RESOURCES

Be Strong Resources
At Be Strong International, we strive to build stronger communities and help move youth and families from brokenness to wholeness.  Family is the basic unit of society, so when families are broken, the result is potential destruction to the communities in which they reside, as well as the individual family members.
 
As part of our goal to heal the community and make it stronger, we compiled a list of resources and organizations to help individuals and families look for help when it is needed.  If you are experiencing an adverse situation or know someone who is going through challenging times, please refer to this list of resources to get help.

Children and Family Services

One More Child

Services: Youth

Phone: 863.687.8811

Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services, Inc.

Services: Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 786-694-1319

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami

Services: Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Community Involvement

Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida

Services: Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.253.4841

Correction & Rehabilitation Department

Riverside House

Services: Adult

Service Category: Correction & Rehabilitation Department

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.326.9799

Crime

Crime Stoppers

Services: Adult

Area: Miami-Dade County and The Keys

Disaster Prep & Relief

FEMA

Services: Adult

Area: Nationwide

Domestic Violence

Miami-Dade County Domestic Violence Assistance - Coordinated Victims Assistance Center

Services: Adult

Service Category: Women

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.285.5900

Survivors' Pathway Corporation 

Services: Adult

Service Category: Women

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 786.275.4364

The Women of Power Restoration Program

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Housing

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 786.326.6046

Education

Books for Free

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Department of Exceptional Student Education

Services: Youth

Service Category: Special Needs

Area: Miami-Dade County

Florida Alliance for Assistive Services & Technology (FAAST)

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Disabilities

Area: Florida Statewide

Phone: 877.506.2723

Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources Systems - South

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade and Broward County

Phone: 305.598.7752

Florida’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)

Services: Adult

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Florida Statewide

Parent to Parent of Miami

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade County

Step Up for Students

Services: Youth

Area: Florida Statewide

The Spot Barber Academy

Services: Adult/Youth

Phone: 305.454.1234

Injury Free Miami/The Injury Free Coalition

Services: Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Federal Assistance

Social Security Administration

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Nationwide

Social Security Disability Resource Center (SSDRC)

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Education/Resources

Area: Nationwide

Financial Wellness

Branches

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Education/Resources

Area: Miami-Dade and Broward County

Phone: 305.442.8306

Center For Multicultural Wellness and Prevention, Inc.

Area: Nationwide

Funding Organization

United Way of Miami-Dade

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.646.7000

The Children's Trust

Services: Youth

Service Category: Advocates for Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Healthcare

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Nationwide

Autism Research Center

Services: Youth

Service Category: Autism Research/Education

Area: Nationwide

Autism Research Institute

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Autism Research/Education

Area: Nationwide

Autism Society of America

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Autism Resources

Area: Nationwide

Banyan Health System

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Primary Care/Behavioral Health

Area: Miami-Dade and Broward County

Primary Care Phone: 305.774.3400

Behavioral Health Phone: 305.774.3300

Behavior ACC Services

Services: Youth

Service Category: Autism/Related Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 786. 592.2051

Catholic Charities/Good Shepherd Child Development Center

Services: Adult/Youth

Centers for Disease Control-Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (Family Resource)

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Autism Resources

Area: Nationwide

Cerebral Palsy Guide

Services: Youth

Service Category: Cerebral Palsy Resources

Area: Nationwide

Children's Medical Services Health Plan (Medicaid)

Services: Youth

Service Category: Medicaid

Area: Florida Statewide

Chrysalis Health

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Mental Health/  Substance Use

Area: Florida Statewide

Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI)

Services: Adult/Youth

Website: Community Health of South Florida | CHI (chisouthfl.org)

Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA)

Services: Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 786.246.2878

Dan Marino Foundation

Services: Adult

Service Category: Autism/Related Disabilities

Area: Nationwide

Developmental Applied Behavior Solutions

Services: Youth

Service Category: Autism/Related Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.263.9066

Family Network on Disabilities (FND)

