Changing Together

Strength through Unity, Unity through Trust, Trust through Change

Changing Together has built lasting relationships over a decade in the Palm Beach community. Through those existing assets compelled with our variance of programs we are dedicated to assisting all in the area achieve all they are set to become. The programs include on site psychiatric care, long term psychiatric care, health insurance, clothing, food, phone and pad service, therapists, Naxolone distribution, medical assistance, Respite placement, delegation to transportation needs and job assistance. Our long standing partnership solidifies the unity in mission we all share, Changing Together.

Substance Abuse

The Epidemic that unites us all

Changing Together has partnered with The Department of Health in addressing the South Florida Fentanyl epidemic. We also are honored to be working with all County Commissioners through advisory board meetings. We have Naxolone in supply that can make an impact on the people close in your life looking for a new start. There all also current pick up placement centers throughout South Florida we can provide you if you have the capacity to travel to one of the locations.

Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid approximately 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl. If inhaled by even inhalation externally, move the victim to fresh air.

In 2020, more than 6,150 people died from overdoses involving fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in Florida. For 2021, the latest provisional drug overdose death counts also indicate an increase in fatal overdoses caused by synthetic opioid

Over 250,000 people have died from Fentanyl since 2018. It is the leading cause of death in people between the age of 18-45.

While deaths dropped overall dropped slightly in 2022, fentanyl and fentanyl-related drugs killed 6,466 people in Florida, at least 81 more people than in the year before, a greater than 1% increase, according to a report from Florida medical examiners released Jan. 25. That is attributed primarily to Naxolone.

In Palm Beach County, opioid deaths dropped from 604 to 519. But across Florida, there were 6,366 deaths, up from 6,089 the year before, or a nearly 5% increase. Most of the deaths were attributed to fentanyl or a fentanyl analog. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid up to 50 times more potent than heroin.

“We probably had the highest number of overdoses in the state, certainly one of the highest in the nation,” said Commissioner Melissa McKinlay. “It was crushing our community. I think we had somebody overdosing every 11 minutes in our county — we were losing on average more than two people a day.”

A comprehensive list of free Naxolone distribution sites is listed at the bottom of this page. In addition, we offer direct distribution to all individuals in Palm Beach county for themselves, a family member, friend or neighbor. For information on what you can do to distribute to help . We at Changing Together working with the head of The Department of Health both believe every American should carry Naxolone. If you would like to save lives as a volunteer please contact us at:

savingamericanlives@gmail.com

Helping restore lives by helping each other in Palm Beach

Compassion, Dignity, Self Sufficiency

Founder Jame Battmasian

A true friend and partner with Changing Together, Boca Raton real estate magnate James Batmasian may be worth a fortune, but it’s his philanthropic work that shows his true value. Since moving to South Florida in the 1980s, he has helped support dozens of charitable, cultural and educational organizations.

One of his latest initiatives is Changing Lives, a nonprofit he started in 2019 to help the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. Changing Lives has evolved into a resource center for people who need housing, food, clothes, mental health and wellness referrals, employment, job training and more.

“You come here to get the resources within the community, from cheap to free, to help you get your life back together,” says Batmasian, a New Jersey native and Harvard Law and Business School graduate who started building his real estate empire while he was in college.

Batmasian, 74, is battling not just homelessness, but also the conditions that cause it, such as a lack of affordable housing, unemployment, substance abuse and mental illness.

We have been working directly with Helping Hands since 2014 for displaced individuals, victims of domestic abuse and other foprms of violence, substance abuse and mental health since 2014. They have been a steadfast in the community for training, Identification matters, job k placement, quality food service and insurance matters.

Help Us Feed Families

Rising food costs, housing expenses, and stagnant wages have only intensified the need for hunger relief programs in Palm Beach County.

The Hot Meal Program is open to anyone and no identification will be requested.

Walk-up clients only can pick up a hot, nutritious meal Monday through Saturday in East Boca rom 11:00 am - 12:30 pm.

The Friday night Family Dinner drive-thru at Proclaim Church will resume Friday, July 21st from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm.

