Lighthouse of SWFL offers a Summer Experience as their Transitional Teens Program. It helps young adults with visual impairments to live on their own as they move from high school onto the next stage of their adult life.

They help with:

This group offers trauma counseling. It provides caring and comprehensive assistance. This is to help face serious life challenges. Parents and primary caregivers are involved in the treatment process for all children who attend programs. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Services offered to those who are victims of trauma:

• Coping skills training groups
• Evaluation and testing
• Individual therapy
• Therapy groups for men abused as children
• Therapy groups for women abused as children

Call for more information.

This service is made possible by a partnership between the Crisis Center and Signature Aviation. It is located on the ticketing level at Tampa International Airport. The airport booth is near the Spirit Airlines desk and the USO office. It is staffed by volunteers who help travelers in crisis. Help is available seven days a week.

Please see the website for details.

Services include:

Better Way of Miami, Inc. provides three separate treatment programs.

This Care Center has end-of-life care. They focus on the physical, social, spiritual and emotional needs of its patients. There are services for family members as well. The Care Center is for those who can no longer live in their own home. They have 16 beds with full hospice service and the comforts of home. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

The Tri-County Head Start is a program of the Tri-County Community Council, Inc. that offers educational programs for low-income children. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

Services Include:

• Extended Care
• Head Start
• School Readiness

Call for more information.

Tri-County Human Services, Inc. provides the Highlands County Outpatient Clinic. They offer adult/adolescent services.

Services provided include:

• Alcohol/Drug Education
• Family/Couples Counseling
• Group Counseling
• Individual Counseling
• Substance Abuse Assessment
• Urinalysis Drug Testing

Each client will work with their own clinical specialist. Together they will create a treatment plan tailored to the individual. Length of stays in outpatient services range from three to nine months. The services provided b Tri-County are covered by many health insurance plans. When health insurance coverage is not available, an affordable plan is worked out with each client. Call for more information.