Eligible Occupations for 2025
Florida Hometown Heroes Program
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Florida Hometown Heroes Program
Florida Mortgage Firm
The Florida Hometown Heroes Program provides up to $35,000 in Down Payment and Closing Cost assistance to support the essential workers who serve our communities.
Use the table below to explore eligible occupations — just click on each tab to view the specific roles that qualify within that category.
If you’re unsure whether your job qualifies, reach out to your loan officer or email us at insight@flmortgagefirm.com — we’re happy to help.
Borrowers employed full-time by a Florida based fire department, ambulance
service or hospital are eligible.
Examples include, but not limited to:
- Certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Certified Paramedic
- Firefighter
Borrowers employed full-time by a Florida based K-12 public, private, charter or magnet school are eligible.
Examples include, but not limited to:
- Assistant Principal
- Career Specialist (Guidance Counselor)
- Classroom Teacher
- Food Service / Cafeteria Staff
- Librarian / Media Specialist
- Maintenance / Janitorial Staff
- Principal
- School Counselor
- School Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Teacher Aide
Borrowers employed full-time by a Florida based local, county, state or federal law enforcement department, juvenile detention facility, correctional facility or emergency operations center are eligible.
Examples include, but not limited to:
- 911 Public Safety Communicator (911 Operator or Dispatcher)
- Correctional Officer
- Correctional Probation Officer
- Juvenile Detention Officer
- Juvenile Probation Officer
- Sworn Law Enforcement Officer (Local, State or Federal)
Borrowers employed full-time by a Florida based healthcare provider /
physician, hospital, assisted living facility, mental health facility or
healthcare facility are eligible.
Examples include, but not limited to:
Nursing
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- Nurse Anesthetist
- Nurse Midwife
- Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Nursing Technician
- Registered Nurse (RN)
Medical Technicians
- Aesthesia Support Technician
- Cardiology Technician
- Clinical Technician
- Computed Tomography (CT) Technician
- Emergency Room (ER) Technician
- Laboratory Technician (Including Phlebotomist)
- Music Technician Neurology Technician
- Nuclear Medicine Technician
- Monitor Technician
- Orthopedic (Ortho) Technician
- Pharmacy Technician
- Radiation Technician
- Rehabilitation (Rehab) Technician
- Sonographer Surgical Technicians
- X-ray Technician
Medical Therapists
- Audiology Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Physical Therapist
- Respiratory Therapist
- Speech Therapist
Mental Health Workers
- Behavioral Health Specialist
- Behavioral Health Technician
- Behavioral Health Therapist
- Case Manager
- Mental Health Specialist
- Mental Health Technician
- Mental Health Therapist
- Psychiatrist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
Doctors, Physicians & Pharmacists
- Anesthesiologist
- Anesthesiologist Assistant
- Dentist
- Nuclear Pharmacist
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy Technician
- Physician
- Physician Assistant
Borrowers employed full-time by a Florida based county, state or federal court, court administrator’s office, State Attorney’s Office or Public Defender’s Office are eligible.
Examples include, but not limited to:
- Assistant State Attorney
- Assistant Public Defender
- Attorney if employed by the FL Supreme Court, District Courts of Appeal, Circuit Courts or a county court in Florida.
- Court Clerk
- Court Stenographer (Court Reporter) If employed by the FL Supreme Court, District Courts of Appeal, Circuit Courts or a county court in Florida.
Borrowers employed full-time by a Florida based licensed child care facility pursuant to S.402.301-402.305 or exempt from licensure pursuant to S.402.313 and 402.316 are eligible.
Examples include, but not limited to:
- Any worker at a licensed child care facility
- Any worker at a licensed or registered home day care
- Active Duty – all active duty or reserve service members of all branches of the United States Armed Forces, including the FL National Guard.
- Veterans – Veterans employed FULL TIME with a Florida-based employer who have been discharged under other than dishonorable conditions from one of the eligible military or reserve branches.