Thank you to our Hot Meal Sponsors:
Mondays - City of Boca Raton
Tuesdays - Publix Super Market Charities, Inc.
Wednesdays - Anonymous

Our Pantry Bag Program is open to qualifying Palm Beach County residents. This program is for families living at or below the poverty level determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). If you are currently enrolled in SNAP, TANF, or Medicare/Medicaid, you automatically qualify. Registration is completed in-person during your first visit and renewed annually.

East Boca Raton - Main Facility

Address

Boca Helping Hands
1500 NW 1st Ct
Boca Raton, FL 33432

Pantry Bag Pickup & Registration, Drive-Thru Only:
• Monday through Saturday from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
• Thursday Evenings from 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Hot Meal Program, Drive-Thru Only:

Monday through Saturday from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

For more information, click here (open to anyone).

It is estimated that 52,000 kids in Palm Beach County are food insecure, and 65% are enrolled in their school’s free and reduced lunch program.

A signature program of Boca Helping Hands since 2011, BHH Backpacks addresses the crisis of youth food insecurity – specifically, the increasing number of children who receive their

primary meal each weekday through the U.S. government-subsidized free and reduced lunch program and don’t have enough to eat on the weekends.

BHH Backpacks reaches over 1,600 students in 13 schools. Boca Helping Hands purchases food and delivers meals to respective schools on a weekly basis. The specific items used cost $10.59 per child/per week.

BHH Backpacks provides food-insecure students with non-perishable, easy-to-prepare meals to ensure they get enough to eat on weekends (when they can’t depend on school meals). Each Friday during the school year (33 weeks), BHH sends local schoolchildren home with a box that meets recommended dietary guidelines that contains (6) meals, two (2) shelf-stable milks, two (2) juice boxes, and three (3) snacks.

Boca Helping Hands provides limited financial assistance to qualified Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth, Greenacres, and Palm Springs residents in crisis.

All applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis in accordance with Boca Helping Hands’ financial resource policies and can take up to 7 days to process.

Financial assistance includes the following:

Late Rent. Assistance is not available for renters in active court eviction Late FPL and Water. To be considered, your power and water must be connected at the point in time of requesting assistance. Deposits or reconnection fees are not included.

Boca Helping Hands has partnered with Genesis Community Health to bring healthcare services to the community.

Medical, Dental, and Behavioral Care vouchers are available to qualifying, uninsured individuals in Palm Beach County.

To obtain a healthcare voucher, please call us at (561) 417-0913 for more information.

A strategically structured job training, mentoring, and education program that exists to empower students in their area of interest and train them in a career path and 3 apprenticeships.

The training programs include HVAC, carpentry, electrical, nursing, drafting, CDL license and medical billing.

For thoe needing immediate food needs Helping Hands opens Monday - Friday at 8:30 A.M.-11:30 A.M. They give out Publix groceries assessed via family size. Proper identification of a Palm Beach residence is the only requirement.

Changing Lives

Changing Lives can help YOU now.

James Batmasian

The Founder of Chaging Lives, James is a close friend and partner in batteling homelessness for over a decade. He is relentless in directly addressing the needs of individuals that want change directly himself.

Boca Raton real estate magnate James Batmasian may be worth a fortune, but it’s his philanthropic work that shows his true value. Since moving to South Florida in the 1980s, he has helped support dozens of charitable, cultural and educational organizations.

Batmasian, 74, is battling not just homelessness, but also the conditions that cause it, such as a lack of affordable housing, unemployment, substance abuse and mental illness.

We have been working with Changing Lives for eight years in specifically addressing the needs of individuals on a unsurpassed individual basis by taking the time to listen to here who they are and where they are headed. the Director and advisory board have been instrumental in not only direct individuals but the Boca Raton community and Palm Beach landscape as a whole. Changing lives offers a immediate career placement system that cannot be replaced, but appreciate by all.

WE HELP INDIVIDUALS GET THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE

Homeless or facing homelessness
Looking for employment
In need & interest of job training opportunities
In need of healthy meals
In need of emotional support
In need of hospital and preventative health care information
In need of religious resources
In need of clothing and everyday life needs and Who are ready to change their lives and become self-reliant

They are dedicated to offering countless resources to help individuals face obstacles and reach independence.
They want to improve our community by helping each individual reach their full potential and reach a higher quality of living.
Their goal is to change people’s lives and see them succeed as hard-working and self-supporting members of the community.

