Community Resources

Government/Voting/Politics	Social Services	Education	Recreation/Music/Sports
News	Business Clubs & Service Organizations	Volunteer Opportunities	Job Hunting Resources

 

Government / Voting / Politics 
AARP Tax Help http://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/aarp_taxaide/
Allen Animal Shelter http://www.cityofallen.org/departments/police/animal_control_shelter/
Collin County Government - elections, records, taxes www.co.collin.tx.us/
Collin County Law Library http://www.co.collin.tx.us/law_library/index.jsp
Driver's License - Texas Deptartment of Public Safety www.txdps.state.tx.us
Motor Vehicle Registration (License Tags) http://www.co.collin.tx.us/tax_assessor/vehicles/vehicles.jsp
Passports http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html

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Social Services 
Allen Community Outreach http://www.acocares.org/aco/
Samaritan Inn http://www.thesamaritaninn.org/
Social Security Administration www.socialsecurity.gov
SPCA of Texas www.spca.org

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Education 
Allen Early Childhood PTA www.aecpta.com
Allen Independent School District www.allenisd.org
Collin College www.collin.edu
GED classes - ACO /www.acocares.org/aco/Services/GEDProgram/tabid/121/Default.aspx
Head Start - Allen ISD www.allenisd.org/200610610155931583/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=55499 
ESL Classes (for Adults) www.allenisd.org/communityed 
 
Recreation / Music / Sports 
Allen Arts Alliance http://allenartsalliance.org/main
Allen Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra www.allenphilharmonic.com
Allen Sports Association www.allensports.org
Connemara Conservancy www.connemaraconservancy.or g

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News 
Allen American Newspaper www.allenamerican.com
Allen Image (website has back issues) www.allenimage.com
 
 
Business Clubs & Service Organizations / 
Allen Economic Development Corporation http://www.allentx.com/
Allen Garden Club www.allengardenclub.org
Allen Heritage Guild http://www.allenheritage.org/
Allen Lions Club www.allenlionsclub.org
Allen Quilters' Guild www.allenquilters.org
Better Business Bureau www.dallas.bbb.org
Chamber of Commerce - Allen www.allenchamber.com
Collin County Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txcolcgs/
Daughters of the American Revolution - Allen http://www.texasdar.org/chapters/GeneralBernardodeGalvez/
Kiwanis Club of Allen www.allenkiwanis.org
Rotary Club of Allen www.allenrotary.org
Rotary Club of Allen Sunrise www.asrotary.org
Small Business Development Center - Collin College http://www.collin.edu/sbdc/

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Volunteer Opportunities 
Allen Community Outreach http://www.acocares.org/aco/
 North Texas Youth Connection www.ntxyouthconnection.org
Volunteer Center of North Texas www.volunteernorthtexas.org
Volunteer McKinney Center www.volunteermckinney.org/youth_vmc.htm

Job Hunting Resources

Texas Workforce Commission (Job services) www.twc.state.tx.us
Collin County Jobs http://www.co.collin.tx.us/
Dallas County Jobs http://www.dallascounty.org/
TexasJobs.com http://www.texasjobs.com/ is very useful when you are searching for job fairs.
The Senior Source http://www.workforce50.org/ lists jobs for seniors in the greater Dallas area.
Texas Job Bank http://www.jobsearch.org/TX/ allows for searching by category for jobs across the state of Texas on this state sponsored site.
Texas Newspaper Classified Ads http://www.twc.state.tx.us/jobs/txclassifieds.html contains links to the classified listings in newspapers across the state of Texas 

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