Community Resources
Monroe County Continuum of Care
The Monroe County CoC is the lead agency for the coordination and planning of homeless services in the Florida Keys, educating ourselves and the community about the nature and extent of homelessness, including the needs of the people who are living through the experience of homelessness. As the Lead Agency, designated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Florida Department of Children and Families, the Monroe County CoC organizes the collaboration of local agencies to to address the needs of clients and provide essential supportive services.
AH of Monroe
AH of Monroe is the only community-based HIV/AIDS service organization in the Florida Keys, having served over 3500 individuals and families. Each client has their own Medical Case Manager; many reside in AHI-owned housing; they offer support ranging from mental health and chemical dependency to socialization and negotiating sexual disclosure and hundreds of others seeking prevention information and HIV-testing make their way to AH.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami
Catholic social services organization in South Florida including Key West. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami offers many services including alcohol and substance abuse help, child development services as well as housing and homeless prevention.
Center for Independent Living of the Keys
People with Disabilities Living Independently
The Center for Independent Living of the Keys (CIL of the Keys) serves more than 1,200 people with disabilities every year, many of them receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. CIL of the Keys programs are free to anyone, of any age, who self-identifies as having a disability and lives in Monroe County, Florida.
Click on the link below to access their website for more information regarding their programs.
Sister Season Fund
Sister Season Fund's mission is to focus on the hospitality/tourism related industry employees, who have become temporarily out of work, through no fault of their own, may it be illness, a natural disaster, or COVID. Must be residing in the City of Key West in order to qualify.
Wesley House Family Services
Wesley House Family Services is a nationally accredited not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting and nurturing children and strengthening families with services spanning Monroe County, Florida.
Anchors Aweigh Club
Anchors Aweigh Club Inc. is a recovery club in Key West, Florida. We are dedicated to providing a venue for both indoor and outdoor 12 step meetings.
Member owned, Anchors Aweigh Club is a 3,500 + sq. ft. building and outside garden that provides space for over fifty 12 step meetings weekly. The Anchors Aweigh Club has been the primary gathering place where residents of the lower Keys and visitors have turned for help, support and safety for over 30 years.
Domestic Abuse Shelter
The Domestic Abuse Shelter (DAS) is a non-profit organization, providing comprehensive services for individuals and families experiencing domestic abuse.
The mission of Domestic Abuse Shelter, Inc. is to provide safety, accountability and justice for individuals and families experiencing domestic violence through comprehensive services and community education.
DAS helps survivors of domestic abuse begin again and provides immediate safety to abuse victims and their children. The organization educates, supports and promotes community awareness about domestic violence throughout the Florida Keys.
Womankind
Womankind is a medical center providing high-quality family planning and convenient health care to people of all income levels. Through increased accessibility to clinical services, collaboration with other community resources, community outreach, and extensive client education, the goals of Womankind are to:
1) Educate women and their families within the full scope of health and wellness.
2) Assist women to become active participants in their own health care.
3) Reduce the incidence and transmission of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
4) Increase early detection and treatment of breast and cervical cancer.
5) Reduce the rate of births to teens and improve pregnancy outcomes.
employU
employU is a nonprofit employment service empowering customers with the knowledge, connections and confidence required to embark on a new sustainable career. employU is structured as a one-stop shop offering adult employment services, youth programs, employability trainings, paid work experience, and a variety of assessments. Their services enhance a customer's ability to successfully achieve independence by establishing a lifelong career
They are partnered with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), a federal-state program that helps people who have physical or mental disabilities get or keep a job. When customers are referred to them by VR, they are able to provide them services at no cost to them nor to the business partner.
Florida Keys Outreach Coalition
The Florida Keys Outreach Coalition, Inc. offers a variety of shelter options including Emergency and Transitional shelter services, as well as Permanent Supportive Housing for individuals and families with special needs.
FKOC works diligently to reduce to barriers to service and to create housing environments that focus on helping individuals and families regain personal stability and financial independence. FKOC’s shelter programs offer a progressive approach that allows residents to build personal responsibility for their recovery from homelessness.
Kids Come First
Founded in 2009, KCF is an organization dedicated to providing kids with the little extra their parents could not afford. They provide items such as school supplies and clothing to hygiene accessories. Please contact Roxanne Posada at Kids Come First in the Florida Keys for more information.