Changing Lives is dedicated to enriching and transforming the lives of homeless women and men in our area, by providing basic needs, resources, health and wellness referrals, mentorship, employment placement and more. Our goal is to help transition their lives from one of hopelessness to hopefulness and, most importantly, independent and self-sustaining living.

Changing Lives can help YOU now.

Changing Lives is dedicated to enriching the lives of homeless women and men in Boca Raton, offering basic needs resources, health and wellness referrals, mentorship, employment placement and more. Our goal is to meet immediate basic needs and provide access to transitional services that support individuals’ return to independent and self sustaining living.

Their Saturday Morning Outreach Mission

We meet every Saturday at United Methodist Church, in East Boca Raton from 9AM-11:30AM. We prepare and distribute food, drinks, clothes, reading glasses, toiletries and other items. Come see us there and if you want we’ll describe our organization’s process of helping the homeless community. You can learn more about our partnerships with organizations who can help with addiction, mental health issues, and recovery.

The President is a very close friend for over a decade. His service is instrumental and direct in changing lives lives one person at a time. He is at the Saturday Gathering Hall meeting anxious to hear your story and how he can help you himself.

AVDA Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse

A heart filled with love has no room for hate

We began working with ADVA in 2006 in Boca Raton Florida through furnishings and housing for victims of Domestic Violence and other matters . We have since gathered a strong partnership with them. They are instrumental in Boca Raton and Palm Beach as vital part of restablishing a womens life.

Our Mission

AVDA offers life-saving services while promoting violence-free, equitable relationships and creating the social changes necessary to end domestic and dating violence.

AVDA's Community of Hope

Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse, Inc. (AVDA) offers life-saving services while promoting violence-free, equitable relationships and creating the social changes necessary to end domestic and dating violence.

We are dedicated to empowering and supporting survivors of domestic violence to live violence-free and self-sufficient lives.
Immediate Access to Support

AVDA is available to provide support, information, referrals, and access to services through our 24-hour crisis hotline. AVDA responds to over 2,500 crisis calls and reaches out to over 1,000 survivors listed on police reports, annually.

Casa Vegso

Through AVDA's residential programs, we serve approximately 300 women, men, and children, annually. AVDA’s 64-bed emergency shelter provides an inviting and welcoming environment for survivors and their pets. A 32-bed transitional housing program provides survivors with a longer term residence for up to two years.

Economic Empowerment

99% of survivors of domestic violence experience financial abuse that prevents them from having the financial resources to leave an abusive partner. In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, AVDA served more than 375 adults through our Anne's STEPS (Support Training and Education for Personal Success) economic empowerment program to assist survivors in overcoming the impacts of financial abuse.

Social Change

Awareness + Action = Social Change

Domestic violence impacts millions of people each year, but it can be prevented. It requires the collective voice and commitment of individuals, families, institutions, and systems. Together we can reduce domestic violence.

Domestic violence (DV), also called intimate partner violence, is a pattern of abusive behavior perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. The abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, digital or psychological. This includes any behaviors that frighten, intimidate, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, injure, or wound someone. The frequency and severity of DV can vary dramatically; however, the one constant component of DV is one partner’s consistent efforts to maintain power and control over the other. DV can happen to anyone of any race, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender, socioeconomic backgrounds, and education levels.

Data from CDC’s National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) indicate:

About 1 in 4 women and nearly 1 in 10 men have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime and reported some form of IPV-related impact.
Over 43 million women and 38 million men experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

AVDA’s 64-bed emergency shelter, staffed 24 hours a day, provides domestic violence survivors and their children and pets a safe place to stay for at least six weeks. An extended stay beyond six weeks can be arranged for victims who have special needs and require an extended length of stay.

Residents are provided food, clothing, transportation, basic need items, information and referrals to community resources, and continuous safety planning assistance. While in shelter, all residents have access to advocacy and comprehensive service management to assist them in taking steps toward attaining self-sufficiency. When survivors leave AVDA’s temporary shelter, all safety plans are revised and referrals to AVDA's outreach services are provided.

