April 17, 2025

Office of Family Assistance/Department of Health & Human Services has announced that Notice of Funding Availability for Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood will be released on April 25, 2025!  Click below for more details.

Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County is planning to seek federal funds available through the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Family Assistance to implement a responsible fatherhood program.  Our proposal will include two or more community partners to address the areas outlined in the Notice of Funding Availability, specifically related to parenting skills training and healthy marriage and relationship enhancement education. Details about the partnership opportunities we are seeking may be found at this link below.

NEED HELP WITH RENT OR UTILITIES?

Applications for assistance with rent or utilities are being accepted by Tarrant County Department of Human Services between the hours of 8 a.m. and

12:00 p.m. Monday – Thursday - Hotline: 817-531-5620

Job Placement Services & Training Opportunities

Did you know that Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County has three satellite offices in addition to the 5 workforce center locations around Tarrant County.

We are your Employment and Training Resource! If you are headed to the Northside Community Center, MLK Community Center or the McDonald YMCA, stop by and see us!

Jessica, Nneka and Cristella are ready to help you with your job placement needs. check out the schedule below of when WSTC will be at these new satellite locations.

You can also email us at: neighborhoodstrategies@workforcesolutions.net

Northside Community Center Location

1100 NW 18th St, Fort Worth, TX 76164

Date and Time at this location: Tuesdays and Wednesdays : 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Community Center Location

5565 Truman Dr., Fort Worth 76112

Date and Time at this location: By Appointment

William M. McDonald YMCA Location

2701 Moresby St Fort Worth, Texas 76105

Date and Time at this location: Thursdays: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Health Corner

Health and Aging Brain Study - Health Disparities

The UNTHSC ITR is dedicated to understanding and eliminating health disparities in Alzheimer's disease among African Americans and Mexican Americans. The Health & Aging Brain Study - Health Disparities (HABS-HD) is the most comprehensive study of Alzheimer's among diverse communities ever conducted. Our team studies the biology of disease within the context of social, environmental and behavioral factors because “who you are”, “where you are from” and “your environment” are important to how you age.

The Health and Aging Brain Study-Health Disparities (HABS-HD) project seeks to understand the biological, social and environmental factors that impact brain aging among diverse communities. To date, the vast majority of research on the underlying risk factors and causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is based on non-Hispanic white participants. In order to be reflective of our community at large, research is needed to understand this devastating disease among everyone, given that AD (and other brain diseases) appear to impact communities differently.

African Americans and Hispanics will experience a significantly greater increased incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and AD than non-Hispanic Whites. The Health and Aging Brain Study: Health Disparities project is highly significant as it simultaneously examines multiple pathways for MCI and AD risk among African Americans, Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Therefore, it will enable the identification of racial/ethnic-specific risk profiles for cognitive loss among diverse populations. Moreover, this is the first-ever large-scale study of Amyloid/Tau/Neurodegeneration pathological markers (and Framework) among a community-based, multi-ethnicity cohort. This sets the stage for a precision medicine model that takes race and ethnicity into account when advancing novel diagnostics and therapeutics for treating and preventing MCI and AD among diverse populations.

Location and Schedule for Vaccines and Booster Shots in Tarrant County

Tarrant County Public Health Clinics:

Northwest Public Health Center

Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.

3800 Adam Grubb Road

Lake Worth, TX 76135

Bagsby-Williams Health Center

Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.

3212 Miller Ave.

Fort Worth, TX 76119

Southeast Public Health Center

Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.

536 W Randol Mill

Arlington TX, 76011

Main Public Health Center

Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.

1101 S. Main Street

Fort Worth, TX 76104

Southwest Public Health Center

Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.

6551 Granbury Road

Fort Worth, TX 76133

Watauga Public Health Center

Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m.

6601 Watauga Road

Watauga, TX 76148

For more information go to coronavirus.tarrantcounty.com or call the Tarrant County Public Health Call Center, 817-248-6299, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.