Florida Housing Finance Corporation provides the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP). This program helps very low, low, and moderate income families. You may be eligible for home repair or replacement, down payment assistance, rental housing assistance, and other affordable housing help. Please call or visit website for more information.

We are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other. We look to change lives through education, partnerships, and delivery of quality services. Please call or visit our website for more info.

Programs and services include:

• Behavior Intervention Program
• Family Self-Sufficiency Program
• Head Start / Early Head Start
• Head Start Voluntary Prekindergarten
• Healthy Families Manatee
• Housing Counseling
• Life on the Edge - Poverty Simulation
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• Speech Screening, Evaluation and Therapy Program
• Weatherization Assistance Program

Recovery House is a non-medical, faith-based organization. It has transitional housing and recovery support for men with substance abuse issues. It uses a 12-step program. Men can get addiction education, job skills and training. Family support is strongly encouraged. The focus is to reunite men with their families and give them job skills.

You must call 407.323.5857 for an interview. No walk-ins will be accepted. In many cases, the client can be accepted the same day of approval.

Please see the website for more details.