Transitional Housing

Children in shelter develop individual safety plans that are appropriately tailored to their age and developmental stage. Children in shelter receive psychosocial assessments, individual and group counseling, as needed. Advocates work with children and their caregiver to assist the family in practicing nonviolent forms of communication and discipline. Children’s support groups are held weekly discussing topics such as healthy relationships, feelings, self-esteem, nonviolent conflict resolution and safety planning. Children’s field trips and other creativity and enrichment activities are provided.

Outreach

AVDA offers nonresidential services individual and group services to adult and child survivors of domestic violence. Specific advocacy is offered to victims of stalking, and intimate partner violence sexual assault, and survivors involved in the child welfare system. Advocacy sessions provide survivors with safety planning, assistance applying for Injunctions for Protection, civil and criminal court accompaniment, accessing relocation assistance through the Office of the Attorney General and other forms of financial assistance, service management, and connection to community resources.

Specific advocacy is offered to victims of stalking, and intimate partner violence sexual assault, and survivors involved in the child welfare system.

Legal Advocacy

AVDA’s Legal Advocacy program assists clients in safely participating in the legal system. Services provided by AVDA include court accompaniment, assistance with domestic violence injunctions for protection, family court and immigration issues, assistance in completing requests for Victims of Crime Compensation, police report follow-up advocacy, safety planning and cellular phone 911 service. AVDA collaborates with Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County for survivors seeking legal representation.

Empowerment program, was implemented in response to two specific areas impacting survivor's ability to gain and sustain economic self-sufficiency – an understanding of how money works and adequate employment. Today, Anne's STEPS is a highly successful, survivor-driven model based on equity and empowerment that responds to the economic needs of survivors of domestic violence to support their financial independence.

Programming includes financial safety planning; financial literacy; and employment, education, and housing advocacy to improve the economic health of survivors.

Anne's STEPS offers survivors the opportunity to join in programming designed to improve their economic health.

A Primary Prevention Initiative

Primary prevention is any action, strategy or policy that prevents intimate partner violence (IPV) from initially occurring. Primary prevention seeks to reduce the overall likelihood that anyone will become a victim or a perpetrator by creating conditions that make violence less likely to occur. Prevention of IPV focuses on preventing first-time perpetration and first time victimization.

A prevention approach that addresses factors at multiple levels is more likely to reduce violence over time. AVDA uses the social-ecological model, which considers the interactions between individual, relationship, community, and societal factors that influence the likelihood of intimate partner violence.

AVDA implements primary prevention curricula with youth in Palm Beach County. Middle and high schools sessions include root causes of violence, intimate partner violence, peer violence, and building healthy relationships. Through education and engagement, young people can learn to live violence free, and healthy lifestyles. As part of the program, students are encouraged and supported in developing community impact projects that bring the skills they have learned into their community. Youth become leaders to positively shift the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors young people hold about violence and abuse in their relationships and communities.

24-Hour Crisis Hotline
(800) 355-8547

Aloha House

Say hello to a better way of living

Journey

We work with director personally at the Aloha House and give the highest recommendation for thier services. Since opening their doors in 2014, our FARR certified residences have provided an open and supportive community for both recovering alcoholics and addicts. Our positive, uplifting environment has inspired many to grow and overcome their addiction/alcoholism. Get in touch with us today to schedule a tour and learn more about how Aloha House can assist you on your recovery journey.

The Highest Standard

Aloha House of the Palm Beaches only wants the best for our community. We are here for you and want you to succeed. We have rules and regulations in place to provide you with a structured environment while transitioning back into society. The standards we have in place has shown wonderful rewards and helps to produce long term sobriety for our residents.

The Penthouse | FEMALE

Secluded Location: Reserved for Aloha woman with a significant amount of time sober a lot more privacy

In the Neighborhood.

Tropical House | MALE

Luxury Housing in Prime Location: Our High-end Men's Oasis

Moana House | FEMALE

Convenient Location: East West Palm Beach, Florida

In the Neighborhood:

Lake Worth Beach Paradise| MENS

Our newly renovated Higher End Men's Sobering Living

Great Location: Just west of the Intracoastal Waterway

In the Neighborhood.

Lani House | FEMALE

Impressive Location: Just 1 block from Flagler Drive + the Intracoastal

Ohana House | MALE

Charming Location: Right off Antique Row adjacent to City Place

In a West Palm Beach Neighborhood.

