Special Populations Resources

Students able to use learning lab computer lab in the Eagles Nest.

You may also visit the Cardinal Pantry at LU.

LIT Scholorship
  (409) 880-2379

Financial Aid
  (409) 880-2137

Meals on Wheels
  • Jefferson and Hardin County
      (409) 892-4455
  • Orange County
      (409) 886-2186
  • Chambers County
      (409) 267-3599
Financial Assistance
Texas Dept of Health and Human Services
  • Port Arthur
      (409) 962-2001
  • Beaumont
      (409) 730-1098
  • Orange
      (409) 886-4475
Goodwill Industries
  • Port Arthur
    4352 Hwy 365, Port Arthur, TX, 77642
      (409) 722-8773
  • Beaumont
    6210 Phelan, Beaumont, TX, 77706
      (409) 860-7167
  • Orange
    3109 Edgar Brown, Orange TX, 77630
      (409) 670-9216
  • goodwill.org
Southeast Texas Food Bank
  • setxfoodbank.org
  • 3845 S ML King Jr Parkway, Beaumont, Texas, 77705
  •   (409) 839-8777
  •   (844) 356-9084
Some Other Place
  • Soup Kitchen
    1155 McFaddin Ave, Beaumont, TX
  • Food, Clothing, Financial Assistance with Rent, Utilities, Prescriptions
    1195 McFaddin Ave, Beaumont, TX
      (409) 832-7976
Salvation Army
  • Port Arthur
    3145 25th St., Port Arthur, TX 77642
      (409) 983-2229
  • Beaumont
    2350 IH 10 East, Beaumont, TX 77703
      (409)-896-2361
  • Orange
    1960 MLK Dr., Orange, TX 77630
      (409) 291-8400
Food Assistance
  • Saint Mary's Catholic Church
    912 Cherry St, Orange, TX 77630
      (409) 883-2883
  • Catholic Charities
      (409) 924-4400
  • Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
    1113 N 2nd St, Orange, TX 77630
      (409) 886-2089
  • Hardin Jefferson Hunger Initiative
      (409) 893-2517
LIT'S Foster Care Liaison
  • Coordinator of Special Populations
    Eagles Nest 129
      (409) 247-0046
      specialpopulations@lit.edu
  • Foster Care Transition Toolkit (published by US Department of Education)
    Download
  • Foster youth currently or formerly under the conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and those adopted from DFPS to pursue a higher education in Texas by providing eligible students free tuition at state-supported colleges or universities. To find out whether you are eligible for this tuition exemption, contact the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and request Form 1810: DFPS Verification of the State College Tuition and Fee Waiver. For further information please click here
Family Services Women and Children's Shelter & Crisis Intervention
Abundant Life Sanctuary
Spindletop MHMR, PATH

Homeless Program

  •   (409) 839-1026
Shelter
  • The Wood Group
    South 8th St, Beaumont, TX 77705
      (409) 839-1088
  • Women's and Children Shelter 24 Hr Hotline
      (409) 832-7575
Low-income Housing
Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas - Hospitality Center
  • 3959 Gulfway Drive, Port Arthur, Texas 77642-1722
  •   (409) 924-4406
  •   (888) 982-4842
  • Hospitality Center Program Webpage
    Click here
Some Other Place
  • 590 Center St, Beaumont, TX 77701
  •   (409) 832-7976
  • someotherplacebeaumont.com
  • Soup Kitchen
    1155 McFaddin Ave, Beaumont, TX
  • Food, Clothing, Financial Assistance with Rent, Utilities, Prescriptions
    1195 McFaddin Ave, Beaumont, TX
      (409) 832-7976
Some Other Place - Henry's Place

