Programs

Prenatal Care

MomCare Education Program
Healthy Start Coalition
The mission of the MomCare Education program is to improve birth outcomes and infant health by increasing access to prenatal care. The target population is Medicaid-eligible pregnant women in Miami-Dade County who need childbirth, parenting, and breastfeeding classes. Activities include weekly classes covering topics such as baby spacing, maternal infections, substance abuse, nutrition, smoking, mental health, and environmental risk factors.

Expanding Access to Prenatal Care
Miami Beach Community Health Center
The program offers prenatal, postpartum and pediatric health care and social services on a sliding fee scale based on income for those without insurance. Babies are assessed in the hospital by an agency pediatrician and then have their first clinic visit where mothers receive the immunization schedule and are educated about the importance of keeping to that schedule.

Health Screenings for Children

Health Screening
Hearing & Speech Center of Florida
The Health Screening program addresses both early childhood interventions as well as interventions to other affected individuals and populations. The early childhood screenings include speech, language, hearing, tympanometry (middle ear function), oto-acoustic emission testing, vision and sensorimotor assessments. The target population is children ages 0-5 who attend both private pre-schools and subsidized childcare centers throughout Miami-Dade County.

Asthma Intervention and Relief (AIR) Program
Urban League of Greater Miami
The AIR Program offers asthma screenings to children between 0-5 years of age and provides families with comprehensive asthma education and self management skills to manage the disease more effectively on their own. 

Services for Gay Youth

Alliance for GLBTQ Youth
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
The program serves gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth to reduce risk factors of cognitive, social and emotional isolation and address the unique issues faced by this population. The program works collaboratively with MDCPS senior high schools, provides individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, a 24/7 hotline, academic and vocational skills development. 

Preventive Counseling for Families

Outreach Counseling
Catholic Charities -- Counseling
The Outreach Counseling Program offers psychotherapy sessions for individuals, couples, families or children with the goal of improving clients functioning to allow them to lead healthy productive lives.

Haitian Family Stabilization
Catholic Charities -- Emergency Services
The primary goal of the program is to help Haitian families become self-sufficient.

Functional Family Therapy
Institute for Child and Family Health
The program is an in-home brief family therapy model designed to affect lasting change in family functioning by decreasing risk factors and increasing protective factors. The target population is families with adolescents involved in the criminal justice system, or at risk for such involvement.

Family Counseling
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
The Family Counseling program provides individual, couples and family therapy to adults and children.

Family Crisis Intervention Services
Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services
The mission of the countywide Family Crisis Intervention Program is to stabilize families experiencing crisis precipitated by their inability to adequately respond to their youth's (ages 10-17) high-risk behaviors and to promote the long-term benefit of ensuring family unit integrity.

Services for Families Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence/Abuse

Neighborhood Partnership Program
Belafonte TACOLCY Center
The Neighborhood Partnership Program assists families in need through a network of services, counseling and referrals.

Child Abuse Prevention Program
Center for Family and Child Enrichment
The Child Abuse Prevention Program provides parenting classes to families who have been referred from DCF and are at risk of losing their children to state custody due to charges of neglect or abuse.

Children's Case Management
Family Counseling Services of Greater Miami
The premise of the program is to ensure accessibility to effective quality services for children with complex mental health/substance abuse needs, which enable the child to continue living within a supportive family environment at home.

The Journey Institute
Family Counseling Services of Greater Miami
The mission of The Journey Institute is to empower survivors of sexual abuse to heal and grow toward fuller and more satisfying lives by providing neighborhood based treatment for survivors and their families.

Parenting Education
Family Resource Center of South Florida
The FRC Parent Education program utilizes the Nurturing Parenting Program, which is an internationally recognized psycho-educational program that is distinguished for its effectiveness in improving parenting skills and parent-child interactions with at-risk families.

Outpatient Domestic Violence
Miami Jewish Home & Hospital for the Aged
The main goal of the Douglas Gardens CMHC Domestic Violence Program is to help victims of domestic violence to establish a self-supporting, independent lifestyle which is safe, secure and free from abuse.

Overtown Family Enrichment Program
New Horizons Community Mental Health Center
The project is a neighborhood-based resource center that provides prevention and early intervention activities.

Haitian Parenting Program (ENCHOR/AKOR)
University of Miami- Linda Ray Intervention Center
The ENCHOR/AKOR project builds positive parent-child relationships between Haitian parents and their children.

Primary Healthcare

Neighborhood Partnership Program
Belafonte TACOLCY Center
The Neighborhood Partnership Program assists families in need through a network of services, counseling and referrals.

