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.

This agency offers legal representation. It is for low-income and vulnerable individuals. The help is for civil matters only. There are no fees for the services. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Services Include:

• Children's Legal Services
• Consumer
• Disaster Legal Services
• Domestic/Sexual Violence
• Elder Law
• Family
• Housing
• Legal Clinics
• Public Benefits
• Tax Law

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.

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.

This church runs a residential recovery program. It is to help men recover from addiction. The program has two phases. The first phase lasts for a year. During this phase the focus is on recovery classes and work skills. The second phase will prepare residents to return to society. Please call or visit the website for more information.

HUD provides a list of resources for people in Florida who are looking for help with paying rent. They also have a search for subsidized rental housing. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

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