Services: Youth

Service Category: Disabilities

Area: Nationwide

Phone: 727.523.1130

Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Florida Statewide

Phone: (305) 234-5400 x 2552

Florida Kid Care

Services: Youth

Area: Florida Statewide

Phone: 888.540.5437

Florida's Poison Control Centers

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Florida Statewide

Website: floridapoisoncontrol.org

Emergencies Phone: 800.222.1222
Offices Phone: 305.585.5250
Educational Pro Phone: 305.355.4995

Health Council Of South Florida, Inc,

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: DeafChildren

Area: Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties

Phone: 305.592.1452

Kristi House

Services: Youth

Service Category: Therapy

Area: Miami

Meraki Wellness & Healing

Services: Adult

Service Category: Behavioral Health

Area: Miami-Dade and Broward County

Phone: 786.536.4420

Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

New Way Day

Services: Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Positive Behavior Supports Corporation

Services: Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Nationwide

Phone: 305.508.5580

Project 10 Transition Education Network

Services: Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Florida Statewide

Speech Pathology and Educational Center, Inc. (SPEC)

Services: Youth

Service Category: Speech

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.266.5353

State of Florida

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Resources

Area: Florida Statewide

Superhero Speech

Services: Youth

Service Category: Autism/Related Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 786.306.2453

The Agape Network

Services: Adult

Service Category: Behavioral/Substance/Recovery

Area: Miami-Dade County

The Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD)

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Autism/Related Disabilities

Area: Florida Statewide

Phone: 850.245.0475

Thinkering Kids Therapy

Services: Youth

Service Category: Autism/Related Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.200.3540

Tree of Life Parenting Center

Services: Adult

Service Category: Resources

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.442.9448

University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities.

Services: Youth

Service Category: Autism/Related Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties

Viva Pediatric Therapy

Services: Youth

Service Category: Children

Area: Miami-Dade and Broward County

Phone: 305.890.9691

Wellspring Counseling

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Resource

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 786.573.7010

Inclusion and Disabilities

American Society for Deaf Children

Services: Families

Service Category: Deaf Children

Area: Nationwide

Phone: 800.942.2732

Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD)

Services: Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Florida Statewide

Phone: 850.488.4257

Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) - Broward County

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category:  Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Broward County

Phone: 844.766.7520

Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.349.1478

American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Nationwide

Phone: 202.387.1968

Autism Speaks

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Florida Statewide

Disability Rights Florida

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Florida Statewide

Phone: 800.342.0823

Florida Developmental Disabilities Council

Services: Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Florida Statewide

Social Services

ACCESS Florida: Florida Department of Children and Families

Services: Families

Service Category: Public Assistance

Area: Florida Statewide

Phone: 850.300.4323

Florida Department of Children and Families

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Family Assistances

Area: Florida Statewide

Hope for Miami

Services: Youth

Service Category: Children Programs

Phone: 786.388.3000

LeJardin Community Center, Inc.

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Many Resources

Area: Miami-Dade County

Lotus House

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Women/Children Housing

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.438.0556

Miami Connected

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Resources

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.204.6184

Miami-Dade County Community Action and Human Services

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Family Assistances

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.245.5865

Miami-Dade County Special Transportation Services (STS)

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Individuals with Disabilities

Area: Miami-Dade County

Naranja Community Resource Center

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Resources

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.258.5471

South Florida Community Development Coalition, Inc.

Services: Adult

Service Category: Advocates for Affordable Housing

Area: Florida Statewide

Style Saves

Services: Youth

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 786.714.8125

TruConnect

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Resources

Area: Miami-Dade County

Phone: 305.979.7641

Suicide Prevention

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Nationwide

Phone: 988

NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness)

Services: Adult/Youth

Area: Nationwide

Website: namimiami.org

Main: 305-665-2540

Workforce

Career Source of South Florida

Services: Adult/Youth

Service Category: Education/Resources

Area: Miami-Dade and Broward County

Phone: 305-929-1648;
              305-620-8012;
              305-252-4440