Frequently Called Numbers

Abuse Hotline
1.800.96. ABUSE (22873)

Children’s Trust Helpline
211 or 305.644.9449 TTY

Clearinghouse on Disability Information
1.877.232.4968 or 1.850.922.4103 TTY

Family Counseling Services
305.271.9800

Fire, Medical & Police Emergency
911

Homeless Helpline
1.877.994.4357

Legal Services of Greater Miami
305.576.0080

MDC Emergency Evacuation Program
305.468.5400 or 305.468.5402 TTD
For 24-hour updates when disaster occurs, call: 305.468.5900 or 305.468.5402 TTD

MDC Government Information Center
311 (Spanish & Creole support for all social programs)

Poison Information Center
1.800.222.1222 or 305.585.8902 TTY

Social Security
1.800.772.1213

Special Transportation Service (STS)
305.264.9000 or 786.469.5000

Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1.800.SUICIDE (800.784.2433)

Switchboard of Miami Helpline
305.358.HELP (4357) or 305.644.9449 TTY

Veteran’s Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1.800.273.TALK (8255)
ARTS
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of MDC
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami 33132
786.468.2000
www.arshtcenter.org
Ramps, Braille signage, TDD phone system, wheelchair seating.

Dancing with Disabilities
15939 Biscayne Blvd., Miami 33160
305.935.3232
www.artsballettheatre.org
Movement workshops for the disabled.

Karen Peterson & Dancers
8700B SW 129th Terr., Miami 33176
305.298.5879
www.karenpetersondancers.org
Dance classes for special needs children.

Shimmy Club, Inc.
305.740.5753
info@theshimmyclub.org
www.theshimmyclub.org
Provides arts and culture education to people of varied abilities. The “You Move Me Tango” program teaches Argentine tango to blind and visually impaired youth. Call for class locations and times.

Tigertail Productions
842 NW 9th Ct., Miami 33136
305.324.4337
www.tigertail.org
Innovative arts organization that develops bold and provocative work in the performing, literary and visual arts. Provides grants to artists. In conjunction with Florida Dance Association, Tigertail also sponsors danceAble, a yearly dance project for the able-bodied and physically challenged. danceAble seeks to change how we view what is possible in dance, questions what is a “normal” body and who has access.

Very Special Arts of Florida
3580 E. Fletcher Ave., Ste. 234, Tampa 33613
1.813.975.6962 Voice & TTY
www.vsafl.org
An international organization that creates educational opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities.