This nonprofit organization, with three historic cottages and an extensive city archive, brings together families and multiple generations to experience local history through exhibitions, a Florida-native heritage garden and fun-filled, contemporary themed programs and special events. School tours are welcome.
The village's sporting center features canoeing and kayaking, kitchen and banquet amenities, golf training center with 18-hole course and driving range, interactive splash fountain, two sand volleyball courts, two playscapes, picnic pavilions and grills, fishing docks, paved walking/jogging/bike trails and 19-acre lake.
Support services for people recovering from addiction, including a helpline
This county department manages more than 31,000 acres of conservation lands where you can enjoy nature-based activities like hiking, bird watching and environmental education — for free! The department also can recommend trails for other interests, like horseback riding and bicycling. In addition, you can join biologists, naturalists and environmentalists on free tours through natural areas to learn about plants, animals, habitats and more!
This full-service public tennis facility features 14 clay courts, six hard courts and an 8,200-seat stadium just west of downtown Atlantic Avenue. It also offers an upstairs pavilion and conference room, pro shop with locker rooms, racquet stringing and a wide variety of adult and junior programs, leagues, clinics and camps.
Support and services, based in Lake Worth Beach, for Palm Beach County's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community
A helpline providing information, assessment, referral, telephone counseling, crisis intervention and suicide prevention, as well as online chats from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily
A collective impact initiative of Palm Beach County organizations focused on ensuring college access and success for all students in Palm Beach County. United Way of Palm Beach County serves as the backbone agency for this countywide effort.
Federal agency that investigates, reports and recalls unsafe products
Individual Rights Advocacy — free legal services for the disadvantaged related to health care, housing, consumer issues, wage disputes and immigration
Help Me Grow – information, guidance and developmental assessment of children up to age 8
Art museum that offers an array experiences in West Palm Beach, including programs for teens and families
Quality Improvement programs — list of afterschool and out-of-school locations for children and youth
Adoption – Children's Home Society helps Florida families adopt children through the state system, as well as privately. The agency provides orientation, training, home studies and more.
Voluntary Prekindergarten — statewide information about free prekindergarten for Florida 4-year-olds
This building, formerly the Lake Worth Arts Center, is located just west of downtown and is known for its eye-catching black-and-white mural of artists. It connects the community through culture and the arts and is operated by LULA Lake Worth Arts, which plans the exhibitions.
Free medical, vision and dental care west of Boynton Beach for patients and families who don't have insurance
Counseling for children with offices in West Palm Beach, Lake Worth Beach and Palm Beach Gardens; fee on sliding scale without insurance
National resource for families struggling with substance use, including their children
Provides emergency and community services, such as fire safety and carbon monoxide education, child passenger seat installation, smoke alarm installation and more
Recovery program for assessment and treatment for alcohol and substance abuse
CINS/FINS (Children in Need of Services/Families in Need of Services) — support and counseling for families struggling with an unruly, truant or runaway preteen or teen
Music education and resources, based in West Palm Beach, for local youth, such as instructional videos, activities and lesson plans
This 750-seat venue, located at the Palm Beach State College campus in Palm Beach Gardens, is a cultural hub for northern Palm Beach County. It presents community programs and family entertainment through its popular Arts in Gardens, Rockin' Radio in the Gardens and the Goldner Family Fun Series.
You and your family can help maintain the farm with interns, youth and other volunteers. It is managed by nonprofit Operation No Food Gap in partnership with the city. The goal is to ensure access to fresh produce in underserved communities and create systems of sustainable agriculture. Volunteers build playhouses and hold children's activities like art therapy classes in the garden.
Helps parents and teachers navigate the community's resources to assist children with specific learning disabilities
A faith-based, state-licensed children’s organization based in Palm Beach Gardens providing family-style foster care; family outreach and intervention; maternity care; safety for victims of domestic minor sex trafficking; transitional housing and support services for youth aging out of foster care; housing and support services for homeless families; foster care recruitment and support; support for children and families traumatized by abuse and neglect
Domestic violence programs — services based in West Palm Beach for women who are victims, including counseling, support group, shelter, transportation, rental assistance, legal, help, food and clothing, child protection advocacy and educational workshops
ACCESS Florida (Automated Community Connection to Economic Self Sufficiency) — application for food assistance, Medicaid and other government benefits
Based in West Palm Beach, local information and services related to mental health, including support groups and an online screening test
17 locations offering entertainment, education and exploration through cultural events, computer classes, free online tutoring, musical performances and more
Kravis Center in West Palm Beach features an array of performances throughout the season. The center also sponsors arts education programs for young people to expand their exposure to the performing arts.
First Step to Success — in-home early intervention services for children up to age 5 with mild developmental delays
Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute, one of the largest cancer centers in South Florida
This city park offers a concert band shell, exercise stations, boat ramp and trailer parking, horseshoe pits and fishing pier.
Free non-emergency medical and eye care to people without health insurance
This city venue offers a dog park, multipurpose fields, picnic tables and pavilions, playground, recreation center, softball field, walking and biking trails, and courts for basketball, tennis and shuffleboard.
A nonprofit organization based in South Florida that educates adults and children about sexual abuse prevention through in-school curricula, awareness campaigns and speaking engagements and helps survivors heal with guidance and support
Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches — provides education and rehabilitation for people with visual impairments and support to their caregivers, based in West Palm Beach
This professional resident company — one of the only companies in South Florida dedicated to new work — offers world-class professional performances, workshops and conversations with leading playwrights and theater artists. Through partner schools, the Future PAGES Project provides students the opportunity to share their voices and stories with the world. The LabRATS program guides high school students in creating original theatrical productions, while @Center helps at-risk and incarcerated youths find power in their voice to grow and heal through a creative outlet.
