Dial 2-1-1 for Confidential Crisis Intervention & Referrals
Dial 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Alcohol & Drug Dependency

• ACTS

• Cove Behavioral Health

• Phoenix House

• Help.org

• Rehab.com

• Start Your Recovery

• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 1-800-662-4357

• Tampa Crossroads

Alerts

• Hillsborough County Alerts

• City of Tampa text TAMPAREADY to 813-888-777

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Breastfeeding

• Champions For Children

• HSC Breastfeeding Brochure

Child Abuse Prevention

• Champions For Children

• Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-96-ABUSE (22873)

• Child Welfare Information Gateway

• Children’s Home Network

• Crisis Center of Tampa Bay

• DCF Report Child Abuse Online

• Florida Department of Children and Families

• Healthy Families Florida

• Healthy Families Hillsborough

• Help Guide

• Mary Lee’s House

• Prevent Child Abuse America

• Prevent Child Abuse Florida

• Prevention Strategies

• REACHUP, Inc.

• Report Child Abuse Online

• The Ounce of Prevention Fund

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Childcare

• Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County

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COVID-19

• CDC What's New, Stay Up To Date

• City of Tampa Information

• Hillsborough County Information

• State of Florida Information

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Disabilities

• Autism Speaks

• Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at USF

• Cerebral Palsy & Sleep

• Designing the Perfect Home Playroom for Children with Autism

• Down's Syndrome Tampa Bay

• Florida Association of the Deaf

• Florida Division of Blind Services

• F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

• GiGi's Playhouse

• Mayor's Alliance for Persons with Disabilities

• Moving with Children Who Have Autism

• Special Health Care Needs Resource Guide (Florida)

• Sensory Room Ideas for Children With Autism

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Disaster Preparedness & Relief, Emergency

• American Red Cross

• Disaster Preparedness

• Emergency Financial Preparedness Toolkit

• Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities

• FEMA

• Hillsborough County Emergency Management

• Hurricane/Emergency Helpful Links and Information

• Make a Plan

• National Hurricane Preparedness - NOAA & NWS
   

Distracted Parents

• HSC Distracted Parents Brochure

• 11 Ways to Avoid Distracted Parenting

Domestic Violence

• Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-500-1119

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Education & Learning

• abcMouse

• Applying for College Scholarships

• CareerSource Tampa Bay

• Champions for Children

• Coding for Kids - 12 Best Tools & Resources

• Coding for Kids Guide

• Computer Classes at the Public Libraries

• Computer Mentors

• Famous Museums

• Florida Department of Education

• Glazer Museum at Home

• Head Start / Early Head Start

• Helpful School Resources

• Higher Education Scholarships

• Hillsborough County Public Schools
  Hotlines:

  • eLearning Support (813) 272-4785

  • Technology Support (813) 272-4786

  • Mental Health Support (813) 272-4787

  • General Questions (813) 272-4788

• Homework Assistance through the Public Libraries

• myON

• Kids Learning to Saving Money

• Learning & Teaching at Home

• Live Science

• NASA STEM​

• Parent Resources

• PBS Kids

• Scholastic

• School District of Hillsborough County Requirements
  & Enrollment Information

• School Reading & Virtual Libraries

• Sesame Street

• Sex Education Resources

• Social & Emotional Learning

• Talk, Read, Sing Tampa Bay

• Top 20 Online Resources to Help Kids Learn From Home

• U.S. Department of Education

• Virtual Fieldtrips

• Virtual Zoos

• VPK Enrollment Online

• WEDU PBS At-Home Learning

• Wolframalpha

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Elderly & Grandparents

• Florida Department of Elderly Affairs

• Kinship - Children's Home Network, 1-888-920-8761

• Nursing Home Neglect

• Preventing Falls

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Employment - General

• CareerSource Tampa Bay

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Entertainment

• Homemade Musical Instruments

• Museum Tours

• National Parks Tour

• Variety of Virtual Tours

Eviction

• Children's Board of Hillsborough County

• Dawning Family Services 813-875-2024

• Homeless Shelters Directory

• Mary & Martha's House

• Metropolitan Ministries

• Our Florida

• Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiatve

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Families

• Care Navigators HopeFlorida

• Children's Board Family Guide

• Fostering Families

• Healthy Families

• HSC Family Guide

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Family Resource Centers

• Children's Board Family Resource Centers

• Metropolitan Ministries Family Resource Center

• University Community Resource Center

Fatherhood

• Fathers & Fathering

• Male Involvement Network

• National Fatherhood Initiative

• SWIFF Program from ReachUp

Financial Assistance for Housing, Basic Needs, Etc.

