Alachua

Office of Veterans Services, Alachua County

The Office of Veteran Services helps veterans and their families apply for benefits. Counselors help with filing forms. Please call or visit our website for more info.

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

St. Francis House - Food & Shelter

This ministry provides food, shelter, and case management in a safe environment for people in Alachua County. They also run Arbor House for homeless women. Please see the website for more details.

Services Include:

  • Arbor House
  • Case Management
  • Daily Showers
  • Emergency Shelter
  • Laundry Facilities
  • Personal Hygiene Items & Clothing
  • Referrals
  • Soup Kitchen
  • Sunrise Residence Inn
  • Transitional Housing
  • Veterans Affairs

Additional Locations:
Hamilton County
2618 NW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL. 32609
352.505.3521

St. Johns County
70 Washington Street
St. Augustine, FL. 32084
904.829.8937

Salvation Army Shelter - Social Services

This agency offers temporary shelter and meals to those in need. They also offer social service referrals. They provide disaster relief locally and around the world.

Services include:

  • Adult Rehabilitation
  • Christmas Assistance
  • Combating Human Trafficking
  • Disaster Relief
  • Elderly Services
  • Housing and Homeless Services
  • Hunger Relief
  • Missing Persons
  • Prison Ministries
  • Veterans Affairs Services

Please call for more information.

Peaceful Paths - Emergency Shelter

Peaceful Paths provides Emergency Shelter. This shelter is for people forced to leave their own community because it is no longer safe. The shelter is staffed with trained people who can provide emotional support. Crisis counseling and referrals are also available. The address provided is not shelter location. Please call or visit website for more information.

Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) - Northeast Region

APD supports persons with developmental disabilities. Their goal is to help them live, learn and work in their communities. APD provides services to help clients find jobs, funding and supported living services. Please see the website for more information.

APD serves those with:

  • Autism
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Down syndrome
  • Intellectual disabilities
  • Prader-Willi syndrome
  • Spina bifida
  • Children age 3-5 who are at a high risk of a developmental disability

Peaceful Paths, Inc.

Peaceful Paths is an agency that helps victims of domestic abuse. They offer a range of services and programs to help.

Services include:

  • Helpline
  • Emergency Shelter
  • New Client Intake
  • Support Group
  • Crisis Counseling
  • Injunction Support
  • Child & Youth Programs
  • Violence Prevention Education
  • Economic Empowerment
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