6 Community Resources
DISABILITY MINISTRIES
Bright Threads Ministries | BrightThreadsMinistries.org
863-944-3047, BrightThreadsMinistries@gmail.com
All Ages - Welcoming Relationships in Congregations – We show churches how
to weave people of ALL abilities into the fabric of congregational life. (Seminars,
Consulting, Training Videos) Check out our new training videos: Casting Out Fear:
Volunteers and Kids with Special Needs.
Bay Hope Church, 813-968-3983
Bell Shoals Baptist Church, 813-689-4229
Christian Family Church, cfctampa.org
First Baptist Church of Brandon, 813-689-1204
First Baptist Church of Temple Terrace,
813-988-1138
Ildewild Special Needs Ministry, 813-264-1515
Nathaniel’s Hope Buddy Break, NathanielsHope.org
iMatter at Palma Ceia UMC, 813-837-1541
SpecialNeedsFamilyHour.com with Julie Ames
St James UMC, stjamestampa.org/special-needs
Van Dyke Church, 813-968-3983, Lutz
Young Life Capernaum, New Tampa 813-327-4683,
South Tampa 813-253-0674
CHILDCARE & RESPITE
Bay Hope Embrace Respite, 813-968-3983
Early Childhood Council, 813-837-7753
Early Learning Coalition, 813-515-2340
Easterseals Murray Center, 813-988-7633
Nathaniel’s Hope Buddy Break, Ildewild
Special Needs Ministry, 813-264-1515
St. James UMC Friend Zone, 813-971-4790 x245,
www.stjamestampa.org/special-needs
Take a Break (behavioral babysitting),
TakeABreakTampa.com
UCP of Tampa Bay, 813-239-1179
CRISIS CARE RESOURCES
211 Contact Center, call 211, text 898211
ACCESS Florida – food stamps, 866-762-2237
Children’s Home Network, 813-855-4435
Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, 813-964-1964
Success 4 Kids & Families, 813-490-5490
THHI Homeless Initiative, 813-223-6115
DIAGNOSTIC & RESOURCE CENTERS
FDLRS (Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resource System) | fdlrs.mysdhc.org
813-837-7777 for English, 813-837-7777 for Spanish
fdlrsparentservices@sdhc.k12.fl.us
FDLRS provides diagnostic, instructional, and technological support services to district
Exeptional Student Education (ESE) programs and to families of students with disabilities.
USF Bay Area Early Steps | health.usf.edu/medicine/pediatrics/early-steps
Serving Hillsborough & Polk County, 813-974-0602
0 to 36 months - USF Bay Area is Florida’s early intervention system that offers services
to eligible infants and toddlers (birth to thirty-six months) with significant delays or a
condition likely to result in a developmental delay.
/BrightThreadsMinistries.org
/cfctampa.org
/NathanielsHope.org
/SpecialNeedsFamilyHour.com
/special-needs
/special-needs
/TakeABreakTampa.com
/fdlrs.mysdhc.org
/early-steps
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