A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide

Hoarding support in Jasper, Texas.

A respectful place to start when clutter, safety, housing, health, or family stress is becoming too much.

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Start with the next safe step

You do not have to solve everything at once. Begin with a conversation, a safety concern, or one practical need. Ask what is available before traveling; local hours, eligibility, fees, and capacity can change.

A respectful first conversation about what is happening, what feels urgent, and which next step may fit.

Role: nonprofit first-conversation and virtual peer-group front door; geography: remote, ask about Jasper or Jasper County; cost/eligibility: confirm current program fit and availability; emergency limit: nonclinical support is not therapy, crisis response, shelter, or cleanup.

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For immediate danger

If there is immediate danger, a fire, a medical emergency, or a threat to life, call 911. This guide is not emergency response, therapy, legal advice, or a promise of housing or cleanup availability.

First conversations

A few good places to start

You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.

Role: private-pay hoarding-disorder support, organizing, decluttering, and deep-cleaning pathway; geography: remote or service area by arrangement; cost/eligibility: private-pay, confirm scope, rates, travel, and scheduling; emergency limit: not emergency response, medical care, or a substitute for public services. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

The Peer Tree

A private-pay option when a household needs more hands-on support or a pace that is outside grant-funded availability.

Review private-pay support
Role: digital peer support, groups, guidance, and structured tools; geography: online; cost/eligibility: confirm current access and features; emergency limit: not therapy, crisis counseling, medical care, or emergency support. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Unburied

A private, judgment-free digital pathway for people directly affected and friends or family supporters who want ongoing peer support.

Explore digital peer support
Role: statewide health and human-services information and referral; geography: Texas, including Jasper County; cost/eligibility: referral is generally free, while programs set their own rules; emergency limit: not 911, a crisis line, or a cleanup service. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas 2-1-1

Call 2-1-1 or search the Texas 2-1-1 network for current housing, food, utilities, transportation, benefits, and local support.

Find a current referral 2-1-1

Safety and stability

When the concern involves safety, housing, or crisis

These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.

Role: county government, courthouse, and local-service navigation; geography: Jasper County, with county offices in Jasper; cost/eligibility: public offices set their own filing, records, and program rules; emergency limit: not emergency dispatch or a cleanup provider. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper County government

Use the official county site to find departments, records, public notices, emergency information, and the correct jurisdiction for a concern.

Find a county department
Role: city government and local-service navigation; geography: City of Jasper; cost/eligibility: confirm city limits, forms, fees, and department hours; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

City of Jasper

Start with the official city site for city services, utilities, permits, public works, police, fire, and local contacts.

Contact city government
Role: county law enforcement, welfare-check, and public-safety contact; geography: Jasper County; cost/eligibility: ask about the correct non-emergency process; emergency limit: call 911 for an immediate threat or emergency. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper County Sheriff's Office

For a county public-safety concern or welfare check, use the sheriff's current contact guidance and do not investigate danger yourself.

Contact county public safety 409-383-1154
Role: county emergency-preparedness, hazard-information, and response-coordination contact; geography: Jasper County; cost/eligibility: confirm current public-information and preparedness guidance; emergency limit: call 911 for an active emergency. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper County Emergency Management

Use county emergency-management information for preparedness, hazard planning, and current instructions during an incident.

Review emergency guidance
Role: municipal police and public-safety contact; geography: City of Jasper; cost/eligibility: ask about the correct non-emergency process; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger or a crime in progress. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper Police Department

For a city public-safety concern, use the city's current police contact route and do not enter an unsafe property yourself.

Contact city public safety 409-383-6178
Role: fire suppression, emergency medical, technical rescue, wildfire response, prevention, and public education; geography: Jasper and the local service area; cost/eligibility: emergency response is dispatched through 911; emergency limit: call 911 for fire, smoke, rescue, or medical danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper Volunteer Fire Department

The official city page describes the department's fire, EMS, rescue, wildfire, prevention, and public-education roles.

Review fire and rescue information
Role: immediate emergency response; geography: Jasper and Jasper County; cost/eligibility: call 911 for immediate danger, fire, serious injury, medical emergency, or threat to life; emergency limit: not a routine cleanup, housing, or referral line. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Immediate emergency response — 911

Call 911 when waiting, entering, or attempting a cleanup could put someone in immediate danger.

Call 911 911
Role: mental-health crisis call, text, and chat support; geography: Texas and the United States; cost/eligibility: free crisis support, confirm the current channel; emergency limit: call 911 when there is immediate physical danger or medical emergency. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988 for immediate emotional distress or a mental-health crisis; use 911 for immediate physical danger.

Call or text 988 988
Role: qualified behavioral-health, substance-use, crisis, and supportive-services pathway; geography: Jasper County and the Spindletop service area; cost/eligibility: Medicaid, private insurance, and funded/sliding-fee options may apply, confirm intake and eligibility; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger and 988 for a mental-health crisis. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Spindletop Center behavioral-health services

Spindletop Center lists adult behavioral-health services for Jasper and neighboring Southeast Texas counties. Ask about the current intake route and local service location.

