Service Categories

Download the 311 Mobile App

The official app for Manatee County Government information and services.

Report non-emergency issues like potholes, broken street lights, graffiti, abandoned vehicles and more.

Download Water Conservation Resources

Bring water conservation to life in your classroom with our Water Conservation Program!

Drop Off Your Recycling

Manatee County recycling drop-off locations listed are for residential use only. Items must be placed inside containers, and cardboard must be clean, broken down, or flattened.

Education & Support for New Parents: Healthy Families

Program provides home visiting parenting and support services to families that live in Manatee County.

Employee Online

Review and download your paystubs and W2s.

Enroll in the Manatee County Health Care Plan

The Manatee County Health Care Plan is for residents having limited household income, are uninsured, and do not qualify for Medicaid. The Plan is not insurance but a program designed to help eligible residents get medical care.

Expand or Relocate your Business

Reach out to the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation or the Manatee Chamber of Commerce to expand or relocate your business.

Explore Genealogy

Manatee Library offers an extensive genealogy collection available to the public for in-house use at Central Library, as well as a selection of general genealogy materials that may be checked out, and online resources including Heritage Quest and FamilySearch (in-library use only).

Explore Homeschool Resources

From curriculum guides and lesson ideas to online learning tools and educational programs, Manatee Library has everything you need to make homeschooling easier and more enriching.

Explore Manatee County Online: Story Map Gallery

These interactive online experiences combine maps with text, photos, and videos, allowing you to explore our county in a whole new way.

Explore the Florida Red Tide Toolkit

The toolkit outlines the causes and effects of red tide, which affects marine life, human health, and the local economy in Florida.

Explore the Historic Reasoner Tract

The Reasoner Tract, part of Robinson Preserve in Manatee County, features some of the historic plants introduced to the region by the Reasoner family.

Explore the Manatee County Org Chart

View the organizational structure of Manatee County

Find a Boat Ramp

Find a Manatee County Boat ramp

Find a Lifeguarded Beach

Coquina Beach, Cortez Beach, and Manatee Public Beach are the only beaches in Manatee County that provide beachgoers with professional lifeguard and medical rescue services.

Find a Swim Team

The following instructional groups utilize space at Manatee County Pools for Swim Teams. Each group manages their own registrations. Please contact each group for additional information including registrations, times, and pricing.

Find Adaptive Riding and Equine Assisted Services

Program provides use of movement and the spirit of the horse to heal the body, mind and spirit of our participants. Program has seen smallest child overcome their fears, issues and befriends the biggest horse on the farm.

Find Alternative Path to Success

Program provides quality educational programming for struggling and at-risk students who have been unsuccessful in traditional schools.

Find AMIkids Manatee Prevention Program

Program provides gender-specific services to middle school boys ages 11-15. Due to the variety of adverse childhood experiences they are at higher risk for involvement with the juvenile system.

Find an Emergency Shelter

Find and View County Bids and Proposals

Search and download current and past bids and proposals using DemandStar or Manatee County's Bids and Proposals web page

Find Assisted Technology for Floridians With Disabilities

The Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology (FAAST) provides assistive technology, including device loans, training, and a state-wide financing program, to support Floridians with disabilities and their families.

Find B.A.S.E. Services (Before and After School, Summer Enrichment)

For children and families, the momentum for learning continues before school, after school, and during the summer recess.

Find Before School, After School, Camp Myakka (MAC)

Program offers before, after school and summer care activities.

Find C.E.R.T.A.I.N (Truancy Prevention/Intervention)

Program works with students to identify barriers to school attendance and help the youth and family to address those barriers to increase school attendance and increase opportunities for school success.

Find Child Advocacy Center

Program provides multiple services to child abuse victims.

Find Child Welfare Preservation and Diversion Program

Program provides immediate services to families at risk of maltreatment and prevent removal of the child(ren) from their homes through decreasing risk factors and increasing protective factors.

Find Children’s Counseling Services (Domestic Violence)

Program is designed to promote strength, safety and well-being for Manatee County children.

Find Children's Community Action Team (CAT)

Program provides multiple services to youth and family depending on needs.

Find Children's Systems Advocate Program

The System Advocate assists the Family Safety Alliance in the oversight of the Community Based Care Provider of child welfare services for Desoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties

Find Children's Therapy Center

Program provides a multitude of therapy treatments to children and their families.

Find Chosen Families (Adoption Preservation)

Program provides adoption preservation and support services through a multi-agency, integrated service delivery system in conjunction with partnering organizations (Family Network on Disabilities and Family Resources).

Find Collaborative Action Therapy for Children's Health/Wellbeing (Step Up Suncoast CATCH)

Program provides language and speech screenings, evaluations, and therapy for children aged 30 months through 5 years old.

Find Community Resources for Seniors

Find community resources for seniors living in Manatee County.

Find Coordinated Approach to Child Health (ELC-CATCH)

Program provides child-based community health program that aims to create healthy habits and behavior change in children by teaching them to identify and choose healthy foods and to increase their moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) each day.

Find Developmental Disabilities Services and Resources

Local, state, and national organizations that advocate for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, promoting inclusion, public policies, and high-quality support services.

Find Dream Oaks Camp

Foundation for Dreams, through our signature Dream Oaks Camp program, strives to create a place where children can recognize one another as individuals, not by their disabilities.

