Program of the Florida Public Service Commission that is designed to ensure that all residents of Florida have access to telephone service in their homes....
Assists with sight-related needs. Also assists with hearing-related needs on limited basis. Call the Lion's Club for information....
Regional chapter that provides vision, hearing and other services to the community....
The Punta Gorda Lions Club and the Punta Gorda Lions Foundation, Inc. are major providers of sight and hearing care in the Punta Gorda area....
Provides literacy services to adults with low reading and writing skills or for whom English is a second language. Assist literacy students with studying for GED or citizenship tests. Offers a financial assistance literacy class....
Is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to combating adult illiteracy. Its trained volunteers teach functionally illiterate adults to read and write English. They also teach speakers of other languages to read, write and speak English. ...
Food pantry / food bank....
Florida's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is a volunteer-based organization seeking to improve the quality of life of frail, vulnerable elders who live in long-term care settings, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities and adult family care ...
A free service which teaches cancer patients hands-on cosmetic techniques to help them cope with appearance-related side effects from chemotherapy and radiation treatments, provided by certified/trained cosmetologists. This is a non-medical service that ...
This group is for parents coping with the loss of an adult child. The purpose is for people who continue to deal with such a tremendous loss to help each other. No one knows the depth of grief over losing a child unless they have experienced it. By bri...
Provides Prison, homeless, street outreach, youth, and drug program ministries to people in need....
Free Mammograms for eligible residents ages 18-50....
Oasis Youth Shelter provides temporary shelter for troubled, runaway, or homeless youth (ages 10-17)....
Youth and Family Services provides crisis counseling for youth and their families. Services are available for run away, truant, homeless, and ungovernable youth and their families. Adolescent outpatient substance abuse program offers a 12-week treatment p...
Adolescent outpatient substance abuse treatment program, family counseling, OASIS youth shelter for ages 10-17 for runaway, truant or ungovernable....
Education and support group for anyone who has undergone surgical lymph node removal and/or radiation. Held at the Regional Medical Center....
Offers free services to low income families and individuals including a library, food/clothing/household goods bank, afterschool program, academic support, day care, computer training, GED assistance, social services, health services, and housing assistan...
Utility assistance....
Wishes granted to children with life threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy....
The foundation grants the wish of any child diagnosed by a physician as having a life-threatening medical condition. Children may be referred by the child's physician, parents or legal guardians, social worker or other healthcare professional or themselve...
To improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. This is carried out through programs of community service, research, education and advocacy....
Call for location food/groceries. Must show photo ID and social security card. Eligible 3 times a year. Also offers support group on various topics....
Provides groceries to individuals and families (food pantry / food bank). Must show a picture ID and social security card....
Delivery of one meal per day to persons unable to prepare their own meals. Extra meals can be ordered for the weekends....
Food assistance...
CCMI Meals on Wheels program organizes plans and administers the delivery of well-balanced and nutritious meals to the homebound; and does so at the lowest possible cost. One nutritious meal a day, five days a week (with extras for the weekend) are deliv...
This program assists aspiring entrepreneurs who have a low-to-moderate income level or are disadvantaged (including those who are unemployed or underemployed), and who live in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry or Glades counties. Upon successful completion...
A transitional living facility for single adults who are homeless due to substance abuse. Also provides low cost outpatient drug and alcohol assessments and counseling....
Provides faith-based self-development programs for at-risk youth and teens....
The Multicultural Program of the Lee County Library System reaches out to the growing multicultural population of Lee County. Our aims are to: Promote the library's services to new Immigrant families and persons from cultures without a library tradition,...
Provides affordable housing for low-income families....
A juvenile diversion program that utilizes volunteer community members as well as victims to create restorative-based case plans for juvenile offenders....
Working to improve the lives of children and adults with special needs through therapeutic riding and other equine-related programs. Participants range in age from 4 to 87 years old. ...
Our primary activity is to fund eye exams, glasses, eye surgery and hearing aids for needy adults and children. We have two major vision and hearing screening programs, including one to screen needy adults for glaucoma, cataracts and retinal disease. In ...
The TCA program (Temporary Cash Assistance Program) provides cash assistance to families with children under the age of 18 or under age 19 if full time secondary (high school) school students, that meet the technical, income, and asset requirements. This...
Support group are offered for those recovering from drug addiction....
Assists individuals with mental illness, their families and the community. Provides peer-to-peer counseling and support group....
Charlotte County educational course for family members and caregivers of a person diagnosed with a mental illness or brain disorder - at The Early Learning Coalition....
The National Alliance on Mental Illness provides a family support group for caregivers, family members and friends of individuals with a diagnosed mental illness. Free....
National organization provides support and information for adults and parents of children that are Attention Deficit or Hyperactive, as well as professionals in the Community. Teachers earn in-service credit....
National Dating Abuse Help Line is a national resource that can be accessed by phone or the internet. The Help Line and loveisrespect.org offer real-time one-on-one support from trained Peer Advocates. Peer Advocates are trained to offer support, inform...
National information center provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues. Anyone can use services-families, educators, administrators, journalists, students. Special focus is children and youth, (birth to 22)....
The National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) provides crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referral to victims of domestic violence, perpetrators, friends and families. Advocates have access to information about more than 5,000 shelters...
Free, accurate information on drug abuse and addiction can be faxed, mailed to read online. Information includes health effects of specific drugs, drug abuse and AIDS, prevention and treatment, nationwide trends and news releases....
The National Migrant Education Hotline is a toll-free number for migrant farm workers and their families to call anywhere in the country for information and referrals to education, health and other supportive services....
The center provides relevant, practical information and resources to professionals and the public, including survivors of childhood trauma, their families, and communities....
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