Celebrating 50 Years of Restoring Ability
As Helping Restore Ability approaches its 50th anniversary, we are celebrating where we began, the lives being changed today, and the future we are working to build.
Our Past: A Vision of Independence
Helping Restore Ability was founded in Arlington in 1977 by Sam Provence, a young man living with the effects of polio, and a determined group of friends. They shared a powerful belief: a disability should never prevent someone from living independently or participating fully in their community.
What began as the Arlington Handicapped Association has grown into a nonprofit organization serving children, adults of all ages, and veterans across Texas. For nearly 50 years, HRA has helped people access the care and support they need to remain in their homes, pursue their goals, and stay connected to the communities they call home.
Our Present: In-Home Care Makes More Possible
Today, HRA provides and coordinates in-home attendant care, long-term services and supports, caregiver training, and benefits navigation. Our programs help people complete daily activities, attend school, maintain employment, participate in their communities, and avoid unnecessary institutional care.
During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, HRA:
A six-year analysis completed by HRA in 2020 also found a 50% reduction in emergency-room utilization among the clients studied and a near elimination of pediatric inpatient admissions—demonstrating the difference consistent, reliable care at home can make.
HRA also helps veterans, their spouses, and surviving spouses understand and pursue benefits such as the VA Aid and Attendance Pension Benefit. Through benefits education, service coordination, and community partnerships, we help military-connected families identify sustainable options for receiving care at home.
We are grateful to Women Inspiring Philanthropy for its investment in HRA’s work with veterans in Arlington and for helping us expand access to information, benefits navigation, and in-home support.
Our Future: The Next 50 Years of Independence
As we look toward our next 50 years, HRA is preparing to meet a growing need for accessible, dependable, and innovative care at home.
We are investing in the future of caregiving by strengthening caregiver recruitment, training, and retention. We are expanding access to benefits and community resources. We are also exploring new technologies and service models that can help more people live safely, independently, and meaningfully connected to their communities.
Your North Texas Giving Day gift helps carry forward a vision that began in 1977: that every person deserves the opportunity to live with dignity, choice, and independence.
Together, we can honor HRA’s past, strengthen its work today, and build the future of in-home care.
Learn more at www.hratexas.org.
Advance independence for Texans at home and in their communities.
Your Gift Builds the Next 50 Years
$50 — Honor 50 years of independence: Provides essential protective supplies and resources for caregivers serving people in their homes.
$100 — Connect a family to care: Supports outreach, benefits education, and personalized guidance for an individual or family seeking help.
$250 — Prepare a caregiver: Helps provide a caregiver with comprehensive training and professional development.
$500 — Strengthen the caregiving workforce: Supports caregiver recruitment, screening, onboarding, and preparation for service.
$1,000 — Help someone begin care: Helps bridge the non-reimbursed work required to coordinate services and prepare an eligible individual and caregiver for a successful start.
$2,500 — Invest in the future of care: Advances caregiver development, benefits navigation, service innovation, and access to dependable support at home.
Every gift—at every level—helps people remain safe at home, stay connected to their communities, and live with greater independence.
Organization name
Helping Restore Ability
Tax id (EIN)
75-1562334
Causes
Intellectual, Developmental, and Physical Differences
Operating Budget
$10,000,000 or more
Counties Served
Hunt, Wise, Tarrant, Somervell, Rockwall, Parker, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Kaufman, Johnson, Hood, Grayson, Fannin, Erath, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Cooke, Collin
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Address
4300 Beltway Place Suite 130