Serving Lubbock and Surrounding Counties
Providing Help, Creating Hope, Serving All People
We are dedicated to providing services to the most vulnerable and most in need in our community: at risk families, the young, the elderly and immigrants.
We are here with services to bolster and support their lives.
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Contact Us
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rachelcclubbock.orgYouth and Family Director
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DFPS Video Series on Parenting
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For more tips on parenting visit:
DFPS YouTube video series on parenting.
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Services to At-Risk Youth (S.T.A.R.)
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (evenings available by appointment)
24-hour Crisis Hotline: 1-800-530-4704.
S.T.A.R. offers short-term services to youth ages 0-17 and their families who are dealing with conflict at home, school attendance issues, delinquency, or have a youth who runs away from home. S.T.A.R. services are not for youth who have been adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court.
All services are Free.
Free parent skills training classes available on an on-going basis. Registration is required for all parent(s) and/or guardian(s). Certificates of completion are issued once entire series has been completed.Call 806-765-8475, and ask for a youth case manager for more information.
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Runaway Homeless Youth (RHY)
The purpose of the program is to provide temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without the permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or are homeless.
Runaway Youth - Youth who have left home without parental/care-giver permission, stay for one or more nights, and cannot or will not go home
Homeless Youth - Youth for whom it is not possible to live in a safe environment with a relative and who have no other safe alternative living arrangement
Throwaway Youth - Youth that have been asked, told, or forced to leave home by parents or caregivers with no alternate care arranged
Street Youth - Youth who have spent at least some time living on the streets without a parent or caregiver
Couch-surfing Youth - Youth who may be finding housing by staying days at a time at the house of a friend or family member using a couch as a temporary reprieve until they move to the next arrangement.RHY Services include:
Emergency Shelter & Support Services for youth ages 10 - 17
Support Services for youth under 10 years of age
24-hour Runaway Hotline: 1-800-530-4704.
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Counties Served Under STAR and RHY:
Lubbock, Castro, Crosby, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Wilbarger, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Cochran, Cottle, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Hockley, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lynn, Motley, Parmer, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Throckmorton, and Yoakum.