Teen ServicesFlorida 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.
This group offers several residential care campuses. They are made up of cottages and villages across the state. Here, children in need can find daily structure through "Work, Study, Play and Pray." Please call or visit the website to learn more.
Toll Free: 800.765.3797
Safe Place is a place where youth ages 10-17 can go to get help. There are over 300 Safe Place sites in Pinellas and Manatee counties. Safe Place services are available 24/7.
Reasons to go to a Safe Place:
See website for locations.
SEDNET helps students with emotional and behavioral disabilities. This group helps them and their families make positive changes. They learn appropriate behaviors and how to be less dependent. This helps them fully engage with school and those around them. Please call 941.751.6550 ext. 43126 or visit their website to learn more.
CARD helps by providing short-term guidance, support, and resource referrals at no cost to people with ASD, their families, and those who serve them. They provide support for individuals from the time of diagnosis throughout their lives.
Services include:
Please call or check their website for locations and to learn more.
This is a group home for girls ages 13 to 18. They are placed here by DCF because of abuse or neglect at home. Some girls are also placed by their parents due to stressful family situations. The program focuses on helping the girls learn independent living skills, such as education, job skills, money management, and problem solving. They also receive individual therapy and group therapy from licensed therapists.
Please visit the website to learn more.
This group at the Florida Department of Education has a program called Transition Youth. This program helps young people with disabilities find or keep a job after high school. Please call or visit the website to learn more
This agency provides services to youths and their families. SafePlace2B provides shelter to troubled youth. The shelter is open 24/7.
Family counseling services are available.
Please make an appointment for other services. See website for more information.
Important Numbers:
SafePlace2B -941.708.5850
Family Counseling – 941.741.3575
