Need Advice

Family Services of Metro Orlando can help when you don’t know where to turn for dependable advice or in times of crisis.

We assist nearly 10,000 children and their families each year through this network of community providers. Please dial 2-1-1 or visit The Heart of Florida United Way 2-1-1 Helpline for additional contacts and assistance.

Community Services Network 
1940 Traylor Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32804
Provided by Heart of Florida United Way as a resource for numerous needs.
Phone: Dial 211
Web site: www.refersoftware.com/211communityresources/

Domestic Violence

24 Hour Domestic Violence Crisis Line
Phone: 407-847-8562
 
24 Hour Sexual Violence Crisis Line
Phone: 407-847-4668

Florida Circle of Parents
A mutual support and self-help program for parents – part of the Circle of Parents® national network.
111 North Gadsden St., Suite 200
Tallahassee, FL 32301-1507
Phone: 850-921-4494
Fax: 850-921-9070

Florida’s Parent Support HelpLine
Provides confidential counseling and referral to parents who are stressed. Available from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week.
P.O. Box 10950
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Phone toll-free: 1-800-FLA-LOVE (1-800-352-5683)
Administrative office: 850-617-6348

Help Now of Osceola
Provides safe shelter and empowers survivors of domestic and sexual violence through community awareness.
821 Emmett Street
Kissimmee, FL 34741
Web site: www.helpnowshelter.org

 

Testimonials

"Family Services of Metro Orlando helped me be a child when I needed to be a child. And they’re helping me become an adult now that it’s time for me to be a man. They haven’t let me down and have been a blessing in my life." 
–JK, age 18.
 

"There’s always room for hope in a child’s heart and that child always needs that room to be filled. "
–CJR, age 16.
 

"Without Family Services of Metro Orlando being there for me, I’d probably be in the streets, you know, selling drugs, being in jail, probably dead."
–JA, age 20
 

"I didn’t always have somebody to take care of me so I really want to say that being in foster care kind of gave me an opportunity to go back into my childhood a little bit and then redevelop myself into an adult. "
–JK, age 18
 

"[Home is] somewhere I can hope and dream and be thinking of the future. It means I get a family and I can see the world the way I always wanted to."
–CJR, age 17
 

"If people take the time and choose carefully, they’ll pick me." 
–AL, age 14
 

"I see souls in these pictures. These are our children. They belong to this community."
–Dick Batchelor

“Thank goodness for your organization. The children didn't ask to be where they are. I wish I could do more to help.” –PF

“[Family Services of Metro Orlando] saved my sanity ♥” -JN

“I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU and all that you do! You are literally heaven sent and It's an honor to be able call you friend.” –JA

“Family Services is led by a forward thinking Board of Directors and a proactive Executive Director. The Orlando area is fortunate to have such a positive organization.” –MH


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