathway for nonclinical organizing help, decluttering support, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps when a grant or public program is not the right fit. Ask about current availability, service area, scope, pacing, privacy, consent, safety, and fees before beginning. The Peer Tree is separate from Fight the Blight's nonprofit programming.
Digital peer-support pathway · available online · not therapy, clinical care, or emergency support
Unburied
Unburied, from The Peer Tree, is a judgment-free digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns and for friends, family, property managers, municipal workers, and other supporters who want to learn how to provide support. It can offer ongoing connection, tools, and momentum from Dallas or anywhere else. It is not therapy, a crisis service, or a substitute for emergency help.