Crisis Center

Listed below are organizations you may go to for help with serious issues.

• MAACA, INC.
  Minority Alliance for Advocating Community Awareness and Action, Inc.
  1720 South Gadsden Street
  Tallahassee, Florida 32305
  
  Phone: 850-942-6222
  Fax: 850-942-6333
  Web site: www.maaction.org
  
  
• Refuge House
  24 Hour Hotline: 850-681-2111 or 800-500-1119
  Administration Info.: 850-922-6062
  247 N. Central Ave. - Tallahassee, FL
  
  
• Crisis 24 Hour Hotline
  850-224-6333
  
  
• SHISA(AIDS info. and treatment)
  850-224-8718
  323 N. Macomb St. - Tallahassee, FL

To submit the names of similar organizations, please send us an e-mail at: info@tallahasseeblackpages.com

Do You or Someone You Know Need Help with Rent or Mortgage?

The DCF Office on Homelessness will begin accepting Emergency Financial Assistance for Housing Program (EFAHP) applications on July 6, 2009.

Please do not send applications to the program until 8:30 a.m. Monday, July 6. Any applications received before that time will be denied.

Application Guidelines:

• The household must have at least one child under 18 years of age living there full-time.
• The application must be filled out completely, including Social Security numbers for all family members; monthly income from all sources; a written explanation of the housing emergency; and the signature of the applicant.
• The one-page Vendor Agreement must be completed and signed by the landlord, mortgage company or property owner.
• If the case is approved, a State of Florida check will be mailed directly to the landlord, mortgage company or property owner.
• The program can pay up to $400 once per year for overdue rent or mortgage payments, or for security deposit for a household that is homeless, being evicted, or whose housing has been damaged by fire, hurricane or other natural disaster.