PREVENTION
Avoid Addiction
Physical dependence on opioids can happen in as little as seven days. Opioids can also lead to accidents, overdoses and even death.
Recognize the Signs
Opioid addiction can happen to anyone. Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of opioid addiction.
Throw Out Your Leftovers
Proper disposal of leftover or expired opioids help to prevent addiction.
One Pill Can Kill
Taking a pill NOT purchased from a licensed pharmacy can be a deadly decision.
RECOVERY & SUPPORT
- Disaster Distress Hotline:
1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746
SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline provides 24/7, 365-day-a-year crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters. - Optum Public Crisis Line:
866-342-6892
Emotional support help line that is available to anyone, free of charge. - Children’s Home Society:
888-733-6303
Offers a free family support line for parents and teens feeling stressed and overwhelmed. Call to be connected with a counselor. - To Write Love On Her Arms:
twloha.com/self-care
To Write Love on Her Arms is a nonprofit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and invest directly into treatment and recovery. - Mobile Response Team:
321-213-0315
Brief counseling for children and families. Counselors respond to the crisis situation within an hour of the phone call received. - Veterans Crisis Hotline:
1-800-273-8255
Connects veterans in crisis and their families with qualified responders. - Behavior Basics:
behaviorbasicsinc.com or call 772-463-0444
Provides in home ABA therapy
- Space Coast Recovery:
spacecoastrecovery.com or call 321-632-5958
Offers residential treatment options and outpatient programs. - Peace Club:
peace.club or call 321-420-4656
Offers a range of counseling, day and night treatment programs, intensive outpatient programs for adolescents, men’s recovery residence program, support groups, medication assisted treatment (MAT) and more. - RASE Project:
raseproject.org/florida-programs or call 321-305-4397
Offers recovery support services and medication assisted treatment (MAT). - Circles of Care:
circlesofcare.org or call 321-726-2860
Offers inpatient rehabilitation services, detox services, support groups, and medication assisted treatment (MAT). - STEPS:
flsteps.org or call Cocoa / Palm Bay 321-637-7730 Melbourne 321-775-1520
Offers a residential treatment program for women, outpatient programs, and medication assisted treatment (MAT). - Narcotics Anonymous :
na.org/meetingsearch - SMART Recovery Toolbox :
smartrecovery.org/smart-recovery-toolbox
The SMART recovery toolbox provides a variety of methods, worksheets, and exercises to help you self-manage your addiction recovery and your life.
- Women’s Center Titusville:
321-607-6811 - Salvation Army Cocoa:
rc.chat/tsadvp or call 321-631-2764 or text 321-450-4325
The new text & web chat services are available Monday-Friday 9am-6pm. - Serene Harbor:
sereneharbor.org or call 321-726-8282
Serene Harbor provides safe, confidential services such as a 24/7 confidential hotline, safety planning, emergency shelter and outreach.
- ViaMar Health:
viamarhealth.com or call 561-293-4677
Offers Eating Disorder Treatment for all genders ages 12 and up. For adolescents ages 12-17 they offer partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) levels of care. For adult patients they offer PHP and IOP levels of care, as well as transitional living.
FOOD ASSISTANCE
- Community Action Team:
321-633-1951 - North & South Brevard Sharing Center:
North 321-269-6555 South 321-727-8581 - Central & South Salvation Army:
Central 321-632-6060 South 321-724-0494 - Saint Vincent De Paul:
321-799-3677 - SNAP Food Assistance:
myflorida.com/accessflorida or call 407-295-2777
Open Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm. Apply online or by phone.
