The Office of Veteran Services helps veterans and their families apply for benefits. Counselors help with filing forms.

Benefits include:

• Clothing for service connected disabled vets
• Extra benefits for children of disabled vets
• Financial help for surviving spouses of wartime vets
• Financial help for those injured in line of duty
• Grants for auto equipment for severely disabled
• Grants for home improvements for severely disabled
• Help for those confined to home, hospital or nursing home
• Help in getting VA Medical Care
• Help in receiving eligibility for home loans
• Help with appealing VA decisions
• Help with education benefits
• Pension benefits for wartime era vets
• Training for employment/education

Contact for more information.

NORD offers resources for patients with rare diseases and their caregivers. These include free webinars, fact sheets, infographics, and more. The materials will provide guidance on the journey with a rare disease. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

Toll Free: 800.999.6673
En Espanol: 844.259.7178

Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches offers residential care to children in need. It runs several child-care campuses throughout the state. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

POPIN - Parents Offering Parents Information and Networking provides a range of services to help children with disabilities, and their families.

They offer the following:

• POPIN
• PSN
• PEN
• Family START
• Special Needs Trusts
• Parent to Parent
• Youth Advocacy
• DADVOCATES
• The Jan La Belle Scholarship
• Sharing the Commitment

Please call or visit website for more information.

Safe Haven for Newborns is here to help pregnant women of all ages. The group offers a variety of services.

Direct Assistance Available Includes:

• Safe Haven Relinquishment
• Medical Related Issues
• Necessities
• Housing/Shelter
• Legal Issues
• Burial Services
• Abuse
• Counseling/Parenting Education
• Financial Assistance
• Adoption Issues
• Education

https://asafehavenfornewborns.com/what-we-do/providing-assistance

This program offers drug rehabilitaton for both men and women. It is for ex-offenders.

Programs offered:

• Adult Basic Education and GED
• Anger Management
• Bible Studies
• Bridge Builders (Spiritual 12-Step Program)
• Individual and Group Counseling
• Life Skills

HUD provides a list of websites and other resources on their website. This is to help people in Florida who are looking for help with paying rent. They also have a search for subsidized rental housing. Please visit the website to learn more.

Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches provides residential care to children in need. It is for ages 8 through 18. Youth are cared for by "cottage parents" who helps them. Each child must be recommended by the local Sheriff. Please call 386.842.5501 or visit website for more information on Residential Care.

This agency works with other social service agencies. Together they ensure that children with mental and emotional problems have access to the services they need. The website has many useful resources for parents and teens. You can find information about bullying, anxiety, parenting and more. Please see the website for more information.