Contact behavioral health
Role: qualified primary-care and community-health clinic pathway; geography: 1273 S. Peachtree, Jasper, TX 75951; cost/eligibility: confirm insurance, payment, intake, accessibility, and appointment availability; emergency limit: not emergency response or a substitute for 911. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Family Healthcare Jasper

Family Healthcare lists a Jasper clinic and asks patients to contact the office directly about current care and appointments.

Ask about primary care 409-384-9200
Role: qualified family-medicine and health-care pathway; geography: Jasper, Texas; cost/eligibility: confirm insurance, payment, referral, and appointment availability; emergency limit: not emergency response or a substitute for 911. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

CHRISTUS Family Practice Clinic — Jasper

Use the health system's current location page to ask about family medicine, referrals, and what can be handled locally.

Contact a family clinic
Role: county indigent-health and low-income health-care navigation; geography: Jasper County, Texas; cost/eligibility: income, residency, documentation, hospital-district, and program rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency response or a guarantee of care. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper County indigent-health information

Texas HHS explains the County Indigent Health Care Program. Ask the county or hospital district which current Jasper County route applies.

Review indigent-health guidance
Role: adult-protection reporting and information pathway for suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation; geography: Texas, including Jasper County; cost/eligibility: use the current reporting process and provide only information you can safely share; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger, injury, or crime in progress. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas Adult Protective Services

Use Texas' current adult-protection guidance when a vulnerable adult may be unsafe; do not investigate danger yourself.

Review adult-protection guidance 800-252-5400
Role: confidential domestic-violence safety planning and advocacy navigation; geography: United States, including Texas; cost/eligibility: confirm confidential contact options and local service coverage; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Use the hotline for confidential safety planning when household violence, coercion, or fear is part of the situation.

Find confidential safety support 800-799-7233
Role: confidential sexual-assault support and service navigation; geography: United States, including Texas; cost/eligibility: confirm current hotline, chat, and local-referral options; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger or urgent medical need. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

RAINN sexual-assault support

RAINN can help identify confidential support and local options when sexual violence or safety concerns are involved.

Find confidential advocacy 800-656-4673
Role: poison-exposure information and triage; geography: United States; cost/eligibility: call for current guidance; emergency limit: call 911 for collapse, breathing trouble, seizure, or immediate life threat. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Poison Help

Call Poison Help after a suspected exposure or medication concern and do not delay 911 for severe symptoms.

Call Poison Help 800-222-1222
Role: federal emergency-preparedness and home-fire planning guidance; geography: United States; cost/eligibility: public guidance is free; emergency limit: call 911 for a fire or immediate danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Ready.gov home-fire planning

Use the home-fire guidance to plan exits, smoke alarms, household communication, and safer responses before a crisis.

Review home-fire planning
Role: federal housing and shelter locator; geography: United States, searchable by location; cost/eligibility: each shelter or housing program sets its own rules; emergency limit: call 911 or a crisis line when immediate safety is at risk. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

HUD Find Shelter

Use HUD's locator to look for current housing and shelter options, then confirm availability directly.

Search housing and shelter
Role: Texas housing and human-services navigation; geography: Texas, including Jasper County; cost/eligibility: programs set their own eligibility, funding, and application rules; emergency limit: not emergency dispatch or a housing guarantee. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Help for Texans

Use the state directory to find current local housing, utility, and community-assistance programs.

Find Texas housing help
Role: state directory for qualified local mental-health and behavioral-health authorities; geography: Texas, including Jasper County; cost/eligibility: local intake, insurance, income, and program rules apply; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger and 988 for a mental-health crisis. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas behavioral-health authority directory

Texas HHS identifies the local behavioral-health authority and provides a route to current service information.

Find a local behavioral-health authority

People and practical help

Housing, food, care, transportation, and ongoing support

These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.

Role: local food-pantry and hunger-relief pathway; geography: Jasper County, with pickup at 750 E. Gibson, Jasper; cost/eligibility: confirm current schedule, household rules, registration, and supply; emergency limit: not emergency medical care or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Greater Jasper Share

The Southeast Texas Food Bank lists Greater Jasper Share as a Jasper County food-assistance agency. Call before traveling because schedules and supplies can change.

Ask about food assistance 409-336-2210
Role: local food-pantry and practical-assistance pathway; geography: Jasper County, with a Jasper pickup location; cost/eligibility: confirm current schedule, household rules, and supply; emergency limit: not emergency medical care, shelter, or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Harvest Church food pantry

The Southeast Texas Food Bank lists Harvest Church's Jasper food assistance schedule. Confirm the current walk-in or drive-through time before traveling.

Ask about pantry hours 409-384-1228
Role: regional food-bank agency directory and hunger-relief navigation; geography: Jasper County and Southeast Texas; cost/eligibility: partner agencies set their own rules and capacity; emergency limit: not emergency medical care or a same-day guarantee. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Southeast Texas Food Bank — find food

Use the regional directory to identify current partner agencies serving Jasper County and confirm hours, documents, and household rules.

