Northwest Florida Regional Center provides the following services:

• AT List
• New Horizon Loan Program
• Regional Demonstration Centers
• Regional ReUse Centers
• Statewide Device Loan Program
• STEP Up AT Project
• FAAST Core Services
• FAAST Funding Guide

Please call or visit website for more information.

Florida Telecommunications Relay Service provides phones for those who qualify.

Phones are for those who are:

• Deaf
• Deaf/Blind
• Hard of Hearing
• Speech Challenged

Please call or visit website for more information.
Voice: 800.222.3448
TTY: 888.447.5620
VP: 850.270.2641

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center offers equipment on long-term loan with Florida residents. Residents must be hard of hearing, deaf, deaf/blind, or speech challenged. The equipment is offered at no charge to the consumer.

Equipment offered include:

• TTY's
• Volume/Tone Control Phones
• Volume/Visual Phone Signalers

Please call for visit website for more information.

Healthy Start offers screening for all Florida pregnant women and infants.

Services include:

• Childbirth, Breastfeeding and Parenting Support and Education
• Delivery
• Home Visiting
• Infant care
• Information and referral
• Ongoing care coordination and support to assure access to needed services
• Postpartum care
• Preconception Education
• Preconception planning
• Prenatal care
• Psychosocial, nutritional and smoking cessation counseling

Call for more information.

Healthy Start of Southwest Florida provides in-home visits for pregnant women and babies. The program arranges home visits from qualified healthcare professionals. They try to educate, evaluate, and recommend services to mothers. Please call or visit website for more information.

Hope Connections provides Hospice Services, such as:

• Home-delivered meals
• Hospice Houses and Facilities
• Social Meal Centers
• Transportation to Hospice Centers
• Medical Care
• Personal Care

Call for more information.

This group offers housing programs. These are for military families. There are four different programs. They are designed to help at every stage of their transition into civilian life. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Email: Florida@operationhomefront.org

Programs Available:

Assurance Wireless offers free lifeline wireless phone services. You may qualify if you receive Medicaid or Food Stamps. You can also qualify based on your household income.
Separate households that live at the same address are eligible, including residents of homeless shelters and nursing homes. Residents with temporary addresses are also eligible. Please call or go to the website for more information.

American Red Cross provides Veteran Services. They offer a range of resources and referrals to veterans within the community.

Services include:

• Referrals to Community Resources
• Veterans Claims for Benefits
• Volunteerism in VA & Military Hospitals

Please call or visit website for more information.