Children's Home Society - Greater Lakeland offers many programs for children and families including:

• Adoption
• Counseling
• Parents as Partners
• Children's Advocacy Center

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Florida Department of Education provides Transition Youth. This program helps people who have disabilities get or keep a job after exiting high school. Please call or visit website for more information.

NA is a nonprofit fellowship of people for whom drugs had become a major problem. They meet regularly to help each other stay clean. They are not interested in what or how much you used, but only in what you want to do about your problem. Please see the website for more information.

American's for Immigrant Justice offers assistance to mixed-status families and long-term residents who may have uncertain futures. Please see website for more details.

The Healthy Families Florida program is overseen by Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida. It is a nationally accredited family support and coaching program. The program is open to expectant parents. And to parents of newborns going through stressful life situations. Parents are empowered through education and community support. So that they can provide a safe and stable environment for their children. Services take place in the home and are entirely voluntary. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Programs Focus on:

It is a public health nonprofit. Staff members look to help people who have basic health needs. They also train health professionals and students. So that they can better serve their patients. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Services Include:

• Tobacco Cessation & Training
• Conference Management
• Continuing Education
• Healthcare Marketplace Assistance
• Webinar Hosting

The agency is committed to using every available tool in their arsenal to combat human trafficking. It is a collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. That work together with organizations to detect, investigate, and prosecute all forms of these crimes. Both foreign and domestic. The agency has a task force that is headquartered in the Tampa Bay area. This task force focuses on education, rescue, and enforcement. And they also support survivors. This is done by connecting them to victim-centered, trauma informed services.

The agency is part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Program. Their top priority is the protection of children. The protection against crimes of exploitation and abuse. They aggressively investigate, enforce, and prosecute crimes of this kind. Work is done to raise the public’s awareness of online sexual predators. They provide tools and information to educators. As well as parents and children. This is to reduce the likelihood of harm to children. And to encourage the reporting of possible violations.

Talking Books are books and magazines recorded for people who need to hear resources read to them. It is for people with a visual disability or a physical disability. Talking Books are played on special players provided free by the Library.

• Talking Books service is free for the user, including free delivery and return of machines and materials through the mail.