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Melbourne Beach, Florida · real help, fast

If you're in a hard spot

Real local help for Melbourne Beach and south Brevard, taken from each organization’s own website. For anything not listed, call or text 211 Brevard — it covers housing, food, utilities, health care, disaster help and more, 24 hours a day.

Not sure where to start

211 Brevard — 24/7 helpline for housing, food, utilities, health care, disaster help, mental health and addiction. Call 211, or text your ZIP code to 898211. 211brevard.org

211 · 24 hours

Crisis and safety

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988, any time. Listed by 211 Brevard as a text option.

988 · 24 hours

Serene Harbor — Domestic violence help: emergency shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, support groups, and help relocating. The hotline takes calls, texts and TTY. sereneharbor.org

321-726-8282 · 24-hour hotline

Circles of Care — Mental health and substance use care. For life-threatening emergencies, call 911. circlesofcare.org

321-722-5200 (intake 321-914-0640) · null

400 East Sheridan Road, Melbourne, FL 32901

Food, rent and housing

Providence Connects (formerly the South Brevard Sharing Center) — Food, housing and emergency rental help. providenceconnects.org

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17 E Hibiscus Blvd, Melbourne

Housing Authority of Brevard County — Section 8 housing vouchers and public housing. habc.us

321-775-1592 · Mon–Thu 8:00–5:30

565 E University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901

Brevard Homeless Coalition — Works to make homelessness “rare, brief and non-recurring.” Housing help starts with a call to 211. brevardhomelesscoalition.org

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Health care

Brevard Health Alliance — Community health centers for adults and children, including people without insurance. Melbourne locations on Sarno Rd, Silver Palm Ave, Valentine St and S Grant St. brevardhealth.org

321-241-6800 · null

Florida Department of Health in Brevard — Melbourne clinic — Family planning, shots, STI testing and WIC. brevard.floridahealth.gov

321-726-2920 (appointments 321-637-7300) · Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00

601 E University Blvd, Melbourne

Seniors and getting around

Aging Matters in Brevard — Meals on Wheels, rides, in-home help and home repairs for seniors. agingmattersbrevard.org

321-639-8770 · 9:00–5:00

3600 W King St, Cocoa

Space Coast Area Transit — County buses, with reduced fares for riders 60 and older ($0.75 a ride), and door-to-door paratransit for people with disabilities, seniors, or low income who find it hard to travel alone. 321transit.com

321-633-1878 · Paratransit daily 7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.

Town services

Town Hall — Permits, the Town Clerk, public records, and the Town Manager’s office. melbournebeachfl.org

321-724-5860 · Mon–Fri 8:30–4:30

507 Ocean Avenue, Melbourne Beach

Melbourne Beach Police (non-emergency) — For emergencies, call 911.

321-773-7212 · null

Water and sewer service — Water: City of Melbourne. Sewer: Brevard County Utility Services, 321-633-2091.

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About this list — honest and checkable, like everything here

Listings last verified 2026-10. Every listing below was checked on the organization’s own website in October 2026. Phone numbers only seen in search results were left out. If a number is wrong, telling us fixes it for every neighbor after you.

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Nothing you look up here is logged or tracked — this page is served the same to everyone.

This is a community-kept list, not a government service. Each program decides its own eligibility, and hours and rules change — call ahead. A listing here is information, not a promise of help.