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:
The NFK offers the Hawthorne Patient Assistance Fund. It offers short-term financial help. Help is for qualified kidney transplant recipients. And is to help meet the cost of kidney transplant related medications. While the patient looks for other long-term solutions. The money is paid directly to the pharmacy of the patient’s choice. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Toll Free: 800.927.9659
FSYR offers a summer camp for youth ages 10-15. Kids can take part in many fun activities such as canoeing, archery and swimming. They have the chance to build teamwork and peer communication skills. They can also enjoy the tranquil outdoors. Campers will have the chance to interact with law enforcement personnel and volunteers and learn other social skills. Please see the website for more information.
FSYR offers a summer camp for youth ages 10-15. Kids can take part in many fun activities such as canoeing, archery and swimming. They have the chance to build teamwork and peer communication skills. They can also enjoy the tranquil outdoors. Campers will have the chance to interact with law enforcement personnel and volunteers and learn other social skills. Please see the website for more information.
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches offers residential care to children in need. It runs several child-care campuses throughout the state. Please call or visit the website to learn more.
This is a federal program that lowers the cost of phone and internet service. Low-income households can apply for a monthly discount up to $9.25. Call or visit the website to learn more information.
CIL of the Keys is a SSA WIPA project. WIPA stands for Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Program. It helps people with disabilities get and use accurate information. This is so they can make a successful transition to work. Clients are aged 14 to 65. They must be getting either SSDI or SSI benefits. Please call or visit the website for more information.
Medicare and Medicaid and other Health insurance navigation and counseling: benefits explanation, compare/enroll plans, appeals, billing/claims, Partnership with AFA/SHINE program. Call or go to website.
This organization is called CIL for short. It is a nonprofit. The agency is one of over 400 CIL in the country. It provides support to people with disabilities. This is so they can live with the most amount of independence possible. The support is in the form of advocacy, resources, and information.
This group helps disabled people get services that follow the ADA. The ADA is a law. ADA means Americans with Disabilities Act.
Advocacy means to help or to speak up for another person. You can learn how to advocate (or speak up for yourself) and be independent.
•Provided for free: Loan out wheelchairs, shower chairs, walkers with wheels, computer equipment and other medical equipment.
For more information please call or go to the website.