• Diapers

• Electricity TECO

• Energy Assistance

• Get Help Director

• Metropolitan Ministries

• Rent & Housing

• Tampa Housing Assistance Hotline 813-307-5555

Fitness

• 13 free online workouts

• Free weekly fitness at Curtis Hixon Park

• Tampa Parks & Recreations Centers Directory

• YMCA

• Yoga for Children & Families

Food/Meal Assistance

• Farm Share

• Find a Food Pantry

  • ​Feeding Tampa Bay 813-254-1190

  • Feeding Tampa Bay Current Calendar

• Food Pantries in Hillsborouogh

• Food Pantries in Tampa Bay

• Meals on Wheels

• Metropolitan Ministries

• Metro BrigAIDeMeal Site Map

• Second Harvest Food Bank

• USDA Meals for Kids Site Finder

• WhyHunger

• YMCA Veggie Van

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Fun

• 30 Things to do with Your Kids

• 50 Things to do with Kids from Alpha Mom

• Best Things to do with Kids in Tampa from Family Vacation Critic

• Children's Board Free First Tuesdays at Glazer Children's Museum

• ​Free Things to do with Kids from VisitFlorida

• Fun Tampa Kids

• Homemade Musical Instruments

• Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI)

• Parks & Playgounds in Tampa Bay

• Sesame Street

• Tampa Museum of Art -  A family of four or less can visit for free by showing their SNAP benefit card

• Trip Advisor - Family Fun

• Virtual Famous Museums

• Virtual Field Trips

• Virtual National Parks

• Virtual Zoo Cams

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Grandparenting

• HSC Grandparents Safe Baby Brochure

• Kinship Program

Government Agencies, Federal, State, Local

• City of Tampa

• Florida Government

• Hillsborough County Government

• Hillsborough County - Customer Service Center: At Your Service

• United States Government

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• U.S. Department of Agriculture

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• U.S. Department of Labor

• U.S. Department of State

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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Health Care, General Health, Insurance

• Affordable Care Act Marketplace

• CDC - Centers for Disease Control

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

• Cerebral Palsy Group

• Dental Care for Neurodivergent Children

• Eye Health for People Who Cannot Pay

• Family Health Line 1-800-451-2229

• Family Network on Disabilities

• Florida Department of Health Hillsborough County

• Florida KidCare

• Hearing Health

• Hillsborough HealthCare Brochure (English)

• Hillsborough HealthCare Brochure (Spanish)

• Immunizations

• Insurance

• NIH - National Institutes of Health

• Office of Women's Health

• Respite Care through Easter Seals

• Senior Care Resources

• Special Needs Registration Program City of Tampa

• Special Needs Resource Guide (Florida)

• Statewide Medicaid Managed Healthcare Program

• Suncoast Community Health Centers

• St. Joseph’s Children's Hospital Mobile Medical Clinic

• Tampa Family Health Centers

• Teen Connect Tampa Bay

• Text4baby

• The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center

• Women's Health

• WHO - World Health Organization

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Home Repair/Remodel Assistance

• Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay

Homelessness/Housing

• Catholic Charities

• Homeless Shelters Directory

• Metropolitan Ministries

• Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative

• Tampa Housing Assistance Hotline 813-307-5555

Hospitals

• AdventHealth Carrollwood

• AdventHealth Tampa

• HCA Florida Brandon Hospital

• HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital

• St. Joseph's Hospital

• St. Joseph's Hospital North

• St. Joseph's Hospital South

• St. Joseph's Women's Hospital

• Tampa General Hospital

Human Trafficking

• Don't Buy It Tampa Bay

• Florida Dream Center

• Human Trafficking Awareness from JLT

• Human Trafficking - Homeland Security

• Lutheran Services Florida

• National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888

• One More Child

• Prevention Resources Hillsborough County

• Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force

Interconceptional Care

• Helping a woman understand the importance of being healthy between pregnancies.

  • Topics

Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship

• Asylum Services

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Hillsborough County Public Schools Immigration Info

• Hispanic Services Council

• Immigration Legal Aid

• Immigration Scams

• Immigration Services

• Lutheran Services Florida Immigration Services

• Migrant Worker Resource Guide

• Refugee Health Services

• Refugee Services

• US Citizenship and Immigration

• Public Charge

Internet/WiFi

• AT&T

• Cox Communications

• Free Hotpots in Tampa

• Frontier

• Spectrum

• Xfinity & Internet Essentials

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IRS & Taxes

• Child Tax Credit

• Free Tax Preparation

• Hillsborough County Tax Office

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Legal Services

• Bay Area Legal Services

• Forms, Legal, Documents, Templates

• Project HELP Legal Aid

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Library Resources

A library card is your ticket to an array of free resources for knowledge, prosperity, and fun. Some of them might surprise you. Many of these opportunities, like the card itself, are accessible at Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (HCPLC.) You don't even need to step inside a neighborhood library to take advantage of many of its offerings.Here's a sampling of things accessible at no charge through your library. There are more. Check the website for a complete rundown:

