The Good News Outreach helps the community with the following services:

• Elder Care
• Food Service Program
• Housing the Homeless
• Transitional Housing

Please call for more info.

This is a group that offers guardianship services for adults who cannot make legal choices for themselves. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

Services Provided:

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:

Big Bend Cares provides Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), offers assistance to stay where you are or find other housing.

Call for more information.

The lifeline assistance program provides free cell phone service to low-income customers. Those who qualify also receive a free phone. There is a limit of one account per household. Other terms may apply. Visit the website to learn more.

LIHEAP helps low-income households with the cost of utilities. They also offer help with crisis assistance. The amount of help given to each case is based on the national poverty guidelines. LIHEAP gives priority to cases that deal with the elderly, the disabled, or children under 5 years of age. Please call or visit the website to learn more. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps people pay their energy costs 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.

The Birth Cottage provides midwife services to pregnant women in need. All insurance companies, HMOs and Medicaid cover all or most of the fees. Payment plans are available.

Services:

• Complete Prenatal Care
• Birth at the Birth Cottage
• Birth at Home
• Waterbirth
• Labor Support
• Nutritional Counseling
• Parenting Information
• Sibling Preparation
• Breastfeeding Info
• Exercise Counseling
• Pregnancy Massage
• Home Visits
• Childbirth Classes
• Lending Library
• Gynecological Services
• Cervical Cap Fitting
• PrePregnancy Counseling
• Gatherings with other Families

Please call or visit website for more information.