Partner Agencies

Federal

• Administration on Aging
  Federal agency charged with responsibility for carrying out the Older Americans Act.
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  Federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
  Federal department that administers programs dealing with quality housing and urban renewal.
• Social Security Administration
  Federal agency that implements social programs, including federal age-based pensions and disability insurance.
• Department of Health and Human Services
  Federal agency that offers comprehensive information for seniors including news, benefits and government programs.

State

• Agency for Health Care Administration
  State regulatory agency that provides important and useful materials including: health facility regulation, long-term care services, managed health care, Medicaid services, statistics, certificates of need, complaint and information call center, and more.
• Department of Children & Families
  State agency charged with protecting the vulnerable, promoting strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advancing personal and family recovery and resiliency.
• Department of Financial Services
  State agency directed by the Chief Financial Officer, the constitutional official whose duties include investigating financial fraud, overseeing insurance agents and agencies, and helping consumers with financial services issues.
• Department of Health
  State agency that promotes and protects the health and safety of all people in Florida through the delivery of quality public health services and the promotion of health care standards.
• Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs
  State agency that helps Florida veterans, their families and survivors improve their health and economic well-being through quality benefit information, advocacy, education and long-term health services.
• Public Service Commission
  State agency that regulates Florida utilities, including those that provide consumers with some of their most essential services: electricity, natural gas, telephone, water and wastewater.
• Senior vs Crime
  Seniors vs Crime is a special project of the Florida Attorney General. The Seniors vs Crime Project helps educate seniors about scam, consumer fraud and other criminal acts.

Others

• AARP
  Membership organization that promotes positive social change for individuals age 50 and over through information, advocacy and service.
• Florida Alliance for Assistive Technology
• Florida Association of Area Agencies on Aging
  Organization of the state’s 11 partners Area Agencies on Aging, who work as a team to help ensure that older Floridians can live their retirement years with dignity.
• Florida Association of Aging Services Providers
  A statewide association that specifically represents the full array of direct service providers in aging, including case management, nutrition, senior centers, day care and volunteers.
• Florida Council on Aging
  A statewide organization that represents all aging interests and many different disciplines.
• Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling
  Provides information, resource referrals and support services for problem gamblers, their families, employers and others.