CareerSource Broward connects workers to jobs. They offer many services that help job seekers to prepare for and to enter the workforce. They also help employers to connect with those seeking jobs. Please call or visit the website to learn more and find your local office.

Services include:

Legal Aid Service of Broward County provides free legal service to Broward County residents.

• Affordable Housing and Community Economic Development
• Children and Education
• Fair Housing
• Foreclosure Prevention and Advocacy Project
• Homeless Legal Rights Project
• Housing/Consumer
• Immigration
• Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
• MISSION UNITED Veterans Pro Bono Legal Project
• Ryan White HIV Law Project
• VOCA Services (Victims of Crime)
• Special Projects
• No Place Like Home

Please call or visit website for more information.

Child Find helps find young children who might qualify for help under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA). Please call or check the website to learn more.

Child Find provides:
Diagnostic screening
Placement coordination
Training
Support to parents

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.

Florida Housing Finance Corporation provides a way to find affordable housing. All of this can be done online, for free. You can search for affordable housing around the state of Florida. Please visit website for more information.

Money Management International helps consumers identify the cause of their individual financial concerns. They are not a loan company and do not lend out money. Many services are offered for free. Others are at a low cost. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Toll Free: 866.550.8004

In-person Counseling is by Appointment Only

VA offers home loans to Active Duty Service members and Veterans. This also applies to National Guard and Reserve members.

Programs:

• Adapted Housing Grants
• Cash Out Refinance Loans
• Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL)
• Native American Direct Loan (NADL) Program
• Purchase Loans

See their website: http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/ for more details.

Please call for more information.