A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide
A respectful place to begin - whether you are looking for support for yourself, worried about someone you love, or trying to respond to a safety, housing, care, or practical concern.
Start here - Fight the Blight
Our virtual groups give people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns a place to connect from Orlando and other communities. We can help you think through what is happening and what kind of next step may fit.
Call 911 for a medical emergency, fire, or immediate threat. For behavioral-health crisis support, call or text 988.
First conversations
You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.
Orange County directs residents to 211 for food, housing, financial assistance, health programs, and crisis support. Ask for Orange County or Central Florida resources and confirm current eligibility, hours, language access, and whether a referral is available for the specific situation.
Orange County’s Orange Connects tool asks a short set of questions and matches residents with providers based on needs, language, insurance, and setting. The county identifies it as a non-emergency service; call 211 for crisis support and use 911 for immediate danger.
Orange County’s Senior Services page describes community centers, senior clubs, elder-service education, and connections to home health, residential care, dementia support, and other services. Ask about age, disability, income, caregiver, transportation, and home-support requirements; this is not an automatic cleanup service.
The City of Orlando’s Office for Local Assistance helps residents find and apply for local services and resources, including neighborhood and family-support connections. It can be a practical starting point when the right agency is unclear; confirm current hours, service area, and whether staff can address the specific need.
The IOCDF lists an OCD 101 support and education group in Winter Park that includes OCD-associated disorders such as hoarding. Directory details and meeting schedules can change; confirm current venue, fee, registration, accessibility, and whether the group is the right fit before attending.
Safety and stability
These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve protective services, housing screening, code enforcement, or emergency dispatch.
Call or text 988 for immediate behavioral-health crisis support. Counselors can listen, help with safety planning, and connect callers to local services. This is not a hoarding-specific service or cleanup line; call 911 for a medical emergency, fire, or immediate threat to life.
Florida’s Department of Children and Families says suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult should be reported to the Florida Abuse Hotline. Use 911 first if the person is in immediate danger. APS is a protective-services pathway, not a cleanup or hoarding-treatment service; ask what information is needed and what happens after a report.
Orange County’s division provides leadership, advocacy, oversight, and support for contracted mental-health, substance-use, crisis-intervention, and homelessness services. It does not provide direct emergency cleanup; use Orange Connects or 211 for navigation and 988 or 911 for urgent situations.
Orange County’s 311 channel can help with non-emergency county concerns, including neighborhood and community issues. It is useful for routing a question to the right county office, but it is not a clinical, emergency, or whole-home cleanup response. Call 911 for immediate danger.
Orlando Code Enforcement addresses code and neighborhood conditions, including large-item dumping and property-maintenance concerns. This is an enforcement pathway rather than a consent-based support or cleanup program; ask about the complaint process and possible consequences when safety allows.
Orange County coordinates and funds homelessness services and affordable-housing initiatives. Use the county page to understand the local system and then call 211 or use the Central Florida homelessness network for an intake or referral. Housing and shelter are not guaranteed, and this is not a cleanup service.
People and practical help
These listings offer local connections for care, education, housing, organizing, or disposal. They are independent organizations; ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.
The Central Florida Commission on Homelessness lists local triage sites and mobile hubs where people can seek information about housing resources. Call or review the current guide before traveling because locations, schedules, and partner availability can change.
Orange County’s tenant-services resources page provides housing, public-housing, homelessness, legal, and community-service links. Residents inside a municipality may need to use that city’s own resources; confirm whether a concern involves code, eviction, accessibility, discrimination, or an immediate housing risk.
Orlando says eligible residents can place up to two qualifying large items at the curb on yard-waste day for free pickup, while larger or heavier items may require a scheduled claw-truck pickup with a cost based on the amount and type of material. Confirm item limits, placement, service eligibility, and charges before setting anything out.
The City of Orlando Solid Waste Division explains trash, recycling, yard-waste, roll-off, and missed-pickup services. It is useful for planning a smaller next step or understanding lawful disposal options, but does not arrange hoarding-specific cleanup or emergency removal.
Orange County Community and Family Services lists utility assistance, crisis assistance, eviction-prevention, family-resource, and other stabilization programs. These supports may help reduce pressure around a home situation but are not hoarding-specific treatment or cleanup; confirm current funding, income rules, and application timing.
The IOCDF and Institute for Challenging Disorganization directory includes an Orlando professional organizer listing with specialist credentials displayed in the directory. A directory entry is not an endorsement. Ask about hoarding-specific experience, cost, disposal practices, privacy, consent, pacing, and how the person living in the home will be involved.
The IOCDF directory lists Brooke Fenton, PsyD, in Orlando and describes OCD-related care and a structured telehealth group. The listing includes insurance and private-pay information, but it is not an endorsement and does not promise hoarding-specific treatment. Confirm current licensure, supervision, availability, fees, coverage, and fit directly.
The IOCDF directory lists a free monthly Zoom group for adults in Florida and New York who are struggling with OCD or an anxiety disorder. Hoarding may be relevant as an OCD-related concern, but the group is not a substitute for individualized care. Confirm the current meeting schedule, facilitator, registration, and fit.
The International OCD Foundation directory can help search for therapists, programs, support groups, professional organizers, and task forces. IOCDF says listings are not endorsements and information can change; confirm credentials, hoarding-specific experience, fees, insurance, service area, privacy, and fit directly.
The Peer Tree offers nonclinical hoarding and clutter support, including organizing help, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps. Ask about current availability, service area, scope, pacing, privacy, and fees before beginning. The Peer Tree is a separate private-pay pathway from Fight the Blight’s nonprofit programming.
Unburied, from The Peer Tree, is a judgment-free digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns and for friends and family. It can offer ongoing connection, tools, and momentum from Orlando or anywhere else. It is not therapy, clinical care, or emergency support.
A note before you begin
Sometimes the next step is a conversation. Sometimes it is a safety question, a housing concern, a call to an aging-service navigator, or simply finding someone who will listen without judgment. Start with the doorway that feels most workable.