- Club Esteem:
3316 Monroe St, Melbourne, FL 32901
Monday-Friday 10am-1pm - Daily Bread:
815 E Fee Ave, Melbourne, FL 32901
Monday-Sunday 11am-1:30pm - Cornerstone Church of God:
311 E Hibiscus Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901
Saturday Breakfast 9:30am-10:30am - First United Methodist Church:
110 E New Haven Ave, Melbourne, FL 32901
Monday 2pm - New Shiloh Christian Center:
3900 Sarno Rd, Melbourne, FL 32934
Wednesday 1pm-3pm - Islamic Society of Brevard County:
550 E Florida Ave, Melbourne, FL 32901
Wednesday 2pm - Evans Center:
1361 Florida Ave NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905
Tuesday-Saturday 4pm-6pm for kids under 18 and seniors 65+ - Mosaic Palm Bay:
2100 Port Malabar Blvd NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905
Thursday 2pm-4pm - Central Brevard Sharing Center:
113 Aurora St #8601, Cocoa, FL 32922
Monday-Saturday 11am-1pm & Sunday 2pm-3pm - Time Out Plus:
607 Florida Ave, Cocoa, FL 32922
Sunday 11am - Pebbles Catering:
1046 Dixon Blvd Suite #130, Cocoa, FL 32922
Wednesday-Friday 4pm-6pm - Salvation Army:
1218 Main St, Titusville, FL 32796
Monday-Saturday 11am-11:30am - Church of Latter Day Saints:
300 South St, Titusville, FL 32796
Wednesday & Friday 11:30am
LIVING ASSISTANCE
- Community Action Team:
321-633-1951 - Eckerd Connects:
321-735-7249 - Project Vet Relief:
844-409-2025 - Catholic Charities:
321-338-2986 - North & South Brevard Sharing Center:
North 321-269-6555 South 321-727-8581 - Central & South Salvation Army:
Central 321-632-6060 South 321-724-0494 - Saint Vincent De Paul:
321-799-3677 - Volunteers of America:
voaflorida.org
Financial and supportive services for Veterans and their families. Financial assistance with rent, hotel, move in costs, case management, food, car repairs and more.
- Community Action Team:
321-633-1951 - FPL / LIHEAP:
321-633-1951 - Eckerd Connects:
321-735-7249
Must have also been approved for rental assistance. - Project Vet Relief:
844-409-2025 - Catholic Charities:
321-338-2986 - Sharing Center of Central Brevard:
321-631-0306 - North & South Brevard Sharing Center:
North 321-269-6555 South 321-727-8581 - North, Central & South Salvation Army:
North 321-269-3110 Central 321-632-6060 South 321-724-0494 - Saint Vincent De Paul:
321-799-3677
- CITA Rescue Mission:
321-725-5160
Housing and food for homeless men. - Genesis House:
321-723-3133
Temporary shelter for single women over the age of 62 and women 18 years or older who are pregnant and/or have children. - Jimmie Smith Cottage:
321-752-3170
Safe housing for young women ages 18 to 23 who have exited foster care without families. - Sue Pridmore Center:
321-724-0494
Transitional housing program for homeless women with and without children. - Transitional Housing for Women:
321-242-3110
Transitional housing for women and children. - Veterans Transitional Facility:
321-409-8167
Temporary shelter for homeless veterans and their immediate families. - Patriot House:
321-752-3217
Transitional housing for homeless and disabled veterans. - Robert E. Lehton Shelter:
321-452-0800 extension 130
Emergency short-term residential children’s shelter. - Community of Hope:
321-474-0966
SOS Emergency shelter provides temporary short stay to families who are suddenly homeless. Transitional housing provides temporary housing while transitioning into permanent housing. Permanent supportive housing is more long term stay housing. - Crosswinds Transitional Shelter:
321-452-0800 extension 130
Housing for homeless young adults 16-21 years of age. - New Life Mission:
321-480-9100
Transitional housing for homeless women and children. - Operation Center Focus:
321-637-1866 extension 271
Transitional housing program for women veterans who are homeless. The program is designed to provide transitional housing and supportive services including medical evaluation, mental health counseling, psycho-social support, education/vocational training, and additional services that focus on the veteran’s recovery and restoration of a healthy responsible lifestyle. - Simply Health Care Housing Waiver:
844-405-4296
The Florida Housing Program is a pilot program that provides additional behavioral health services and supportive housing assistance to eligible enrollees with severe mental illness or substance use disorders. The program will specifically support enrollees who are homeless or at risk of homelessness due to their conditions.
- Space Coast Area Transit:
321transit.com/special-services
Space Coast Area Transit operates specialized services to meet the needs of individuals who are unable to use fixed route services. These specialized services include Volunteers in Motion, Paratransit and ADA Paratransit services, as well as contracted routes.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- Community Action Team:
321-633-1951 - Brevard Health Alliance Mobile Clinic:
bhachc.org/locations/mobile-clinic or call 321-914-5864
Call for locations or visit the website for the mobile monthly schedule.