Child Abuse Prevention Program
Center for Family and Child Enrichment
The Child Abuse Prevention Program provides parenting classes to families who have been referred from DCF and are at risk of losing their children to state custody due to charges of neglect or abuse.

Children's Case Management
Family Counseling Services of Greater Miami
The premise of the program is to ensure accessibility to effective quality services for children with complex mental health/substance abuse needs, which enable the child to continue living within a supportive family environment at home.

The Journey Institute
Family Counseling Services of Greater Miami
The mission of The Journey Institute is to empower survivors of sexual abuse to heal and grow toward fuller and more satisfying lives by providing neighborhood based treatment for survivors and their families.

Parenting Education
Family Resource Center of South Florida
The FRC Parent Education program utilizes the Nurturing Parenting Program, which is an internationally recognized psycho-educational program that is distinguished for its effectiveness in improving parenting skills and parent-child interactions with at-risk families.

Outpatient Domestic Violence
Miami Jewish Home & Hospital for the Aged
The main goal of the Douglas Gardens CMHC Domestic Violence Program is to help victims of domestic violence to establish a self-supporting, independent lifestyle which is safe, secure and free from abuse.

Overtown Family Enrichment Program
New Horizons Community Mental Health Center
The project is a neighborhood-based resource center that provides prevention and early intervention activities.

Haitian Parenting Program (ENCHOR/AKOR)
University of Miami- Linda Ray Intervention Center
The ENCHOR/AKOR project builds positive parent-child relationships between Haitian parents and their children.

Mental Health Services

Assessment and Emergency Services
Citrus Health Network
The Assessment and Emergency Services program serves severely mentally ill persons in crisis. These individuals are evaluated and stabilized, then are given follow-up care on an outpatient basis.

Psychological Services
Epilepsy Foundation of South Florida
The psychological services program seeks to provide cognitive and personality assessment, individual and family counseling, and consultation to individuals with epilepsy and their families. It also seeks to provide information and consultation to neurologists, school staff, employers, and others seeking to help or serve them.

Behavioral Health Services
Family Counseling Services of Greater Miami
Through family therapy and individual therapy for adults and children, the Behavioral Health Services Program focuses on helping individuals and families explore and resolve sources of conflict in their lives and restore or improve their level of functioning.

Outpatient Mental Health Services For Children
Institute for Child and Family Health
This program is designed to meet the growing demand for comprehensive mental health services for children who lack insurance. The target population includes children with serious emotional disturbances, children incompetent to proceed to juvenile justice, and children in violent homes, including victims or witnesses of domestic and community violence.

Mental Health Services
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
The program provides individual, couples, and family therapy to adults and children, including a variety of treatment modalities to address the range of mental health issues affecting the target population. Mental health therapy includes brief solution-focused therapy, family systems models, play therapy, crisis intervention, and skills building.

Adult Outpatient Psychiatric Services Unit
Miami Behavioral Health Center
Miami Behavioral Health Center’s Outpatient Psychiatric Services Unit provides psychiatric assessment, medication maintenance, individual, group, couples and family therapy, non-targeted case management and support services to adult (18 years and over) clients requiring psychiatric intervention. 

Substance Abuse Services

Residential Treatment
Catholic Charities -- St. Luke’s Addiction Recovery Center
The program provides easy access to residential substance abuse treatment for adult males and females who are indigent/homeless and have a history of chronic substance abuse and co-occurring mental disorders. The service site is a 50-bed facility that offers a safe and structured environment where clients are provided with assessment, psychiatric consultations, individual/group counseling, relapse prevention, twelve-step meetings, targeted case management, discharge planning, aftercare services, and follow-up. 

Services for People Living With Disabilities

Learning Enhancement Acquisition Program
Association for Retarded Citizens of South Florida
The Learning Enhancement Acquisition Program serves adults who are incontinent and have severe/profound mental retardation and other physical disabilities; the majority of clients require assistance with mobility, transferring, positioning and feeding. The program assists clients in the improvement of daily living, communication and mobility skills as well as providing them with opportunities to expand their social/community interaction skills.

Guardianship Program
Association for Retarded Citizens of South Florida
The Guardianship program serves adults with developmental disabilities who have been determined to be incompetent by a court. The court assigns ARC South Florida as the legal guardian for the client and the client is assigned to an ARC professional guardian for monthly visits. Guardians make decisions on behalf of their clients and ensure that their clients are receiving all services they may need: medical, mental health, financial, personal services, residential, legal, social, support coordination and/or transportation. Guardians are required to make court appearances and submit an annual report to the court on each client.


