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Access Florida - Food Stamps(EBT), Temporary Cash Assistance, and Medicaid

The Food Stamp Program(EBT) helps people with low income to buy healthy food. The application can be done online. Please see the website for your local service center. The application is also used for Temporary Cash Assistance, Medicaid, and all other Department of Children and Families services.

Deaf/Hearing Impaired:
Florida Relay 711 or
TTY: 1.800.955.8771

Adoption-Florida Adoption Center LLC

This agency offers adoption as an alternative parenting option. They help support birth mothers and adoptive parents. Help is offered before, during, and after adoption. They also provide resources for birth parents who choose to parent. The support is offered at no cost. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Toll Free: 1.855.899.5683
Birth Parents: 321.250.5683
Adoption Parents: 321.766.5683

Abuse Hotline - DCF

The Florida Abuse Hotline accepts reports 24 hours a day. Anyone who suspects that a child or vulnerable adult is abused or neglected needs to make a report. You can report online, by phone or by fax.

Abuse Hotline: 800.962.2873
Florida Relay Services: dial 711 or TTY: 800.955.8771

Si usted habla español y desea divulgar abuso, llame por favor el teléfono directo en 800-962-2873 para hablar con un consejero de habla hispana.

Alliance for Aging, Inc. - Community Care for the Elderly (CCE) Program

The CCE program provides community-based services. They help older people live in the least restrictive, yet cost-effective environment suitable to their needs. Individuals must be age 60 or older. They must be functionally impaired.

Eligible clients may receive services, including:

  • Adult day care
  • Case management
  • Chore
  • Companionship
  • Consumable medical supplies
  • Counseling
  • Emergency alert response
  • Emergency home repair
  • Escort
  • Home-delivered meals
  • Homemaker

Please call or visit website for more information.

Better Way of Miami, Inc. - Housing Programs

Better Way of Miami, Inc. provides Housing Programs. They do this on a long-term basis for homeless persons with disabilities. These programs offer a range of supportive services.

  • Partners For Homes – This program is funded by Lutheran Services of Florida, providing permanent housing to disabled single individuals and families
  • SRA (Sponsor-based Rental Assistance) – This is a sponsor-based rental assistance program that provides housing and supportive services to disabled individuals
  • SRO (Single Room Occupancy – The SRO Program is a single-room occupancy rental assistance program that provides housing and supportive services for tenants interested in enhancing their recovery in a communal living environment
  • The Access Program – It is a move-in assistance program for those disabled single individuals and families who are working but cannot afford the cost of moving into an apartment, or other residential environment

Please call or visit website for more information.

Better Way of Miami, Inc. - Treatment Serivces

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

  • Day/Night Treatment – Clients may continue to reside at Better Way East. They may also move to another Better Way sponsored housing Program. If not, they can reside in local halfway houses or shelters, or with family members. When they aren’t searching for employment, working, or attending school, they attend this intensive outpatient rehabilitation program. It is offered in the evening and during the day.
  • Outpatient Treatment – The ultimate goal of the Outpatient Treatment Program is long-term abstinence from drugs and alcohol. This is done through treatment planning. Group and individual sessions with each person will also be done. They will help them learn how to sustain sobriety through the 12-Step Recovery Model.
  • Please call or visit website for more information.

Braille and Talking Books Library-Florida Division of Blind Services

Braille and Talking Books Library is a free service. They offer reading materials in Braille and recorded audio. It is for those who are visually impared. The equipment used for the service is loaned out to customers. This includes digital players and headphones. The books on audio are also sent out to the customer at no charge. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Toll Free: 1.800.226.6075