Hula House | FEMALE

Adorable Location: Beach bungalow one block from the Intracoastal

THE CABANA CLUB | FEMALE

HIGH END FEMALE SOBER-LIVING
IN SOUTH "SO SO" WEST PALM BEACH, FL

Hawaiian House | MALE

Prime Location: Higher end Men's sober living in Downtown West Palm Beach, Florida

Please let us know when you are ready to begin your new adventure in life in West Palm Beach. The programs encompass a social climate, with change that changes ones self.

Adopt A Family Palm Beach

Stability, Encompassing, Achievement

About Us

Adopt a family has been a thresh hold in the community for decades a created a lasting impact that has altered the empoverished locally in Palm Beach. We are honored to have a working relationship with them.

Forty years later, Adopt-A-Family has assisted more than 56,000 families. Our work continues to echo the ethos of Runyon, Ellison, and Mansolill’s early efforts. Families are not only offered shelter, but taught financial literacy, provided with mental health therapy, connected to employment and educational opportunities, and given a safe, dignifying environment to regain stability and self-sufficiency.

At Adopt-A-Family, our mission is to strengthen families with children in their efforts to achieve stability and self-sufficiency by providing access to all-encompassing services. Since 1983, Adopt-A-Family has grown into the largest service provider for homeless families in Palm Beach County - providing access to services for more than 2,000 families with children per year.

The Senator Philip D. Lewis Homeless Resource Center is the centralized point-of-entry for families and individuals experiencing homelessness in Palm Beach County.

Adopt-A-Family proudly operates the Family Division of the HRC, navigating over 500 families with children annually. Our Family Navigators help families access the help they need – starting, first and foremost, with shelter. Families are offered a number of supportive services, including an initial assessment, housing placement, and comprehensive case management, ensuring they are connected to the aid they need the most.

Program REACH is Palm Beach County’s largest shelter for families experiencing homelessness. Located in West Palm Beach, it provides interim housing to 100 families each year in its 19 apartment-style units. In addition offering a safe place to sleep, the program equips families with the tools they need to recover, regroup, and regain stability.

Aiming to guide families to permanent housing in under 90 days, the program delivers case management and referrals to community resources and housing solutions.

Program REACH also provides:

- A food pantry, playground, and community center
- On-site mental health services
- Academic tutoring
- A computer lab
- Family and holiday events

Adopt-A-Family has operated Program REACH since 2016, serving 743 local families in that time. During the 2023-24 fiscal year, the shelter housed 106 families local families, and 81% moved from the shelter directly to a stable housing solution in an average of 65 days. The program follows up with families one year after they exit shelter, and 89% of families served during the 2022-23 fiscal year were still stably housed one year later.

The Housing Stabilization Program (HSP) provides emergency assistance to families who have fallen behind on their rent or mortgage due to a temporary crisis. For many families, the threat of homelessness is just one crisis away from becoming a reality. The Housing Stabilization Program offers financial assistance, comprehensive case management, access to mental health services, and wraparound support services to ensure families remain stably housed while they weather the storm.

Preventing homelessness for 150 families a year, HSP is Palm Beach County’s largest non-governmental homeless prevention program.

Project SAFE is Palm Beach County’s largest permanent supportive housing program for families. The program provides 32 units of affordable housing and intensive case management to homeless families in which the head of household lives with a disability.

Project SAFE aims to help families stabilize, live independently, improve their well-being, and pursue self-sufficiency. During the 2023-2024 fiscal year, a total of 41 families resided in Project SAFE. 93% of households remained stably housed in the program for the whole year or exited to a stable housing solution in the community.

Each resident of Project SAFE receives intensive case management. Families receive financial literacy training, educational opportunities, mental health services, job coaching, and affordable childcare.

In 2009, Adopt-A-Family joined a consortium of local entities led by the Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency (LWCRA) to buy, rehabilitate, and sell foreclosed properties in the city of Lake Worth through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2.

Today, the program is comprised of 24 rehabilitated units scattered throughout the city of Lake Worth. Residents pay roughly one-third of fair market rent for the area and are connected to support services and resources through comprehensive case management.

The goal: halt the decline in targeted, low-income neighborhoods by offering families an affordable housing option and thorough support, aiding them on the path to long-term stability.

