Family to Family Network

Name

Family to Family Network

Legal name

Family to Family Network

Website

https://f2fn.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Support Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Advocacy, Parent Training & Support Services (EDAJAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Parent & Caregiver Training for IEP Navigation (EDAKACAJ), Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK), Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Family/Caregiver Transition Training & Planning Support (EDAKANAL), Family Engagement & Caregiver Support Programs (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAK)

Keywords

• Disability support services
• Special education advocacy
• IEP training programs
• Family case management
• Nonprofit disability services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Family to Family Network delivered free case management, information & referral, IEP training, and community education to families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Texas. Services helped families navigate special education, Medicaid waivers, Social Security, and transition-to-adulthood systems, supported by bilingual (English/Spanish) resources, the Texas Project FIRST website, and peer-support from staff with lived disability experience.

Product overview

Family to Family Network offers a unified set of support services for families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, primarily focused on the Greater Houston area and Texas. The core offerings include Case Management/Information & Referral providing one-on-one guidance, IEP Training with free virtual sessions in English and Spanish, Training Events including Wednesday sessions and the Leadership & Advocacy program, the Annual Conference & Resource Fair, Autism 101 Academy symposium, the Texas Project FIRST bilingual website resource hub, and the SSI Success Framework online course. These services work together to help families navigate the complex special education, healthcare, and social service systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Case Management / Information & Referral

Quantifiable outcome

• 805 individuals received case management from 45 school districts
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• KNOWAutism FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to help families with more intense needs through intensive case management and specialized support services
• Dar-Us-SakinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to help families with more intense needs through intensive case management and specialized support services
• Houston Community College VAST AcademymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Annual Conference & Resource Fair hosting; over 200 people attended the event
• Houston MethodistmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerDEI grant funder that ended in April 2024; supported intensive case management for low-income and diverse families
• Aetna Better Health TexasmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerNew partnership enabling expansion of training outreach to other parts of Texas, especially the large Hispanic population
• Ray C Fish FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate/Foundation partner supporting the organization
• Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities (TCDD)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerState agency partner
• Spark for Autism ResearchminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAutism research partner organization
• Trey Yates LawminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSpecial needs law firm partner

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KNOWAutism Foundation: KNOWAutism Foundation was a direct strategic partner of F2FN, providing intensive case management to Houston-area families of children with autism — a comparable Houston-based IDD family-services nonprofit with overlapping client populations.
• Texas Parent to Parent: Texas Parent to Parent provides parent-to-parent support, information, and training to families of children with disabilities across Texas — a near-identical service model to Family to Family Network, including one-on-one navigation, IEP support, and statewide reach.
• Partners Resource Network: Partners Resource Network is Texas's federally-funded Parent Training and Information (PTI) center, providing IEP training, special education advocacy, and parent mentoring — directly overlapping F2FN's IEP training and case management services.
• The Arc of Texas: The Arc of Texas is the state-level IDD advocacy and family-support organization serving the same Texas families F2FN targeted, with broader legislative and systems-change capacity that positioned it as a more durable alternative.
• The Arc of Greater Houston: The Arc of Greater Houston serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families in the same Houston geography as F2FN, providing case management, advocacy, and family support services with overlapping client populations.

Broad incumbents

• Disability Rights Texas: Disability Rights Texas is the state's federally-funded Protection and Advocacy organization, providing legal and systems advocacy for Texans with disabilities — overlapping F2FN's special education and benefits navigation work but at a larger, legally-mandated scale.
• Easterseals Greater Houston: Easterseals Greater Houston is the Houston affiliate of a national disability services network, providing case management, therapy, and family support to people with disabilities and special needs in the same regional market as F2FN.
• Parent to Parent USA: Parent to Parent USA is the national network coordinating state parent-to-parent programs, including Texas Parent to Parent — operating the same peer-support model F2FN used as a key differentiator.

Others

• SPARK for Autism Research: SPARK is an autism research partner of F2FN, not a direct competitor but a complementary autism-focused organization that overlaps in target population (Houston-area families of individuals with autism).

Regional players

• Houston Center for Independent Living: Houston Center for Independent Living provides independent living services, advocacy, and transition support to people with disabilities in the Houston region — overlapping F2FN's transition-to-adulthood and benefits navigation services.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@FamilytoFamilyNetwork
• Xx.com/FamilytoFamily

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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