Adult Services – Robert T. Knight Centers
Association for Retarded Citizens of South Florida
The Robert T. Knight programs assist developmentally disabled adult clients by improving their daily living, communication, mobility, prevocational, nutrition, socialization, and computer skills.

Speech-Language and Occupational Therapy
Hearing & Speech Center of Florida
Speech-language and occupational therapy target articulation, voice, fluency, and language disorders and all disorders secondary to neurological, physical and cognitive disabilities including autism, developmental disabilities and delays, hearing impairment, mental retardation and cerebral palsy. A highly professional staff of speech-language pathologists and occupational therapist provide "Preferred Practices" (American Speech-Language Hearing Association) therapy to help clients gain improved functional communication.

Community Based Home Care Services for Disabled Adults
United HomeCare Services
The Community Based Home Care Services for Disabled Adults program serves disabled adults who have significant debilitating injuries and health conditions and are unable to fend for themselves or meet basic needs of daily existence. Case Managers follow up to monitor clients' condition, modify care plans and coordinate services in order to support caregivers and improve clients' ability to remain functional, healthy and independent.

Mental and Physical Health Services for Older Adults

Nutrition and Social Support
Catholic Charities -- Services for the Elderly
This program aims to maintain and improve the physical and emotional health of the elderly by providing nutritional meals, educational workshops, social and recreational activities as well as supportive services.

Senior Adult Program
Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community Center
This program provides opportunities for social, physical and intellectual stimulation through fitness sessions and a variety of recreational activities to keep seniors functioning independently and optimistically.

Hearing and Speech Audiology Elderly Program
Hearing and Speech Center of Florida
The goal of this program is to provide diagnostic (complete audiological evaluations) and rehabilitative services (appropriate selection and fitting of hearing aids/accessories) to individuals 55 years and older.

Community Based Wellness Programs for Seniors
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
This program provides people over 60 years with access to information , recreation, socialization, education, planned wellness, exercise and health support programs designed to help them maintain an independent lifestyle.

Older Adult, Case Management Services
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
This program provides home visits, assessments, education, referrals and case coordination to elderly living in isolation throughout Miami-Dade to maximize their well-being and remain at home, aging with dignity.

Senior Meals on Wheels Program
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
This program provides older adults with either a hot meal delivered daily or a package of frozen meals delivered once a week. All food meets the strictest kosher dietary laws and at least one-third of the recommended dietary laws.

Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Centers of Dade County
Home Delivered Meal
This program provides a nutritious, hot, home-delivered meal and other supportive services to needy, frail homebound elderly – helping them to maintain their home and live independently.

Congregate Meals
Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Centers of Dade County
This program provides nutritious, hot lunches and other supportive services in 14 senior centers countywide. The program also provides peer companionship to alleviate feelings of loneliness and social isolation.

Douglas Gardens Community Care (DGCC) for the Elderly
Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged
The program helps older adults remain at home, this program provides individualized case management which includes a comprehensive assessment of each client’s needs, care planning, arrangements of home and community services, referrals to other community resources, and ongoing follow-ups.

Senior Wellness Program
Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center
Quality of Life- This program provides seniors (age 60+) in the North Miami area with a wide variety of fitness classes, daily educational courses, intergenerational events, social and cultural activities, counseling services, nutrition advice, and the ability to access other community services through door-to-door transportation services.

Elderly Meals Senior Center Program
Southwest Social Services Program
This program provides congregate meals, home-delivered meals, transportation and supportive services including nutrition education, recreation and health support to low-income elderly living in southwest Miami-Dade.

Community Based Home Care Services for Frail Elderly
United HomeCare Services
This program caters to poor, frail older adults (age 60+) with significant chronic conditions who are at high risk for nursing home placement. It provides a continuum of home health and community based services to assist them to remain at home in the community.

Support Services for Older Adult Care Givers

In-Home Respite Program
Easter Seals
This program encourages and strengthens family caregiver efforts and mitigates caregiver’s strains by assigning AmeriCorps volunteers to supervise and provide companionship and assistance to elders at their home.

Saturday Facility Respite Program
Easter Seals
The also encourages and strengthen family caregiver efforts and mitigate caregiver’s strains by offering an additional day of respite to caregivers of frail seniors or people with dementia.

Caregiver Support
North Miami Foundation for Senior Citizens
This program provides respite care through a certified home health aid, caregiver counseling, and consumable medical supplies including nutritional supplements and disposable undergarments.

Caregiver Counseling, Education and Support Program
United Homecare Services
It is an individual in-home counseling program that targets high-risk caregivers and those caregivers with frail elderly currently on waiting list for homecare services. In addition, caregivers are provided with 40 hours of respite care and the opportunity to attend monthly supports groups.