The Pasco County Library System has laptops available at every library branch designated for the completion of online government forms including the Access Florida forms. To find out more about these laptops read this press release

You can click this link to go directly to the Access Florida website.

If you need assistance completing the forms a Department of Children and Families (DCF) representative is available at the Pasco County Health Department in Dade City and the Department of Children and Families offices in New Port Richey.

The Dade City office of the Pasco County Health Department is located at 13941 15th Street, Dade City their telephone number is 352-521-1450.

The DCF office in New Port Richey is located at 7601 Little Road New Port Richey their telephone number is 727-834-3900.

Also, all three Career Central locations have computers dedicated for Access Florida form use. They also have staff that can assist with completing the forms. The Career Central locations are:

Career Central
7361 Forest Oaks Blvd.
Spring Hill, FL 34606
(352) 200-3020

Career Central
6038 Gall Blvd
Zephyrhills, FL 33542
(813) 780-0111

Career Central
4440 Grand Blvd.
New Port Richey, FL 34652
(727) 484-3400

For more information call any branch of the library system.

The Pasco County Library System has laptops available at every library branch designated for the completion of online government forms including the Access Florida forms. To find out more about these laptops read this press release

You can click this link to go directly to the Access Florida website.

If you need assistance completing the forms a Department of Children and Families (DCF) representative is available at the Pasco County Health Department in Dade City and the Department of Children and Families offices in New Port Richey.

The Dade City office of the Pasco County Health Department is located at 13941 15th Street, Dade City their telephone number is 352-521-1450.

The DCF office in New Port Richey is located at 7601 Little Road New Port Richey their telephone number is 727-834-3900.

Also, all three Career Central locations have computers dedicated for Access Florida form use. They also have staff that can assist with completing the forms. The Career Central locations are:

Career Central
7361 Forest Oaks Blvd.
Spring Hill, FL 34606
(352) 200-3020

Career Central
6038 Gall Blvd
Zephyrhills, FL 33542
(813) 780-0111

Career Central
4440 Grand Blvd.
New Port Richey, FL 34652
(727) 484-3400

For more information call any branch of the library system.

If you are in the Suncoast Region (DeSoto, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota Counties) and you want to go to a brick-and-mortar DCF office, you can find a listing of DCF service center locations here. If you need general information or information about the status of your application, you can try the automated telephone service at 1-866-76ACCESS (1-866-762-2237).

According to DCF's ACCESS Florida site, the ACCESS Florida application will not be available tonight, Wednesday, March 5, from 8:00 p.m. until midnight ET. When it comes back online, it will be a new and (I'm assured) improved application.

The new online application for ACCESS Florida is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, March 5. It was previously reported that the new application would up and running on Friday, February 29, but the date was recently changed by the Department of Children and Families.

All online applications should be e-signed by March 5. Those applications not e-signed by that date will be purged and the applicants will need to complete a new application.

When trying to access the online application for food stamps in Florida (also known as ACCESS Florida), please make sure you are:

1. Using Internet Explorer (it will sometimes work in other browsers, but not all the time);
2. Turning OFF the Pop-Up Blocker; and
3. Writing down the ACCESS Florida online number the site assigns to you and making sure you either remember or write down the password you choose. This is how you get back in to your application if you can't finish it in one sitting or you need to make changes to your application.

If you are unable to complete the application on the computer, there are print applications available from their website. Click here to access them.