Other Financial ServicesThis group offers the Critical Financial Assistance Program. The program helps military families with grants and not loans. Help is also given in the form of grocery cards. The payments are made directly to service providers. There are eligibility criteria that must be met. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Usual Types of Assistance Are:
This group offers the Pediatric Assistance Fund. It is called PAF for short. It gives families w financial lifeline. These are families with children who are in desperate need of life-changing medical treatments. The help is for children 18 years or younger. Please call or visit the website for more information.
***Applications are not currently being accepted. Continue to check the website for updates***
NORD offers RareCare. It is a collection of assistance programs for people living with rare diseases. Please call or visit the website to learn more.
Toll Free: 800.999.6673
Types of Assistance Available:
This agency can help with tax problems that you can’t resolve on your own. Please call or visit the website to find the office nearest you and for more information.
Toll-Free: 1.877.777.4778
Help Topics Include:
Provides financial and other forms of assistance as needed.
As funds are available, it may include:
Utility payments
Rent
Emergency short-term motel stays
Employment assistance
Help for the homeless: clothing vouchers, Florida ID vouchers, tents and bicycles
A program focused on helping families develop financial stability and ending generational poverty through education, skill, and career development.
Each year, it connects 80-90 adults and children to personal success coaches, helping to address homelessness, increase income, and decrease debt. Success coaches work with the families for an entire year in bi-weekly sessions.
https://www.uwmc.org/StrongFamilies
This program provides temporary and supportive services for Veterans and Veteran families with low or no income. The goal of the program is to promote housing stability through assistance and support services to homeless persons or those at risk of homelessness. There are qualifications that must be met to participate in the program. Please call or visit the website for more information.
This program helps pregnant women, infants and families. It connects them to resources. It aims to help make healthy homes for children. They can connect you to food, housing help, counseling, and jobs. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Services and Information on:
The Pathway of Hope is for those who want to break their family out of the cycle of poverty. Pathway of Hope uses a case management system to lift families out of poverty. See https://ocala.salvationarmyflorida.org/ocala/pathway-of-hope-1/ or call for more information.
