Florida Department of Children and Families - ACCESS Florida Program: The Department of Children and Families, ACCESS Florida Program has several programs that can help Florida families. They include, Food Assistance, Temporary Cash Assistance, Medicaid and Refugee Assistance. Each of these programs has its own eligibility rules, but you may apply for any (or all) of these programs at one time using the same application.
Florida Department of Health: Main link to all departments, including medical and environmental services, licensing, and topics of community concern.
Florida DMV Booklet: The Official Online Source for State of Florida Drivers License Handbooks.
Florida Handbook: The Florida Handbook is a comprehensive reference source and the official guide to Florida government and history, with additional information on the state’s lands, culture, economy, and people.
Florida KidCare: Through Florida KidCare, the state of Florida offers health insurance for children from birth through age 18, even if one or both parents are working.
MyFlorida.com: The offical portal of the State of Florida, MyFlorida.com provides a wide variety of services and information to help residents and visitors.
The Right Service At The Right Time: This is a free online database that provides information to people looking for assistance with daily needs, housing, healthcare, transportation, and employment. Developed by the Orange County Library System, Right Service is an easy-to-use discovery engine designed to match patrons who have specific needs with the resources to meet their needs.
United Way of West Florida (2-1-1 Northwest Florida): 2-1-1 of Northwest Florida provides free comprehensive, current and accurate information and referrals that address health and human service needs within the Santa Rosa County community.
Exploring Florida: Social Studies Resources for students and teachers. This website contains thousands of educational resources.
Exploring Florida - Then and Now: Florida Then & Now is a set of reproducible readings, questions, and activity sheets for an upper elementary study of Florida History. The PDF files are designed to print and photocopy well.
Florida Kids: Great information for your Florida state report - State Symbols, Quick Facts, The Capitol, Florida History, Florida Governors, and Seminole History.
Florida Museum of Natural History - Calusa: Information about the Calusa Domain. When Spaniards arrived in southwest Florida in the sixteenth century, they encountered a populous, sedentary, and politically complex society: the Calusa.
Florida Native American Heritage Trail: Online book about Florida Native American Heritage Trails. Print copies available in the libraries (Call Number 975.9 Flo).
Miccosukee Tribe: The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida was originally part of the same group of Creek Indians as the Seminole Tribe who fought against the U.S. government during the Seminole Wars of the 1800s.
Mission San Luis: At Mission San Luis Apalachee-Spanish Living History Museum, first-person interpreters, reconstructed colonial buildings, archaeological exhibits, and hands-on workshops immerse you into the world of the Spanish colonists and Apalachee Indians who have lived in this Franciscan mission community during the 17th century.
Seminole Tribe: Official page of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
Trail of Florida's Indian Heritage: Here you will find information about Florida archaeological sites with mounds and middens, museums, historic places and heritage interpreters, and county, state, and national parks.