Polk County Law Library
The law library is located on the third floor of the courthouse. It serves the legal community and the public.
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Operation Homefront-Critical Financial Assistance
This group offers the Critical Financial Assistance Program. The program helps military families with grants and not loans. Help is also given in the form of grocery cards. The payments are made directly to service providers. There are eligibility criteria that must be met. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Usual Types of Assistance Are:
Housing - Operation Homefront
This group offers housing programs. These are for military families. There are four different programs. They are designed to help at every stage of their transition into civilian life. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Email: Florida@operationhomefront.org
Programs Available:
Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center
Alachua County offers a victim services and rape crisis center that provides:
- Immediate outreach to victims of sexual battery and violent crime 24/7. Accompany victims of sexual battery to the hospital during the initial rape examination.
- Face-to-face individual counseling for victims and their families.
- Support groups that range for female survivors of sexual assault, male survivors of sexual assault, LGBTQ+ survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, adults molested as children, teen girls ages 13-16 who are survivors of sexual abuse, and family/friends of those killed by violent crime.
- Confidential HIV/AIDS testing.
- Accompany and support through any criminal proceedings that may follow (testimony, deposition, trial, sentencing, etc.).
- Assist victims in filing for Victim Compensation and/or sexual battery relocation.
- Community education, consultation, and speeches.
Florida Law Help-Florida Legal Services
This office offers a variety of legal services. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Projects/Services:
- Children's Advocacy
- Connecting Kids to Coverage
- Domestic Violence Hotline
- Economic Opportunity
- Eviction Prevention
- Fair and Affordable Housing
- Florida Institutional Legal Services Project
- Immigrant & Migrant Rights Project
Florida Legal Services, Inc
This group is a nonprofit, law office. They are a leader in advancing economic, social, and racial justice. They also advocate for the poor and vulnerable.
Family Empowerment Scholarship Program - Florida Department of Education
This program offers scholarships to students with Unique Abilities. Scholarships help families have school choices and/or use funds to help with educational needs. Please call or visit website for more information.
Victim Services (VINE) - Department of Corrections
This program helps victims of crimes committed by Florida inmates. Through the VINE program, victims can sign up for an automatic notification service. Anyone may call the toll-free number to get an inmate's current location and release date. You may also register to learn when an inmate is released, transferred, escapes or dies. The VINE service is confidential. Please see the website for more information.
Local Number: 850.488.9166
Toll Free: 877.8.VICTIM (877.884.2846)
Supportive Services - American Cancer Society
This agency offers a range of services to those with cancer. Someone is available to talk to 24 hours a day. You may also chat live with someone online.
Services include:
Florida Office of the Attorney General
The purpose of the Attorney General's office is to enforce the laws of Florida. Their aim is to protect consumers from fraud, identity theft and more. The Crime Victims program helps those who have been a victim of crime to get financial compensation. Please see the website for more information.
Toll Free: 1.866.966.7226
Florida Relay/TTY: 1.800.955.8771
Programs and Units Include:
- Civil rights
- Consumer information
- Consumer investigations
- Crime Victims services
- Criminal appeals
- Criminal justice programs
- Cyber safety and education
- Lemon law
- Medicaid fraud
- Seniors v. Crime