Breakfast, Shower and Wash Clothes

  • 1107 McFaddin Ave, Beaumont, TX
  •   (409) 832-4088
Salvation Army
  • Port Arthur
    3145 25th St., Port Arthur, TX 77642
      (409) 983-2229
  • Beaumont
    2350 IH 10 East, Beaumont, TX 77703
      (409)-896-2361
  • Orange
    1960 MLK Dr., Orange, TX 77630
      (409) 291-8400
American Red Cross - Gulf Coast Region
  • Port Arthur
    3747 Doctors Dr, Port Arthur, TX 77642
      (409) 985-7461
  • Beaumont
    3260 Eastex Frwy., Beaumont, TX 77703
      (409) 832-1644
  • Orange
    3901 IH 10 East, Orange, TX
      (409) 883-2322
  • Redcross Gulf Coast Region Webpage
    Click here
Food Assistance
  • Saint Mary's Catholic Church
    912 Cherry St, Orange, TX 77630
      (409) 883-2883
  • Catholic Charities
      (409) 924-4400
  • Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
    1113 N 2nd St, Orange, TX 77630
      (409) 886-2089
  • Hardin Jefferson Hunger Initiative
      (409) 893-2517
Beaumont Vet Center
  • 1390 W. Cardinal Drive, Beaumont, TX 77705
  •   409-347-0124
Jefferson County Veteran's Center
Orange County Veteran's Center
Omni Financial

Resources for children and youth of active duty parents: Click here

Military One Source

Tools and articles for parenting and for teens and youth: Click here

The Balance

A list of College Scholarships and Grants for Military Youth: Click here

Women's and Children Shelter 24 Hr Hotline
  •   (409) 832-7575
Legacy Community Health Central Stagg Clinic
  •   (409) 883-8850
Triangle Network Clinic
  • Beaumont
      (409) 832-3377
  • Orange
      (409) 920-4223
Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas
Women's Advocacy Project
  •   (800) 777-3247
SMORE - Single Moms-Overjoyed, Rejuvenated, Empowered!
  •   (409) 718-0285
    Gail Cawley Showalter
Texas Childcare Solutions

Under Section 51.982 of the Texas Education Code, Title 3. Higher Education, Subtitle A. Higher Education in General, Chapter 51. Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education, Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions, LIT will "provide reasonable accommodations to a pregnant student, including accommodations that:

  • would be provided to a student with a temporary medical condition; or
  • are related to the health and safety of the student and the student's unborn child, such as allowing the student to maintain a safe distance from substances, areas, and activities known to be hazardous to pregnant women or unborn children."

Lamar Institute of Technology is committed to supporting you through your pregnancy and parenting. Here's what you need to know:

  • Accommodations - If you have a pregnancy-related impairment that is considered a disability under The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) you are entitled to reasonable support measures.
  • These support measures may include, but not limited to:
    • More frequent restroom breaks
    • Seating closer to the door
    • Larger Desk
    • Provide a stool
  • Please contact our Coordinator of Special Populations for further questions on accommodations.
    •   855 E. Lavaca, Beaumont, TX 77710, Eagles' Nest 129
        (409) 247-0046
        specialpopulations@lit.edu
  • Leave & Absences - Students must be allowed to take time off of school for pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, abortion and/or recovery for as long as their doctor says is medically necessary. That could mean a few absences for necessary medical appointments, or a longer leave of absence for a high-risk pregnancy or childbirth. This rule applies even if taking medically necessary leave would require an absence for longer than the school's leave policy ordinarily allows. Students cannot be penalized for taking leave and must be able to return to school in the same status they held before taking leave.
  • Make Up Work - Professors may require you to complete missed assignments or other work to make up for missed participation, but the make-up work should be comparable with the work given to other students, not extra. When setting timelines for make-up or missed work, professors need to treat leave as leave; for example, assignment deadlines should not be the day you return. This means at least the same amount of time as other students, even beyond the semester schedule if necessary.
  • Participation Grades/Credits - If a teacher's grading is based in part on class attendance or participation, the student should be allowed to earn the credits she missed so that she can be reinstated to the status she had before the leave.
  • Doctor's Note - If your professor requires other students who have “excused” absences to provide a doctor's note, they can ask you to provide one as well. Be sure your doctor clearly states that the absence is/was medically necessary.
  • Financial Aid - Taking leave may have an impact on your student loans, depending on your registration status during your time off. Schools cannot terminate or reduce merit or need-based scholarships because of pregnancy.

