LARC, Inc. has dedicated itself to meeting with quality and foresight the needs of people with developmental disabilites living in Lee County and their families. Our mission now, as it was fifty years ago, is to promote and provide opportunities in the co...
Mission is to promote and provide opportunities for people with developmental disabilities reach their optimal level of functioning in the least restrictive setting. Services include self-care training, vocational training, supported employment, resident...
Make referrals to local chapters in order to help parents of young adults with learning disabilities....
Allows pregnant teenagers to continue their high school education during their pregnancy. Students may continue in the program after the birth of their child with the assistance of on-site day care....
4-H offers young people ages 5-18 an opportunity to share learn and grow through a variety of projects and events that help build self-confidence and other critical life skills. The goal of the Lee County 4-H Program is to build strong productive citizen...
Provides mobile library service to families living in housing projects, rural areas, and low income neighborhoods. The bookmobile is also available for special visits to schools and community events by appointment....
Provides drug abuse prevention programs to citizens of Lee County. Major activities include: Drug House Odyssey-a Lee County Prevention Event, Drug Abuse Prevention Conferences, Red Ribbon Week and Town Hall Meeting....
Homeless prevention, clothing,emergency food (food pantry / food bank), and hot meals....
Emergency rent and utility assistance to prevent homelessness. LIFT, and HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS) for those already experiencing homelessness and ready for permanent housing....
Financial assistance for rent, utilities, burial....
Provides out-of-hospital Advanced Life Support (ALS) care and transportation of sick and injured residents of Lee County to the most appropriate medical facility. DIAL 911 FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE....
Sliding scale for some fees. Must show IDs and birth certificates for each child. Insulin distribution program for those who qualify. HIV/AIDS services - ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program). Condoms are available for distribution at this location...
Free dental care, by appointment only. Must register in person at the Lee County Health Department to assure criteria are met....
Immunizations are free to children 0-18. Vaccines for adults including flu, pneumonia, shingles and foreign travel are available for a fee....
WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children which provides the following at no cost: healthy foods, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals for health care. Supplemental nutritional progra...
Services are offered in the following areas: Family Planning, Nutrition/WIC, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS Prevention, Community Wellness, Immunizations, Birth and Death Certificates. Condoms are available for distribution at this location...
Public housing and Section 8 Voucher program....
Serves as a collaborative hub for resources designated to aid economically disadvantaged individuals and families in our community....
Legal representation in dissolution of marriage, paternity, parenting plan and step parent adoption matters for individuals with minor children that financial assistancely qualify....
Resources are located at each branch to help adults improve their reading and writing skills in order to participate more fully in community life. These books, audio tapes, and videos have been gathered together and placed on distinctive Plexiglas shelvi...
Low Cost Childcare for Low income families, food, clothing, and household items when they are available, to our neighbors in Harlem Heights....
Large variety of programs and facilities available throughout Lee County for all ages. All locations offer programs; some fees attached....
Children receive a preschool education and are provided health and dental screenings, with follow-up as needed....
Project ACCESS: Emergency enrollment assistance and educational services/PK-12 students, and unaccompanied youth ages 0-21....
Provides assistance to anyone in Lee County who suspects he/she may have been a victim of fraud. Personnel can answer general fraud and scam questions and provide guidance on what to do....
Talking Books Library provides recorded books and equipment for adults and children who need to hear their reading because of a temporary or permanent disability. Demonstrates and loans assistive devices for short term use. Loans descriptive videos for ...
The Lee County VA Healthcare Center is a comprehensive outpatient health care facility. The facility will provide a full line of primary and specialty outpatient care services to Veterans who reside in southwest Florida....
Offers a wide range of home care services to meet the special medical, physical and emotional needs of our patients. Services include, Registered nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists, certified Home Health Aides, Medical Social Workers, S...
Lee Memorial Hospital is a 367 bed acute care facility that is home to the only level ll Trauma Center between Tampa and Miami. Services include orthopedics, bariatric behavioral health, diagnostic imaging, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surger...
Program offers free counseling education and support to family caregivers. Funded by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and Senior Choices of Southwest Florida in collaboration with Lee Memorial Health System....
The Alzheimer's/dementia clinic that offers full screening, diagnosis, treatment and support....
Non-emergency mental health assessments and referral services for children and adults....
Outpatient groups and community-based services offered to adults. Drug Abuse Treatment & education (DATE) residential program focused on recovery....
Services include: adult primary care, chronic disease management (asthma, COPD, congestive heart failure, diabetes, hypertension and Sickle Cell Anemia) and diagnostic testing....
Provides a fixed route public bus system within Lee County. Their website includes routes, schedules, and a trip planner....
The mission of Legal Aid Service of Collier County is to provide high-quality free civil legal advice, representation and education to the residents of Collier County, based on need, so as to encourage self-sufficiency and improve the lifestyle and living...
Provides medical care based on ability to pay....
Provides emergency assistance to families who reside in Lehigh Acres with food, past due rent, utilities, medicine, diapers, school supplies, and clothing. Documentation of need is required. Call for appointment....
Lehigh Regional Medical Center is an 88-bed facility. The active medical staff at Lehigh Regional Medical Center consists of 50 physicians. The primary care physicians are trained in internal medicine, emergency medicine, family practice and general prac...
Serving patients and their families diagnosed with blood cancers. Services include: First Connection - A peer to peer support system for patients and survivors, family support groups, patient education programs, back to school program for children with c...
A home for youth who are orphaned, abused, abandoned, or neglected....
A Christian foster home that accepts up to 12 children. It specializes in accepting large sibling groups who have been abandoned, neglected or whose parents have come upon hard times....
Two-year in-house living program for pregnant mothers providing a safe home, spiritual counseling, education, GED preparation, job training, parenting classes and direction, and crisis pregnancy counseling....
"This program is that final ""lift"" to get out of homelessness by providing coordination of services and financial assistance resources to help them reach their goals of securing and maintaining housing and self-sufficiency. LIFT is not an entitlement or...
Treatment programs for substance abuse, anger management and batterers intervention....
Educational programs, youth camps and helpful services to blind or visually-impaired residents of Collier....
Lighthouse of SWFL provides the tools, support and opportunities necessary for individuals with blindness or visual impairment to achieve their desired level of independence. Classes are provided in computers, Braille, and independent living skills. The...
Available for deposits/re-connection or to prevent disconnection. The maximum benefit is currently $600.00 and available twice per year; once during the Winter season (Oct 1 - Mar 31) and once during the Summer season (Apr 1 - Sept 30). Electric bill mu...
Is an entitlement program that assists with electric bills for heating and cooling. Appointments for this program are made by telephone only on Friday mornings beginning at 8:00 a.m. (unless our office is closed for a holiday). Appointments are scheduled...
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