Resources for Student Parents

The resources listed below are provided by the Eagle Engagement Center and the University of North Texas. As well, there are also additional resources listed based on types of services you may be looking for. For any additional questions or support, please email our team at nontrads@unt.edu. 

On-Campus Resources

New Parent Basic Needs Supply Closet

The Eagle Engagement Center provides a New Parent Basic Needs Supply closet for our expecting or new student parents. To access the supply closet, student must be enrolled in at least one class. The supply closet houses basic needs supplies such as diapers, pacifiers, bibs, clothing items for infants, and more.

For more information about our supply closet, please schedule a meeting with our EEC Team through Navigate.

To learn more about the resource the Eagle Engagement Center has in our office, visit our page here.

Expectant Parent Parking

The Eagle Engagement Center proudly partners with Transportation Services to provide Expectant Parent Parking for our students who are expecting parents. Expecting students are encouraged to sign up for Expectant Parent Parking Decal. Upon a student signing up for access to Expectant Parent Parking, students will be able to receive a Expectant Parent Parking Decal to hang from their car's rearview mirror. This decal is not a UNT Parking Pass. Rather it is a special decal that makes expecting parents eligible to park in these designated spaces. Students must have an active UNT Parking Pass and the Expectant Parent Parking Decal to utilize the spaces.

To learn more and apply for a Parking Decal, visit our EEC page here

UNT Early Childhood Music

The UNT Early Childhood Program provides children a rich musical environment in which they can "play with music." The focus of the Early Childhood Program is to provide children (from ages birth to five) quality experiences that will nurture their musical development and provide them with the readiness needed for later music instruction.

To learn more, visit the College of Education's site here. 

UNT Center for Play Therapy

Their mission is to encourage the unique development and emotional growth of children through the process of play therapy, a dynamic interpersonal relationship between a child and a therapist trained in play therapy procedures. The therapist provides the child with selected play materials and facilitates a safe relationship to express feelings, thoughts, experiences and behaviors through play, the child's natural medium of communication. To fulfill its objectives, the center provides training, research, publications, scholarships, oversees clinical play therapy services, and acts as a clearinghouse for literature in the field.

To learn more, visit the Center for Play Therapy's site here.

UNT Speech & Hearing Center

The University of North Texas Speech and Hearing Center has been serving people with speech, language, and hearing disorders since 1967. They strive to provide superior professional diagnostic and treatment services in speech-language pathology and audiology while providing excellence in clinical education for students in the Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology at the University of North Texas. The clinic features numerous therapy and diagnostic rooms, hearing aid technicians, a preschool language room, areas for families to observe clinical sessions, and reserved parking.

To learn more their services and schedule appointments, visit their site here.

UNT Kristin Farmer Autism Center

The UNT Kristin Farmer Autism Center conducts evidence-based direct services, research and training to positively impact individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, their families and the community.

To learn more and request services, visit their site here.

UNT Child and Family Resource Clinic

The Child and Family Resource Clinic is a counseling and training clinic that serves the Denton County community. The CFRC offers counseling to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families for issues including learning, emotional, and adjustment difficulties. The CFRC's purpose is twofold: to provide professional and responsible services to clients who request them and professional, competent training for graduate students.

To explore their services, please visit their site here

UNT Center for Young Children

The Center for Young Children — formerly the UNT Child Development Laboratory — uses a play-based, emergent curriculum built on the interests, curiosities and experiences of children ages 3-5. As part of a commitment to nurture children's diverse cultural background and home languages, the center also offers a bilingual program for children from Spanish speaking families.

To learn more about the center and enrollment, visit their site here

UNT Libraries Student Parent Resources & Non-Trad & Student Parent Librarian

Madison Brents is a Student Engagement Librarian who works in the following areas: Honors College, IELI, Texas Academy of Mathematics & Science (TAMS), as well as Non-Traditional and Student Parent students on campus. To contact her or to learn about the UNT Libraries' resources for Student Parents, visit the link here

General UNT Student Resources

Outside of Student Parent specific resources here at UNT, there are many additional resources available to all students here on campus. To learn more about these, visit our page on these here!

 

Off-Campus Resources

Texas Child Care Connection

CCS offers scholarships to help eligible families pay for child care. These scholarships can help pay for care for children from birth to age 12, and up to age 18 for children with disabilities. The program supports parents who are working, looking for a job, going to school, or in job training. Families must meet certain requirements to qualify. CCS can help with child care during the day, before and after school, and even during evenings or weekends.

To learn more, visit their site here

Denton ISD Pre-K Program

Pre-K is a state-funded program that follows the state of Texas Pre-K guidelines, which include language and literacy development, math skills, physical development, motor skills, social and emotional development, music, art, and other competencies to help prepare them for success in Kindergarten and beyond.  This program serves children who are four years old on or before September 1st. 

To learn more about their program, visit their site here

Denton Headstart

The Denton ISD Head Start Program is a federally funded program for three and four year old economically disadvantaged children. This full-day program is located at the Ann Windle School for Young Children at 901 Audra Lane. The focus of the program, which follows state and federal guidelines and curriculums, is to increase each student's self concept, developmental skills, and pre-academic skills. To qualify for the program, the student's parents must meet the federal income guidelines established for the program.

To learn more about qualifying for this program, visit their site here

Generation Hope Scholar Program

The Generation Hope Scholar Program surrounds teen parents with mentoring, tuition assistance, a peer community, and other vital, wrap-around services to help them earn their degrees. Throughout the year, Scholars receive trainings on topics such as life balance and academic planning, as well as free tutoring, mental health supports, and career preparation. Scholars will also have access to family-friendly events and our annual Hope Conference, which provides life and career advice from experts within the community.

To learn more about this program and their resources, visit their site here.

Baby Booties Diaper Bank

Baby Booties provides free diapers, wipes, period products, and potty training readiness kits and there are no requirements other than a need for a clean and happy baby. Baby Booties improves maternal, infant, and family health outcomes by addressing diaper need, period poverty, and hygiene insecurity across North Texas.

To learn more about their support and accessing resources, visit their site here.