Florida Resource & Assistance Directory:
- Family Household Supply and PPE Donation Request (TPDS Family Donation Request).
Health Resources
- Special Enrollment Period for Health Insurance: click here.
- Helping Children and Families Cope: click here.
- Individual with Disabilities – Florida Department of Children and Families (myflfamilies.com)
Employment, Education, Training and Childcare Assistance
- Florida Reemployment Assistance, 1-800-204-2418 reemployment assistance benefits and FloridaJobs.org
- Education Tuition Assistance (FASFA) and Federal Student Aid.
- Links to companies that are hiring: Amazon, CVS, Walmart, Instacart, Dollar General, PepsiCo, Publix, Target, Papa John’s, Walgreens.
- Florida Atlantic University is offering a free online certification (normally $900) in Hospitality and Tourism Management, click here.
- Childcare Referrals (Find a childcare provider).
- Community Coordinated Care for Children (Childcare Payment Assistance).
- Scholarships For Private School | Step Up For Students
Financial Assistance Household Needs and Resources
- Florida COVID-19 Rent and utility Assistance (Our Florida).
- Orange County’s Crisis Assistance Program one-time benefit to help with rent and utilities.
- Seminole County Rental Assistance Program click here.
- Jewish Family Services of Orlando (JFS) offers emergency assistance to help short-term crisis, click here.
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (Orange County).
- ACCESS of central Florida TANF Cash and Medicaid Florida(Apply).
- Economic self-sufficiency program click here.
- Catholic Charities of Central Florida, (financial assistance with rent, lot rent, mortgage, and utilities).
- Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) assistance with housing, foreclosure, eviction. click here.
- Emergency Broadband (Internet) Program.
- FREE Government cell phones assistance for qualifying clients (Apply).
- Furniture vouchers (Mustard Seed).
- Reach Out for Help: Contact 211 Information and Referral Crisis Line. COVID-19/Coronavirus click here.
- United Against (Poverty).
Food Resources
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
- (Second Harvest) Food Bank of Central Florida.
- (Seniors First) and Meals on Wheels.
- Orange County Public Schools Free Grab-n-Go meal distribution program ocps.net
- The Produce for Better Health Foundation (COVID-19) crisis, click here.
- Free Meals for Students: The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services click here.
Transportation Resources
- LYMMO is a free Bus Rapid Transit system in Downtown Orlando. Additionally, the buses kneel and have special boarding ramps, to make riding much easier for wheelchairs and passengers with disabilities. For more information on LYMMO and the schedule updates, click here.
- All Medicaid eligible recipients who have no other means of transportation may receive free of cost to the Recipient non-emergency transportation services. Simply contact your Health Insurance Provider to find out more
At Home
- Covibook: A short book created to support children, under the age of 7, regarding COVID-19 click here.
- Get Your Home Ready: Here is guidance is to help household members plan, click here.
- Family Involvement: Activities that parents/families can do with their children, click here.
- At-Home Activities: 24 things for parents and young children to do together, click here.
- Florida Electronic Library: More than 190 million articles, e-books, videos for citizens of Florida, click here.
- STEM Resources: Here are science, engineering, technology, and math resources for families, click here.
- Literacy resources for families from Florida Early Learning, click here.
- Storyline Online is a free literacy resources to help educate and entertain your kids at home, click here.
- Resources from age Zero to Three offers tips for families click here.
- Child Mind Institute: Coping During COVID-19 Resources for Parents, click here.
- Help explain COVID-19 to a child as well as provide other fun activities, click here
- Abuse Hotline – Florida Department of Children and Families (myflfamilies.com)
- Lifeline (suicide prevention lifeline)