Julian Place is an innovative housing model designed to improve children’s educational outcomes through the provision of stable housing and extensive support services for every member of the household. Julian Place provides 14 two-, three-, and four-bedroom townhomes as well as a community center. The units are designated for families who have children who attend Highland Elementary School and lack a stable place to call home. Located just two blocks away from Julian Place, Highland is a Title I school with one of Palm Beach County’s highest populations of homeless students.

Julian Place opened its doors in 2020 after five years of research, planning, construction, and fundraising. Adopt-A-Family launched a capital campaign in 2017 to raise $6.6M for the project’s construction as well as at least five years of program operating expenses. Thanks to an outpouring of generosity from Adopt-A-Family’s community of supporters, the agency met its fundraising goal in 2022, positioning the program for long-term stability.

1838 Served, 436 Clients Housed, 798 Street Outreched

In working with the Lord's Place for some time we are honored to have done service with them. There culinary program has overwhelming success ratio with job placement that changes lives. The Lord's Place is a social impact agency, the Lord's Place been serving men, women and families in our community for 40 years. Their innovative, compassionate, and effective services are constantly evolving to end local homelessness for good.

Burckle Place

Burckle Place, located in Lake Worth, is the only supportive housing program in Palm Beach County designed exclusively for single, homeless women.

C-Place

C-Place, a 25-bed supportive housing campus for vulnerable individuals in located in West Palm Beach, FL.

Halle Place

Halle Place, located in West Palm Beach, is a supportive housing program specifically designed for women who were formerly incarcerated - within the prior six months.

Jack & Evelyn Alexander Place

Jack & Evelyn Alexander Place, formerly known as The Lord's Place Family Campus, is located in West Palm Beach. It provides homeless families with housing, guidance and the resources needed to gain independence.

William H. Mann Place for Men

William H. Mann Place, located in Boynton Beach, houses 50 men who were formerly homeless and provides its residents with the wrap-around services and support to end their homelessness for good.

Operation Home Ready

Operation Home Ready (OHR) provides long-term supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals with a documented disability. OHR targets the most vulnerable individuals in the community.

Culinary training b L program

The Culinary Transitional Work Experience program has two separate tracks: one is a 12-week program, and the other is a 24-week program that is called Parks 2 Work. Each program provides students an opportunity to learn a variety of skills in the field of culinary arts while focusing on behavior modification curriculum and activities to address their decision-making abilities that may affect job performance and retention. The program uses a hands-on approach, coupled with a series of performance assessments.

The Culinary Transitional Work Experience program will provide students with the necessary foundational skills to acquire an entry-level position in most commercial kitchens. Additionally, students who complete this training program will receive their three-year food handler certificate (SERV– SAFE).

Upon completion of the program, clients receive a culinary training certificate at their graduation ceremony. All training takes place in a professional culinary setting.

Reentry

The Reentry Program serves as a “second chance” for those transitioning back into society after being released from incarceration. The Lord’s Place offers several reentry programs that assist specific populations of returning citizens.

The programs provide evidence-based assessment and screening to identify targeted interventions for participants. These interventions are captured on a personalized transition plan, along with goals to bolster their prospects for success and reduce the chances of recidivism.

While in the program, participants have the opportunity to focus on their future and improve their lives through classes, meetings and volunteer opportunities. They can participate in The Lord’s Place’s comprehensive Employment Services program which provides job skills training, supervised transitional work experience opportunities, and assistance searching for and obtaining employment.

The Reentry Program is only available to individuals involved with the Palm Beach Justice System.

Palm Beach Food Pantries

Name: Changing Together
Address: 1320 SE 2nd St, Deerfield Beach, FL
Telephone: 386-872-2498

February 2019 until Present

Opened up shop! Owner of JDW Woodworking shop

April 2016 - Feb 2019

Interior design Artist @ JOPDEX Arch

June 2013 - Jan 2016

Car tattoo artist @ FastLane Paint

Lake Worth, Greenacres
Lantana

Emergency food can be provided to Palm Beach County residents from churches, food banks and pantries. The goal is to help them temporarily meet their needs for assistance. Many locations can also offer clothing, referrals, and information on other Florida and Palm Beach assistance programs, including WIC, food stamps, and summer meals for children.