The Cheryl Cates Memorial Foundation
The mission of the Cheryl Cates Memorial Foundation is to assist families and children in need in Monroe County, Florida and improve their quality of life by making grants directly to them and other charitable organizations in order to meet needs that are not otherwise being addressed.
Christina's Courage
Christina's Courage provides a safe and confidential place to have an examination performed by a trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE), free of charge. All survivors of every gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, and background are welcome. You do not have to report to law enforcement to be eligible for services.
For more information, click the link below. You may also call advocate Christine, at (305) 916-0673 or email her at cdepre@fcasv.org
KAIR
KAIR is a non-profit organization seeking to serve those individuals and families in Marathon and the Florida Keys who have found themselves in crisis. Working in partnership with other agencies and organizations, every effort is made to return people to self-supporting, productive lives.
Alice's Kids
Alice's Kids serves children in need. They assist parents with new clothes, glasses, senior dues or any other item that costs up to $125. One needs to fill out an electronic request form to be considered.
United Way of Collier & The Florida Keys
United Way of Collier and the Keys (UWCK) is committed to improving lives and strengthening our community so all individuals and families have an opportunity to thrive and achieve their full potential. As a local volunteer-driven organization, UWCK advocates for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed (ALICE) residents in our communities looking for a hand-up by providing them information and referral and supportive tools and resources. We accomplish this through improving education, economic stability and health, as well as providing access to food and critical safety net services for all Collier and Monroe County residents.
Lower Keys Medical Center
Lower Keys Medical Center contains an ER Room and is an in-patient facility as well. They have a helipad for quick transport to hospitals in Miami. Lower Keys Medical Center will connect the Florida Keys to quality care through innovation of rural healthcare, combining technology, community, and collaboration, while exceeding national quality and safety standards.
Guidance Care Center
WestCare empowers everyone with whom they come into contact to engage in a process of healing, growth and change benefiting themselves, their families, coworkers and communities. They offer a wide range of social services for adults and children, including mental health support, alcohol and substance abuse prevention and detoxification, and crisis stabilization.
DePoo Medical Building
The second campus of LKMC, DePoo hosts a variety of behavioral health programs as well as rehabilitation services.
other community partners located out of town
Bright Futures Treatment Center, Boynton Beach Addiction Treatment
Bright Futures is focused on helping those that struggle with addiction to find a sense of purpose and a meaningful life in recovery. Our clinical staff is highly trained to aid clients in identifying an individualized recovery plan that is geared towards healing the whole individual. Whether a client needs residential, day and/or night treatment with community housing, intensive outpatient or outpatient treatment, the Bright Futures team is able to provide a continuum of care to see the client through the first year in recovery.
We Level Up FL, also known as We Level Up Tamarac FL Mental Health Centers
We Level Up FL, commonly know as We Level Up Tamarac FL, is a primary mental health inpatient center located in South Florida. The We Level Up network operates multiple affiliate residential inpatient treatment centers in Florida. They are part of an affiliate network of treatment centers that provide caring treatment to those who begin their recovery journey. They use a whole-patient approach built on a foundation of integrity, transparency, and compassion. Each therapeutic intervention is designed to empower patients with a sense of improved direction along with recovery in a comfortable environment. Click the link below to learn more about their distinct set of clinical treatments and diverse therapy options.
Miami Homeless and Housing Assistance
The mission is to provide homeless individuals assistance by placement into appropriate housing and/or shelter. The program provides outreach, assessment, placement, information, referral and transportation services to homeless individuals and families. The program also employs and trains formerly homeless men and women.
Homeless Assistance
HELPLINE 877-994-4357
HOMELESS AND HOUSING SERVICES
Stephen P. Clark Building/Government Center
111 NW 1st Street, 1st Floor
Miami, FL 33128
Office hours are 9am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
Other services include: Rental assistance applications, food vouchers for families with small children, and past due electric bill application assistance.
Important steps that can expedite assistance:
- Register by calling 877-994-4357
- If you are visiting the Stephen P. Clark/ Government Center, the assistance office is located on the 1st floor.
- Sign-in at the front desk
- Pass through Security