Serving the Homeless
of Florida's Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties
Assistance
Our application process has reopened. Please call us to talk to one of our intake specialists for an appointment. Our number is (850) 439-3009.
2023 FL-511 Request for Proposals (CoC) Announcement
HUD announces More Than $3.1 Billion to Help People Experiencing Homelessness in response to a growing homelessness crisis. HUD makes largest-ever single-year investment in communities' homelessness response system. Opening Doors Northwest Florida, FL-511 CoC Lead Agency, is now accepting applications for the 2023 Grant Period.
Opening Doors Northwest Florida has served in our community for over 30 years.
Homelessness can affect anyone: people with jobs, people with kids, people with a college education, people who have served our country, the person behind you in the grocery store checkout, the person sitting next to you at church.
It is our goal to raise awareness in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties about the true nature of homelessness, establish a better way to fund programs that truly help the homeless and guide public giving toward coordinated resources.
With generous support from the community, Opening Doors Northwest Florida is ensuring families and individuals meet their most basic needs. By partnering with people like you, we are helping to break the cycle of homelessness.
Homeless Reduction Task Force
Will make Positive Impact on Community
A community partnership in Northwest Florida is being formed to better streamline services to homeless individuals and families with the ultimate goal of offering essential resources in helping them achieve a life God intended for all citizens in our two-county area. The Homeless Reduction Task Force of NWF will increase public safety and strengthen the Northwest Florida community by reducing the number of individuals and families experiencing homelessness. This Task Force will be co-chaired by John Johnson Executive Director of Opening Doors NWFL, the Lead Agency for Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties Local Continuum of Care and Connie Bookman the Founder & CEO of Pathways For Change.
Public Notice of Data Collection
FL511: Continuum of Care
Program Management Information System of the Southeast (PromisSE) dba:
Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)
Opening Doors Northwest Florida, Inc. is an HMIS Participating Agency in FL-511. We collect personal information directly from you for reasons that are discussed in our privacy statement. We may be required to collect some personal information by law or by organizations that give us money to operate this program. Other personal information that we collect is important to run our programs, to improve services for homeless and at-risk persons, and to better understand the needs of homeless and at-risk persons. We only collect information that we consider to be appropriate.
The collection and use of all personal information is guided by strict standards of confidentiality. A copy of our Privacy Notice describing our privacy practice is available to all clients upon request.