Find food assistance
Role: public-housing and Housing Choice Voucher application pathway; geography: City of Jasper; cost/eligibility: income, identity, documentation, screening, waitlist, and availability rules apply; emergency limit: not a shelter or guarantee of immediate placement. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper Housing Authority application portal

The official application portal describes current application steps and documents. Complete an application only after reviewing the live rules and availability.

Review housing application
Role: public-housing and housing-assistance contact; geography: City of Jasper and its housing programs; cost/eligibility: application, income, documentation, waitlist, and occupancy rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency shelter or immediate placement. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper Housing Authority

Use the housing authority's current contact route to ask which programs are open and what documentation is required.

Ask about housing programs 409-384-4430
Role: regional transportation, transit, emergency-planning, and local-government coordination; geography: Jasper, Hardin, Jefferson, and Orange counties; cost/eligibility: individual programs and schedules set their own rules; emergency limit: not emergency dispatch or a ride guarantee. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

South East Texas Regional Planning Commission

SETRPC coordinates regional transportation and emergency-planning work that includes Jasper County. Ask for the current program or transit contact.

Find regional services
Role: local curb-to-curb public-transportation information; geography: City of Jasper and Jasper County service area; cost/eligibility: the pilot's day, fare, reservation, and service-area rules must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency transport—call 911 for immediate danger. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper County transit pilot information

The City of Jasper's current transit flyer describes a Wednesday public-transit pilot and directs riders to confirm reservation details.

Review local transit information 409-203-1201
Role: statewide referral search for food, housing, utilities, benefits, transportation, and community programs; geography: Texas, including Jasper County; cost/eligibility: each program sets its own rules and availability; emergency limit: not emergency dispatch or crisis counseling. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas 2-1-1 local search

Search or call 2-1-1 when the need crosses agencies or you need a current local referral before traveling.

Search local assistance
Role: Texas benefits application and case-information pathway; geography: Texas, including Jasper County; cost/eligibility: SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, and other program rules and documents apply; emergency limit: not emergency food delivery or medical care. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Your Texas Benefits

Use the state portal to review or apply for benefits, then confirm current eligibility and processing expectations.

Review Texas benefits
Role: state food-benefit information and application pathway; geography: Texas; cost/eligibility: household, income, identity, and program rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency food or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas SNAP food benefits

Review current SNAP information and use 2-1-1 or a food pantry when food is needed before an application is processed.

Review SNAP information
Role: employment, training, and practical-workforce navigation; geography: Southeast Texas, including Jasper-area residents as served; cost/eligibility: program, appointment, and eligibility rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency assistance or housing placement. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas

Use the regional workforce system to ask about current job, training, and supportive-service connections.

Find workforce support
Role: public library, internet-access, information, and community-space pathway; geography: 175 Water St., Jasper, TX 75951; cost/eligibility: library-card, computer-use, hours, and program rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency shelter or crisis response. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper Public Library

The city library lists public hours, internet policy, catalog access, and local programs that may help with information, forms, and connection.

Visit the public library 409-384-3791
Role: city water, sewer, electric, utility-account, and customer-service navigation; geography: City of Jasper utility customers; cost/eligibility: account, payment, service-area, and assistance rules apply; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger or a fire, gas, or medical emergency. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

City of Jasper utility services

Use the city's utility information to ask about an account, service request, payment issue, or the correct route for a household utility concern.

Review utility services
Role: municipal building, code-enforcement, inspections, and property-condition navigation; geography: City of Jasper limits; cost/eligibility: jurisdiction, permit, inspection, complaint, and fee rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency response or a repair guarantee. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper building, code, and inspections

Contact the city code or building office before assuming a property-condition issue belongs to city jurisdiction or beginning regulated work.

Ask about code or permits 409-384-4651
Role: municipal public-works and infrastructure-service navigation; geography: City of Jasper; cost/eligibility: service area, work-order, account, and scheduling rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency response or private-property cleanup. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Jasper Public Works

The city directory identifies Public Works as the contact for local infrastructure questions; confirm the current route and scope before relying on it for property work.

Contact public works
Role: civil-legal-aid information and intake navigation; geography: Texas service areas vary; cost/eligibility: income, issue, location, and capacity rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency response, eviction defense on demand, or a substitute for 911. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

Use the legal-aid directory to ask whether a current program can review a housing, benefits, safety, or consumer issue.

Find legal-aid intake 833-329-8752
Role: veterans-benefits, claims, and service-navigation pathway; geography: Texas, including Jasper-area veterans; cost/eligibility: veteran status, benefit, documentation, and appointment rules apply; emergency limit: not emergency response or crisis counseling. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas Veterans Commission

Use the state veterans resource route to locate current local claims and benefits assistance.

Find veterans services
Role: Texas benefits, health, food, aging, disability, and human-services navigation; geography: Texas; cost/eligibility: program-specific eligibility and documents apply; emergency limit: not emergency dispatch or a care relationship. | Confirm current hours, eligibility, fees, location, and availability before traveling.

Texas Health and Human Services

Use Texas HHS to locate current program information and then confirm the local intake route before relying on a referral.

Find a Texas program

A note from the Alliance

Start with the person. Then decide what the situation needs.

This guide is anchored in Jasper, Texas, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.

Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight