Cook Children’s Financial Assistance
If your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty line, Cook Children's may cover 100% of your child's medically necessary care; partial discounts go up to 500%.
Programs
Health Coverage in Fort Worth
31 verified programs. Not sure where you fit? Answer a few questions and we will match you.
Cook Children’s Health Plan — Medicaid & CHIP Application Help
Free help applying for or renewing Medicaid (STAR) and CHIP for your children, including in-person application assistance events.
Healthy Texas Women
Free women's health and family planning services — checkups, birth control, and breast and cervical cancer screenings — for eligible Texas women at no cost. Apply at HealthyTexasWomen.org, at YourTexasBenefits.com, or by calling 2-1-1.
JPS Behavioral Health
Mental health and substance-use care — JPS is the largest mental health provider in Tarrant County, with outpatient care and a psychiatric emergency center (817-702-4151).
JPS Connection — County Health Coverage
Tarrant County's safety-net health coverage through JPS clinics and John Peter Smith Hospital. Don't qualify? Uninsured patients still get at least 40% off self-pay bills. Eligibility: 817-702-1001.
JPS Diamond Hill Health Center
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Family Health Center
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Gertrude Tarpley-Watauga Health Center
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Health Center for Women
Women's health care — OB/GYN, pregnancy and well-woman care, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Las Vegas Trail Health Center
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Medical Home Northeast Tarrant
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Medical Home Southeast Tarrant
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Medical Home Southwest Tarrant
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Medical Home True Worth
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Northwest Azle-Iona Reed Health Center
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Pediatric Clinic
Health care for children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Polytechnic Health Center
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Stop Six–Walter B. Barbour Health Center
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Urgent Care Center
Walk-in urgent care for illness and injury that can't wait, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
JPS Viola Pitts-Como Health Center
Community health center with primary care for adults and children, with low-cost care through JPS Connection.
Lena Pope — Counseling & Substance Use Services
Counseling and substance-use help for children and families — Lena Pope's programs serve families regardless of their ability to pay.
MHMR of Tarrant County
Mental health and substance-use services for Tarrant County — intake and information at 817-569-4300; 24/7 crisis line at 817-335-3022 or 800-866-2465.
NTACHC — Arlington Community Health Center
Federally qualified health center — primary care, pediatrics, OB/GYN, immunizations and low-cost prescriptions; care regardless of income or insurance, with payment options to make care affordable.
NTACHC — Northside Community Health Center
Federally qualified health center — primary care, pediatrics, OB/GYN, immunizations and low-cost prescriptions; care regardless of income or insurance, with payment options to make care affordable.
NTACHC — Southeast Community Health Center
Federally qualified health center — primary care, pediatrics, OB/GYN, immunizations and low-cost prescriptions; care regardless of income or insurance, with payment options to make care affordable.
Planned Parenthood — Bedford Health Center
Birth control, STD testing and treatment, pregnancy testing and women's health care, with sliding-scale fees based on income.
Planned Parenthood — Southeast Fort Worth Health Center
Birth control, STD testing and treatment, pregnancy testing and women's health care, with sliding-scale fees based on income.
Tarrant County Public Health — Adult Health Services
STD/HIV testing and adult health services through the county health department.
Tarrant County Public Health — Immunization Clinics
Walk-in shots for children and adults at county clinics across Tarrant County — no appointment needed; call the Public Health Call Center for the clinic nearest you.
Texas CHIP — Children’s Health Insurance
Low-cost health coverage for kids 18 & under — enrollment $50 or less per family per year, co-pays $3–$35.
Texas Medicaid
FREE health coverage for kids, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities.
