The Emergency Home Energy Assistance for the Elderly Program is known as EHEAP for short. It is offered by the Department of Elder Affairs which helps low-income households with at least one person age 60 and older. The help is for emergency energy related costs during the year. The payments are made directly to the vendor. Or by a two-party check to the vendor and client. Please call or visit the website to learn more.
HUD has a list of resources for people in Florida who are looking for help with paying rent. You can search for subsidized housing. Please call or visit the website to learn more.
Florida Housing Finance Corporation offers an affordable housing finder. It is online and free. All of Florida is covered. Please call or visit the website to learn more.
This program provides energy-saving help to low-income people. The goal is to reduce their energy bills for many years. Please call or visit the website to learn more.
The measures taken are:
The Agency for Health Care Administration helps with the Medicaid program in Florida. They are responsible for the licensure and regulation of hospitals. They provide information and assistance.
This group offers a free program that helps families with parenting and child development. They provide tools to make parenting easier. Call to find out if you can get these services.
What can Healthy Families do for you and your family?
A family support worker will visit you in your home to:
This program aims to empower, support, and guide families towards a better financial future.
Families can be enrolled for up to five years. During this time stress is placed on further education while having part time employment.
Please see website for more information.
LIHEAP helps those in need pay their power bills.
A limited number of online applications will be accepted on Mondays (except holidays).
Manatee County: 10:30am and 6:00pm
Please see website for more information.
The CATCH program offers speech and language screenings for children ages 24 months to five years. Parents will get the results of the screening and may be referred for more tests or therapy if there are any concerns. In some cases, the CATCH program can also provide speech therapy for families.
The screening checks for things like talking, pronunciation, how kids speak in sentences, social skills, stuttering, and voice problems. Please call or visit website to learn more information.