Central Florida Resources

ORANGE COUNTY RESOURCES


All Winter Garden residents are also residents of Orange County; and therefore, eligible for Orange County resources.

Orange County Community Action Division
407-836-9333
CommunityAction@ocfl.net

The mission of the Orange County Community Action Division is to enhance the quality of life, promoting self-sufficiency, and eliminating the causes and consequences of poverty by mobilizing and directing socioeconomic resources, collaboration and partnership, and by providing high-quality, easily accessible programs and services. The Division provides the following programs:

Crisis Assistance Program
The Orange County Crisis Assistance Program helps pay rent, mortgage, or utilities in an emergency, if qualified.

Family Self-Sufficiency Program
The Family Self-Sufficiency Program provides vocational training, post-secondary education, and state certification. (Additional assistance includes budgeting and job placement). 

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (Energy Bill Assistance)
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program provides financial energy cost assistance to low-income households.

Senior Climate Efficiency Program
The Senior Climate Efficiency Program (SCEP) serves to provide low-income seniors (60+) in Orange County with air conditioner replacement, service, or system upgrades. As well as completing health and safety improvements in clients’ homes, the program will also preserve the senior housing stock in Orange County. 

Weatherization Assistance Program
The Weatherization Assistance Program assists low-Income households by Improving the energy efficiency of the home.             

SELF Home Improvement Financing Program
Orange County is proud to partner with SELF (Solar & Energy Loan Fund), a nonprofit community lending partner providing favorable financing for assorted home improvements that can help save money, improve hurricane resistance, and enhance comfort and livability. 

Maxey Community Center
830 Klondike Road
Winter Garden, FL 34787
407-254-1970
Website

The Maxey Community Center is governed under the Orange County Community Action Division that provide resources in many areas for the elderly, children, and the community events. Programs include assisting with vocational training, computer lab, resources for utility bills, elderly exercise classes, and meals-on-wheel. Maxey Community is also a community rental facility. 

Families, Health & Social Services
Orange County offers numerous assistance programs to lend a helping hand in a time of need. Find out what services you may qualify for by using Orange County’s Centralized Eligibility Questionnaire. 

Orange County Medical Clinic
The Orange County Medical Clinic is a community-based, primary and secondary healthcare provider setting serving medically uninsured, low-income residents of Orange County, Florida. Services are at no cost to the patients. 

COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Historic East Winter Garden Neighborhood resides within Orange County District 1 

Orange County Commissioner, District 1
Nicole H. Wilson
407-836-7312
district1@ocfl.net

CENTRAL FLORIDA RESOURCES


Aspire Health Partners
1800 Mercy Drive
Orlando, FL 32808
407-875-3700
Website

Behavioral Health non-profit proves a full continuum of behavioral healthcare. Serving non-insured for mental health assessment, medication, counseling, detox, and residential treatment. 

Central Florida Behavioral Hospital
6601 Central Florida Parkway
Orlando, FL 32821
407-370-0111
Website

Provides comprehensive treatment for mental health and substance abuse disorders. for children, adolescents, and adults.

Central Florida Hope Center
1010 S. Dillard Street
Winter Garden, FL 34787
407-347-3842
Website

The Hope Center is a non-profit community-based agency providing free programs and services for job placement, immigration services, food pantry, counseling, and life solutions.

Coalition for Homeless
18 North Terry Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801
407-652-5300
Website

Healthy West Orange HUBB
Website

Community Resource Center (City of Winter Garden)
125 Center Street
Winter Garden, FL 34787 
407-653-2728

Healthy West Orange Building
1200 E. Plant Street, Suite 200
Winter Garden, FL  34787 
407-337-6919 

Healthy West Orange Heritage and Cultural Center
21 East Plant Street
Winter Garden, FL 34787
407-656-3244

HUBB is an online, easy-to-access database of free and reduced cost whole-health resources for the West Orange community. Residents can find — in one location — community-based organizations that provide much-needed programs and services in a vast arena of topics.

Heart of Florida United Way
Call 2-1-1: Hotline for immediate support for vital living resources
Call 9-8-8: Hotline for suicide and mental health crisis
Website 

Aids with suicide and mental health crisis, veterans, financial, tax & banking, education, and health.

Operation New Hope
617 N. Magnolia Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801 
321-234-4782
Website

Program participants of Operation New Hope’s Ready4Release, Ready4Work, and Ready4Success receive job placement training, supportive services, financial benefit, housing, and transportation assistance building a new future after involvement with the criminal justice system.  

Orlando Union Rescue Mission
Family Home: 1525 W. Washington Street. Orlando, FL 32805
Project Home: 3300 W. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32808
Website

Providing long-transforming services through addressing homelessness, addiction recovery, counseling, skills training, and educational services.

Seniors First
5395 LB McLeod Road
Orlando, FL 32811
407-292-0177
Website 

Helps adults 60+ with limited options that need support to live at home as long as possible.

Senior Resource Alliance (SRA) – State of Florida Area Agency on Aging administered through Florida Department of Elder Affairs 
3319 Maguire Boulevard, Suite 100
Orlando, FL 32803
40-514-1800
Elder Affairs Florida Hotline: 1-800-663-5337
Website 

Local resource for accessing services and programs of the state and federal government available to senior citizens, their caregivers, and family members.

Shepard’s Hope Health Center
455 9th Street
Winter Garden, FL  34787
407-876-6699
Website

Shepard’s Hope provides free healthcare for the uninsured. Serving surrounding areas of Central Florida: Winter Garden, Longwood, Downtown Orlando, and East Orlando.  

Universal Behavioral Center
2500 Discovery Drive
Orlando, FL  232826
407-934-0021
Website

Provides comprehensive treatment for mental health and substance abuse disorders. for children, adolescents, and adults.

West Orange Dream Center
1136 E. Plant Street 
Winter Garden, Fl. 34787 
407-258-3107
Website 

Dream Center offers Adult Literacy League (ESOL), Eight Waves afterschool care, GED Classes, Senior Citizen Enrichment Program. 

West Orange Neighborhood Center for Families, Mildred Dixon Center
303 SW Crown Point Road
Winter Garden, FL  34787 
407-254-1930 

Free case management services to residents of Orange County through Aspire Health Partners. Providing services for Notary Services, applying/renewing benefits, housing, medication management, and mental health counseling for a variety of concerns.