Many of the locations have created programs that acquire groceries and food products through donations from members of the community. The goods may be provided to the pantry from canned food drives or government surplus programs. The pantries then distribute the food, for free or low cost, to families and individuals in Palm Beach who are faced with a crisis or emergency situation.

Other services are available as well. Some of the food pantries also can provide hot meals, access to soup kitchen, and deliver food to senior citizens and disabled individuals in the county. Another focus is on feeding children during the summer and breaks in the school year. They offer referrals. Also, clients can learn about government resources such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), free snack backpacks for children, or SNAP food stamps.

Western
Communities

Community United Methodist Church - CROS Lighthouse Food Pantry (Belle Glade)
408 SW 1st St., Belle Glade, FL 33430
Phone: 561-996-5568

First Baptist Church
17 NW Avenue B., Belle Glade, FL 33430
Phone: 561-996-5596
Emergency boxes of food, fruits, milk, and more is offered from the pantry.

Gateway Community Outreach
660 Royal Pam Beach Blvd., Royal Palm Covenant Church, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411
Phone: 561-793-1077

St. Mary's Catholic Church
1200 E. Main St., Pahokee, FL 33476
Phone: 561-924-0184

Agape Church of Loxahatchee
13390 Okeechobee Road, Loxahatchee, FL 33470
Phone: 561-792-2813

First Baptist Church (Belle Glade)
17 NW Avenue B., Belle Glade, FL 33430
Phone: 561-996-5596
Call for information on free or low cost food, perishable items and groceries.

South
County

Neighborhood Resource Center - CROS Delray Beach Community Food Pantry Food Center
141 SW 12th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444
Phone: 561-243-7634
Nonprofit organization that provides food and much more, such as rent help, financial assistance, clothing, and other support to low income and senior citizens.

Community Caring Center
145 NE 4th Ave., Boynton Beach, FL 33425
Phone: 561-364-9501
Programs are administered from this office to help people with food, financial assistance, and senior assistance programs. This includes gifts for children at Christmas and Thanksgiving and holiday meals.

Care Ministry - St. Joan of Arc Catholic
370 SW Third St., Boca Raton, FL 33432
Phone: 561-962-6000

Community Food Pantry
141 SW 12th Ave., Delray Beach, FL
Phone: 561-243-7634

Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services
21300 Ruth and Baron Coleman Blvd., Boca Raton, FL
Phone: 561-852-3333
Kosher meals are served and they also have a Meals on Wheels service run by volunteers.

West Palm, Jupiter
Sorrounding Areas

CROS North County Community Food Pantry - Jupiter Neighborhood Resource Center
106 Military Trail, Jupiter, FL 33458
Phone: 561-233-9009, ext. 111

Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches Church
4857 Northlake Blvd., Palm Beach, FL 33418
Phone: 561-775-5900

CROS Riviera Beach Community Food Pantry - Housing Partnership Group
2001 W. Blue Heron Blvd., Riviera Beach, FL 33404
Phone: 561-233-9009

Open & Outstretched Hand of Jesus Ministry Church
168 W. 13th St., Riviera Beach, FL 33404
Phone: 561-968-1023

Holy Name of Jesus Church
345 S. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Phone: 561-683-3555

St. Ann's Church
310 North Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561-832-3757

Emmanuel Deliverance Church of God Address
1309 Georgia Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561-832-5148

Jesus and You Outreach Ministries
2831 Avenue S., Riviera Beach, FL 33404
Phone: 561-842-4276

True Fast Outreach Ministry
638 6th St., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561-856-6273

Holy Name of Jesus Church
345 S. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Phone: 561-683-3555
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Emmanuel Deliverance Church of God
1309 Georgia Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561-832-5148

Families That Care
3701 Broadway, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Phone: 561-594-9657

Open & Outstretched Hand of Jesus Ministry Church
Riviera Beach, FL 33404
561-968-1023

Divine Church of God of Prophecy
2845 N. Military Trail, Suite 17, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Phone: 561-502-9226

Salvation Army Center
2122 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Phone: 561-686-3530

West Palm Beach Corps
2122 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Phone: 561-686-3530 .

New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
911 9th St., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561-832-2101
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