Family Support Services

This program provides struggling families with structured short-term and/or long-term goals that strengthens the family as a whole.  

Limited financial assistance is available to families with children 17 years of age or younger. Assistance include:

Water Bills

Rent & Mortgage Payments

Electricity Bills

Regulations: All bills must be in the shut off status for consideration for this services. Financial assistance is only available for residents in the following zip codes: 34695, 34677, 33759 and 33761. 

Holiday Assistance

The Adopt-A-Family program matches families with individual or group sponsors to provide for holiday gifts to impoverished children at Christmas. These families would be looking forward to a very grim holiday Without the benefit of an adoption.
When an Adopt-A-Family match is made, the family information and wish lists are sent to the sponsor. Sponsor delivers wish list item to the Neighborhood Family Center. The Neighborhood Family Center ensures that the family receives the gifts and food during the week before Christmas.

Many adoptees are referred by professional social workers who help deserving families complete an application during required home visits. An inventory of each family’s needs is taken and a Christmas wish list is compiled. This gift guide may include toys, clothing, household items and information regarding the utilities and heating sources. Often sponsors will make payments on utilities or purchase wood or heating oil. Sponsors are asked to provide two or more new gifts for each member of the household and to provide food for the family for four to seven days.

Sponsors come in many shapes and sizes. They can be individuals, families, small businesses or large corporations. In many of the larger corporations, different departments often each adopt a family. Many sponsors find the experience so fulfilling that they participate in the program year after year.

The Neighbohood Family Center would like to thank all of our Adopt-A-Family sponsors for your concern and generosity. We appreciate you. Thank you to everyone who so generously agreed to make Christmas more joyful this year by adopting a family through With your help, over 600 children were adopted! Please remember this opportunity for next year.

For sponsors and Donations:
If you would like to help The Neighbohood Family provide toys for families through our Toy Shop, you can drop new, unwrapped toys off at The Neighbohood Family Center 1001 Dr. ML King Jr N. in Safety Harbor FL 34695.

If you have any questions about your family or the Adopt-A-Family program in general, please call 727-791-8255. Please notify us of the delivery by calling the number on the back label of your information letter. You will need the name and ID number of the family, and the date you dropped off the gifts. For detailed guidelines contact Diana Kessel, Family Support Director.

For families:
If you have any questions, please call 727-791-8255. If your family was not adopted but you still need Christmas assistance, please call 727-791-8255 to register.

Adopt-A-Family Program assistance only available for residents in the following zip codes: 34695, 34677, 34759, 33761.  Patrons must bring proof of residency, driver's license not accepted for proof, a piece of mail with current address.