Easily find the services and contacts seniors and caregivers frequently need

Affordable Housing Services


Aging Services

  • Offers services designed to enhance the lives of older adults age 50 and over, including senior and dining & activity centers
  • Email Aging Services
  • Aging Services Phone: (813) 272-5250

Financial and Social Services

  • Case management programs and stabilization services to low-income residents of Hillsborough
  • Social Services Phone: (813) 301-7341
  • Community Resource Centers Phone: (813) 272-5220

HCFL Alerts

  • Hillsborough County's official mass notification system
  • Sign Up for HCFLAlert
  • Always be the first to know what's happening in your community with HCFL Alert, Hillsborough County's official notification system. HCFL Alert is designed to keep you informed about local emergencies, everyday events, and county news that's important to you.

Health Care Services

  • Offers an innovative health care plan, healthy living initiative, and programs to ensure effective and cost-efficient health care assistance for residents
  • Health Care Services Phone: (813) 272-5040

Homeless Services

  • Works in collaboration with partners to provide resources to individuals and families experiencing homelessness
  • Homeless Services Phone: (813) 274-6834
  • THHI Phone: (813) 223-6115

Library Services

  • Offers books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, and 24/7 access to resources and digital collections via our online library
  • Visit HCPLC.org
  • Main Library Services Phone: (813) 273-3652

Parks, Recreation, and Nature

A large variety of parks, recreation centers, nature preserves, and athletic fields.

Parks & Recreation Department

  • Neighborhood parks and playgrounds
  • Dog parks
  • Skate parks
  • Rec centers (some with fitness centers)
  • Athletic Parks
  • Parks & Rec Phone: (813) 744-5595

Conservation & Environmental Lands Management

  • Conservation parks
  • Nature preserves
  • Trails
  • CELM Phone: (813) 672-7876

Pet Resources

  • Operates a shelter that accepts domestic animals and attempts to find them permanent or foster homes; also responsible for pet registration tags
  • Adopt a Dog or Cat
  • Pet Resources Phone: (813) 301-PETS (7387)
  • Pet Resources Address: 440 N. Falkenburg Rd., Tampa, FL 33619


Animal Control

  • Pet Resources is not in charge of animal control issues. The Code Enforcement department's Animal Control division handles pet-related ordinances and citations, and investigates reports of animal abuse, dangerous pets, or dog bites.
  • Email Animal Control
  • Report an Animal Emergency or Cruelty
  • Animal Control Phone: (813) 744-5660


Severe weather resources

  • How to prepare and what you need to know before, during, and after a storm
  • Storm Safety


Trash & Recycle


Transportation

  • Sunshine Line provides door-to-door transportation and bus passes for eligible elderly, low-income, and people with disabilities
  • Sunshine Line Phone: (813) 272-7272

Water and Sewer

  • Water Resources provides drinking water and wastewater treatment service to unincorporated Hillsborough County
  • Pay or View My Water Bill
  • Water Resources Phone: (813) 272-6680

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