• Technology available

• Borrow a ukulele

• Grow your business

• Learn how to use a 3D printer

• Find out where your ancestors came from

• Apply for a U.S. Passport

• Borrow audio books, digital magazines, and e-books, and stream music

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Mental Health & Stress

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988

• CDC Coping with Stress

• Coping with Stress

• Counseling Sessions at CVS

• Crisis Center of Tampa Bay:  Dial 211

• Feeling Anxious

• Florida Moms Mental Health Resource Directory

• Global Healthy Living Foundation

• Hillsborough County Children’s Services

• Local Mental Health Resources

• Mental Health Matters Hillsborough County Schools

• Mental Health Resources Hillsborough County

• Mental Wellness

• Mothers Mental Health Toolkit

• National Alliance on Mental Illness

• NAMI Basics

• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 1-800-662-4357

• Taking Care of your Emotional Health

• The Trevor Project

• Veterans Crisis Line: Call 1-800-273-8255 and press 1 

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Parks & Recreation Locations,
Hillsborough County

• List of Names and Locations

Pregnancy

• ACOG Resources for You

• HSC Pregnancy Brochure

• Healthy Families Hillsborough

• Healthy Start Program

• March of Dimes

• MotherToBaby

• Nurse-Family Partnership

• Project Teenbirth

• Right from the Start

• Top Pregnancy Websites

• WIRS @ WIC

Presentations about HSC

• Year in Review 2021

• HSC Overview of Programs

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Parenting

• Champions for Children

• Everything You Need to Know to Help

  Your Teen Learn to Drive

• Family Development: A Caregiver's Guide

• Kinship Services (Grandparents raising a relative's child)

• Metropolitan Ministries

• Parents’ Guide To Helping Children Sleep

• Talking to Young Children About Drugs

• Teaching Kids the Importance of Saving

​Resources - Misc.

• Bay Area Legal Services

• Care Navigators HopeFlorida

• Children's Board of Hillsborough County

• Farmer Support

• Financial Literacy

• Florida Quitline 1-877-U-CAN-NOW

• Forms - Legal, Documents, Templates (free)

• Humane Society of Tampa Bay

• Identity Theft

• If You See Something, Say Something Public Awareness Video

• Mosquito Prevention

• Mrbubblez Inc. (Showers for the Homeless)

• Social Security - Create an Online Account

• Small Business Assistance

Safety

• A Guide To Bullying and Cyberbullying

• Bullying Prevention

• Food Safety for Kids: A Guide for Parents

• Internet Safety Tips

• If you See Something, Say Something Public Awareness Video

• Keeping Children Safe When They Are Alone

• Pedestrian Safety

• Poison Control 1-800-222-1222

• Pool Safety for Kids

• Prevent Child Deaths

• Price Gouging & Scams

• Product & Consumer Safety

• Protecting Kids Online

• Safe Baby

• Safe Baby Brochure

• Safe Kids Worldwide

• Safe to Sleep

• Safety Information for Kids

• Safety Information for Parents

• Swim Lessons

• Swimming Safety Tips

• Toy Safety Tips

• Toy Safety and Toy Tips

• Water Safety

• Water Safety at Home

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Self-Care

• 5 Self Care Practices

• 10 Ways to Take Care of Yourself

• 15 Ways to Practice Self-Care

• Mindfulness Library

• Parent's Guide to Helping Children Sleep

• Sleep

• Self-care Advice for Health-care Providers

Social Services

• ACCESS

• Big Brothers Big Sisters Tampa Bay

• Care Navigators HopeFlorida

• Children's Board of Hillsborough County

• EBT Card

• P-EBT FAQs

• Hispanic Services Council

• MyFlorida My Family

• The Spring of Tampa Bay

• United Way Suncoast

• WIC

Summer Classes & Camps

• Family Friendly Tampa Bay Summer Camp Guide

• Hillsborough County Summer Camp Application Info

• Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine Summer Camp Directory

Teens & Adolescents

• Adolescents in Motherhood

• Coping in Hard Times

• Helping Teens Cope with Isolation

• Mental Health Guide for Teens in Quarantine

• Project Teenbirth

• Teen Connect Tampa Bay

• The Voices of Young People

• Woman to Woman

Transportation & Travel

• HART - Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority

• HART - One-on-one Travel Training

• Sunshine Line

• Travel Advisories

• Bikes for Christ - email admin@bikes4christ.com

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Unemployment

• Florida Unemployment Benefits

• Online applications for Reemployment Assistance

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Utilities

• Duke Energy

• Tampa Electric/TECO Share Program

• Tampa Solid Waste

• Tampa Water Department

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WIC

• WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

• Women who are pregnant or moms who have an infant and/or child less than 5 years of age call 813-307-8074 or 813-614-4105 (to speak to a Women’s Resource Specialist) for services.

• WIC Food List

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Working from Home

• Psychologists’ Advice for Remote Workers

• Stay Connected to Your Coworkers

• Telework Tips

• Working, Parenting, And Teaching From Home