    Be sure to meet with the financial aid office before taking any extended absence and ask about your financial aid status for details about your particular situation.
    •   855 E. Lavaca, Beaumont, TX 77710, Eagles' Nest
        (409) 880-2137
        finaidoffice@lit.edu
  • Admissions - Schools can't require a pregnant student to produce a doctor's note in order to stay in school or participate in activities, unless the same requirement to obtain a doctor's note applies to all students being treated by a doctor. Schools cannot presume that a pregnant student is unable to attend school or participate in school activities.

    Employees, students, or associated third parties cannot discourage your participation in the school's programs.
  • Breastfeeding - Lamar Institute of Technology is pleased to provide a Lactation Room in the Eagle's Nest to meet the needs of parents with babies. Lactation Rooms provide a private place to nurse, pump, bottle feed, and change a diaper.

    If your class is scheduled when you need to nurse or pump, your absence should be excused, and you should not be penalized for your time away. This means your grade cannot be lowered due to poor attendance, you must be given the ability to make up any work missed, and you must be able to get the information you missed as well. You may need to provide a doctor's note stating that it is medically necessary for you to pump on a certain schedule.
  • Report Discrimination - If you've experienced any discrimination due to pregnancy or parenting, you're encouraged to submit a report regardless of whether or not you would like to follow through with the grievance process. Be sure to contact the Special Populations Coordinator to report any discrimination.
    •   855 E. Lavaca, Beaumont, TX 77710, Eagles' Nest 129
        (409) 247-0046
        specialpopulations@lit.edu

Disabled student-veterans or members of the U.S. military are encouraged to meet with the Special Populations Coordinator as soon as he/she feels there is a need.

Accommodations can include enhancing the student's feeling of comfort in a classroom or testing environment by allowing the student to have preferential seating in the back of a room or near an exit door or testing distraction free environment.

Documentation of a disability might be available in a variety of formats and from various sources, including records from the Veterans Administration (VA) physician or medical personnel or a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor.

What is an Out-of-Workforce Individual?

An individual who worked without pay to provide care for the home and family and as a result has diminished marketable skills, is unemployed or underemployed and finds it difficult to obtain or upgrade employment, and has been forced into the workforce due to divorce, death, or injury of a spouse/partner who was the income provider for the family.

Texas Workforce Commission

Employment and Training information and services

  • 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX
  •   (409) 839-8045
  •   (800) 661-5227
Gulf Coast Health Center, Inc.
  •   (409) 983-1161
  • Medical Care for Adults and Children, OB/GYN, Optical, Dental, X-rays, Lab tests, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Treatment Click here
Port Arthur Health Department

Medical Care for Adults and Children, OB/GYN, Optical, Dental, X-rays, Lab tests, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Treatment

  • 449 Austin Ave, Port Arthur, TX
  •   (409) 983-8874
Legacy Community Health Clinic

OB/GYN, Pediatrics, LGBTQ Services, Family medical, Vision, Dental, and Pharmacy

  • 3455 Stagg Drive, Beaumont, TX
  •   (409) 833-8850

Applications for City of Beaumont Bus Passes are available every semester to students who have no transportation. You may pick up an application in the Student Services Office. There is no deadline to apply for a pass but one must be renewed via the Student Services Department each month.

SETX Transit

Requires 48 Hour Advance Scheduling

  • Hardin, Rural Jefferson and Mid County
      (409) 892-0979
  • Orange County
      (409) 745-9511
  • City of Orange
      (409) 886-8348

In order to Help enable students who are blind or deaf to attend public colleges or universities in the state of Texas, Texas residents with a vision-related disability (e.g., blindness, significant visual impairment) are determined eligible by Vocational Rehabilitation Services Offices through the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).

Texas residents with a hearing disability who meet certain criteria are determined eligible by Texas Health and Human Services (HHS).

For More information on both benefits please click here.

ESL (English as a Second Language) classes are provided free of charge to students of all proficiency levels by Region 5 Education Service Center Adult Education and Literacy. For more information, please send an email to region5eslacademy@gmail.com.