Find Early Care and Education Childcare Subsidy and Match Program

Program provides subsidized child care services for Manatee County children whose families meet the eligibility criteria.

Find Emergency Family Food and Baby Baskets

The Food Bank of Manatee partners with multiple non-profit agencies and churches in Manatee County who assist families in unstable or crisis situations.

Find Emergency Shelter and Group Homes for Children

MCS provides a full spectrum of programs serving over 12,000 children and families annually. Since its inception in 1977 as the Manatee County’s first and only emergency shelter for abused children in foster care, MCS has grown to offer programs in treatment, prevention, intervention, and residential services.

Find Emergency Veterinarians

Find Family Preservation and Reunification

The idea to re-engineer the child welfare system in Florida began simply enough with a question of “what would you do if you could?”…and the answer “to have the community manage the foster care system”. This question and answer came from the hearts of two compassionate leaders in Florida — former Governor Jeb Bush and former Sarasota Family YMCA President & CEO Carl Weinrich. Through these exchanges in 1994, the concept of Community Based Care (CBC) was born.

Find Family Support Services

Program provides respite care, family support services, and case management for chronically ill, medically fragile and developmentally delayed children and their families.

Find Focus on Literacy Program

Program provides a daily afterschool literacy program, Reading Buddies, will be provided to students in grades K through 3rd grade over 36 weeks.

Find Foundation for Excellence

Program offers before, after school and summer care activities. Activities include educational, recreational and social activities. Transportation provided to and from the center to local schools.

Find Future Leaders Academy

The Future Leaders Academy (FLA) is a rigorous year-round program focused on addressing the disparity in college enrollment of low-income, first-generation Latinx high school students and their families in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

Find Girls Alternative Program for Success (GAPS)

Program provides teen pregnancy prevention and individual development curriculum.

Find Great Futures Start Here

Program offers after school and summer care activities.

Find Healthy Teens Services

Healthy Teens is dedicated to empowering youth to make positive, healthy decisions for their success and wellbeing.

Find Hearing Impaired Services

For the hearing impaired, these are sign language resources in our area.

Find Help for Manatee County Veterans

Benefits offered for Veterans through Manatee County Veterans Services

Find Help Understanding Senior Medicaid and Medicare Options

The SHINE program ("Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders") provides free, unbiased, one-on-one Medicare and Medicaid health insurance counseling for seniors.

Find Help with Applying for VA Healthcare

We can assist you in receiving health care from a VA health care facility.

Find Help with Employment Services for Veterans

Employment resources for Veterans

Find Helping Young People Excel

Program provides an innovative experience for teens by addressing key needs to promote positive youth development through academics, life skills, career development, work-readiness and recreation.

Find Historic Preservation Board Meeting Information

Manatee County protects its historical resources in order to preserve the cultural, architectural and archaeological history of the County, and to provide opportunities for education, aesthetic value and passive enjoyment of the resources.

Find Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngters (HIPPY) Services

Program provides home visiting, school visiting, school readiness program that helps parents prepare their 2-5 year-olds for success in school and beyond.

Find Homework Help Resources

Looking for extra support with your child's schoolwork? Manatee Library homework help resources are designed to make learning easier.

Find Housing for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness in Manatee County

Find housing for homeless Veterans

Find Housing-Focused Family Shelter Program

The program provides families with a safe place to live while they receive case management, seek/obtain employment, receive referrals for community partners, have life skills classes such as budgeting and parenting, while learning to demonstrate they can create and live within their budget before securing sustainable housing.

Find Important Animal Contacts

Find Information About Community Services Work Sites

List of agencies participating in the Community Services Work sites.

Find Information about Pretrial Release

Manatee County Pretrial Release benefits the local Criminal Justice System and surrounding community.

Find Information About the Active Military Combat Duty Grant Program

Assisting Veterans with the Active Military Combat Duty Grant Program

Find Information About the Offender Work Program

This program will provide a sentencing alternative for offenders who could be given the option at the time of sentencing to perform various labor activities for the benefit of the community in lieu of incarceration at the Manatee County Jail.

Find Information About the Pretrial Intervention Program

The Pre-Trial Intervention Program is for first time offenders only.

Find Information About Veterans Preference

Find information about Veterans Preference

Find Iron sharpening Iron Services

Iron Sharpening Iron provides a safe space for students after the school day, which can be challenging for many resource-limited families to find.

Find Kids Personal Safety Program

Program provides age-appropriate workshops on identification and prevention techniques to children in Manatee County schools.

Find Library Events and Classes

Manatee Library offers many programs for all ages, special events, storytimes, and classes!

Find Local Attractions With Wheelchair Accessibility

Manatee County as a whole is working towards increased accessibility for all to work, live and play! These local attractions area wheelchair accessible.

Find Local Farms

The purpose of this map is to provide Manatee County residents with an easy-to-use map for locating local farms.

Find Mentoring Matters-Impact Over Obstacles Program

For more than two decades, Take Stock in Children of Manatee County has been a beacon of hope for numerous promising students facing adversity and economic disadvantages in our community

Find Musical Motion Services

Musical Motion is a FREE learn & play class that encourages bonding while developing early learning and literacy skills in children. Sessions focus on creative activities that enhance brain development and build preschoolers’ social skills, language skills, motor skills, and more.

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