- North Brevard Sharing Center:
321-269-6555
Assistance with prescription costs and dental. - Prescription Cost Relief:
familywize.org/free-prescription-discount-card or text family to 700700
FamilyWize provides a free discount card to show to your pharmacist. You can download the card online, or you can text the word “family” to 700700 to receive a card on your phone. (Message and data rates may apply. FamilyWize Terms and Privacy) Once you have received the card, you can opt out of getting messages by texting “STOP.”
- North Brevard Sharing Center:
321-269-6555
Assistance with dental and prescription costs. - Brevard Health Alliance Mobile Clinic:
bhachc.org/locations/mobile-clinic or call 321-914-5864
Call for locations or visit the website for the mobile monthly schedule. - Dental Hygiene Clinic (EFSC):
easternflorida.edu/clinic-outreach or call 321-433-7570
BCC’s Cocoa Campus Dental Hygiene Clinic is open to the community on an appointment basis. Services are provided by dental hygiene students under the supervision of the dental hygiene faculty. Services include teeth cleaning, fillings and x-rays.
- Crippled Children’s Aid Society:
321-452-8106
Helps to provide Orthopedic equipment to crippled children or adults who do not have the financial resources to obtain them. - Lions Club-Viera:
321-617-7669
Provides eyeglasses, sight related operations and hearing aids to those unable to afford them.
FAMILY RESOURCES
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren:
321-631-7776
Grandparents that are caregivers to their grandchildren can find support for parenting questions, legal and financial challenges, advocacy, and find seminars on crucial issues. - Kinship Care:
floridafapa.org/kinship-care
Kinship Care is the full-time care, nurturing, and protection of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, godparents, stepparents, or any adult who has a kinship bond with a child. Financial and other assistance may be available to you. Please visit website and speak with your caseworker about benefits. - Parenting with Love and Limits Program:
321-632-2737
PLL is an alternative to a placement and reentry program that is brief, effective, and free to families. The program teaches each youth and their family new skills, building on the strengths that each member already has. PLL will ultimately help caregivers establish both “Love and Limits” within their homes. PLL offers support groups, case management and family coaching. - Early Learning Coalition of Brevard:
elcbrevard.org or call 321-637-1800
The school readiness financial assistance program helps eligible families with the cost of child care. Call or visit the website for eligibility requirements and to apply. - Florida Kid Care:
floridakidcare.org or call 1-888-540-5437
Free or low-cost health insurance through Florida KidCare. The state of Florida offers health insurance for children from birth through age 18, even if one or both parents are working. Florida KidCare includes free, subsidized and full-pay options based on family income and household size.
- Eckerd Connects Raising Hope Program:
eckerd.org/raising-hope or call 321-253-0032 extension 0
Offers clothing, hygiene items, shoes, socks, underwear, blankets, diapers, and limited school supplies for children entering the foster care system or in emergency need. Guardian Ad Litem and child welfare case managers are welcome. - Cribs for Kids:
brevardcares.com/cribs or call 321-632-2737
Brevard C.A.R.E.S offers a 30 minute education and awareness program about safe sleeping practices, as well as provide portable cribs to parents and caregivers that complete the program. There is no charge or income parameters to families seeking the cribs through the Brevard Cribs for Kids program. - Pandemic EBT Program:
myflfamilies.com/PEBTFAQ.pdf
A supplemental benefit for households with children who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to pandemic-related school closures. - Car Seat Assistance:
Palm Bay Police: 321-952-3456
Rockledge Police: 321-690-3988
Titusville Police: 321-383-5708 extension 112
UF Extension Center: 321-952-4536 extension 21
Yellow Umbrella: 321-723-2927
- Varsity Tutors:
varsitytutors.com/virtual-summer-camp-catalog
Free educational courses for all ages including a virtual summer camp! - ABC Mouse:
abcmouse.com
Full learning curriculum that’s fun and engaging for Ages 2-8. - Adventure Academy:
adventureacademy.com
Full learning curriculum that’s fun and engaging for Ages 8-13. - Step Up for Students:
stepupforstudents.org
Step up for students is a scholarship to help eligible families pay for the cost of school tuition. Apply online for the income-based scholarship.
- Retire Guide:
retireguide.com
A free site dedicated to providing accurate and useful information to help individuals reach their retirement goals. In addition, RetireGuide.com has recently published a guide that covers the COVID-19 outbreak and what currently retired, or soon-to-be retired professionals should k
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