Easter Seals Greater Houston
Heather K. Melton currently serves as Grants Manager for the Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees since June 2023, while simultaneously holding positions at Easter Seals Greater Houston since April 2021, where responsibilities include Veterans Services, Veterans Financial Program Coordinator and TV+FA Affinity Groups Lead, and Outreach Specialist. Prior experience encompasses roles at the Gulf Coast Center as a Trainer for Adult Mental Health First Aid USA and as Military Veteran Peer Network Peer Service Coordinator, along with an instructive position at the National Council for Behavioral Health. Additional roles include Assistant Director at the City of Santa Fe Resiliency Center, Instructor for Counseling on Access to Lethal Means, and a focus on trauma-informed practices with the Texas Veterans Commission. Heather's career is complemented by military service in the U.S. Coast Guard and a solid educational background, currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration at Texas Tech University, along with degrees in Health and Behavioral Science and Pre-Nursing Studies.
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Easter Seals Greater Houston
Nationally, Easter Seals is the leading non-profit provider of services for individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, other special needs, and disabled veterans. For more than 68 years, Easter Seals Greater Houston has been offering help, hope and answers to people of all ages with disabilities and their families.Through therapy, training, education and support services, Easter Seals creates life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our community. Founded in Houston in 1947, Easter Seals Greater Houston provides a variety of needed services to individuals of all ages with all types of disabilities and their families in the five counties surrounding the Houston area. They are the only organization in the greater Houston area providing comprehensive services to individuals with all types of disabilities and their families. Originally called the Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center, the organization was started to provide services to individuals with disabilities living in Houston and Harris County. The Center served as a school and as a therapeutic service center over the years, and was briefly called the Children's Center for Developmental Therapy. In 1989, the organization changed its name once again and greatly expanded and reorganized it's services to meet the needs of its clientele. Today as Easter Seals Greater Houston, the organization provides multiple outstanding service programs (Adult Program, Camps & Case Management, BridgingApps, Social Motion Skills, The Caroline School, ECI Infant Program, Housing Initiative, High School / High Tech, Respite Services, Toy / Tech, the Assistive Technology Lab, Transition Services, and Veterans Services) to children and adults with all types of disabilities and their families.