Housing ServicesBig Bend Cares has the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. It helps people stay where they are or helps them find other housing. Please call 850.656.2437 or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
This law firm can help with housing legal issues. This can include landlord/tenant disputes or eviction. Please call 352.372.0519 or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
Toll Free: 866.256.8091
This group provides free civil (non-criminal) legal help. Clients must live in the service area. Please call 904.356.8371 or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
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The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps people when they have an unpaid energy bill. The program works to help low-income families. For the first half of the month, LIHEAP gives priority to single mothers, those aged 60 or older, the disabled, and children under five years of age. All other clients are served the second half of the month. They can help every six months, once in the winter and once in the summer. Please call or visit the website for locations and more information.
Mercy House is a program for people who have been in jail for non-violent crime. The year-long program helps them go back into society. Please call 850.692.3301 or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
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.
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This group helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. They have emergency shelter. There are a range of programs and services. They help male and female victims. Please call or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
24 Hour Hotline: 1.850.681.2111
TDD: 1.800.621.4202
Toll-Free (Domestic Violence): 1.800.500.1119
Toll-Free (Sexual Assault): 1.888.956.7273
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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.
24 hour helpline: 866.698.6155
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
This center works with organizations and government agencies. This is so services can be found in one place. The help is for people dealing with homelessness. They also help those dealing with economic hardship. Please call 850.792.9000 or click HERE to go to the website to learn more.
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