Community Resources
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Mental Health and Medical Services Referral List
Alachua County Community Health and Social Services Resource Guide
This Resource Guide connects residents to the services needed to improve health and well-being.
Alachua County Social Services
Services: Alachua Cares provides access to primary care and prescription assistance to eligible low income residents who are uninsured and unemployed. Offers emergency room prescriptions at North Florida Regional Medical Center and UF Health Shands Hospital, daily bus pass for RTS, eye exam/glasses, and animal services fee waiver.
Eligibility: Call for more information
Phone: 352-264-6750
Address: 218 SE 24th St, Gainesville, FL 32641
Website: Alachua County Social Services
Alachua County Crisis Center
Services: Offers 24hr/day phone crisis/suicide intervention; free face-to-face long term counseling for individuals and families.
Eligibility: All residents of Alachua County
Phone: 352-264-6789
Address: 218 SE 24th St, Gainesville, FL 32641
Website: Alachua County Crisis Center
ACORN (Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs), Inc. Medical Clinic
Services: ACORN Dental Clinic’s practitioners offer a wide variety of dental procedures including Pediatric Dentistry.
Eligibility: Fees are on a sliding scale based on household income.
Phone: 352-485-2772.
Address: 23320 N State Rd 235, Brooker, FL 32622
Website: Acorn Clinic
Archer Family Health Care
Services: Nurse-managed health care practice that includes adult, pediatric, psychiatry, and women's health care. Offers diagnosis, treatment, prescriptions, counseling, physical checkups, and immunizations.
Eligibility: Insured or uninsured with a sliding fee scale based on household income
Phone: 352-495-2550
Address: 16939 SW 134th Ave, Archer, FL 32618
Website: Archer Family Health Care
Catholic Charities
Services: Emergency assistance to individuals and families in times of crisis by providing food, help with payment of utilities and rent for qualified individuals through HOP (Housing Opportunities Program). Also offers financial assistance for medications, free pregnancy counseling, and Bridges to Prosperity financial education program.
Eligibility: Anyone who needs short-term emergency food or financial assistance
Phone: 352-372-0294
Address: 1701 NE 9th St, Gainesville, FL 32609
Website: Catholic Charities
Florida Recovery Center
Services: Treatment for drug and alcohol addiction including detox, partial hospital, intensive outpatient, and outpatient care
Eligibility: Call for information.
Phone: 855-265-4372
Address: 4001 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL
Website: Florida Recovery Center
Gainesville Community Ministry
Services: Free medical advice/referral clinic with MD on staff; vision screening for diabetics.
Eligibility: Anyone without insurance, first come first served
Phone: 352-372-8162
Address: 238 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
Website: Gainesville Community Ministry
Helping Hands Clinic
Services: Provides free, mental health care, basic medical services to deal with acute and chronic health problems, psychiatric, acupuncture, support and referrals, personal hygiene items. Also beginning a new program for women's health screening, education and referrals for mammograms and pelvic exams.
Eligibility: All poor and homeless persons
Phone: 352-519-5542
Address: Located in Selle Hall at First United Methodist Church, 509 NE 1st St, Gainesville, FL 32601
Website: Helping Hands Clinic
Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.
Services: Provides various counseling services, including acute and extended care, addiction services, Telehealth, and children's services based on client's ability to pay; sliding scale as low as $3. Medicare and Medicaid accepted.
Eligibility: Everyone who needs assistance with any mental health challenge
Phone: 352-374-5600 (in Gainesville), 800-330-5615 (for offices in outlying counties)
Address: 4300 SW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32608
Website: Meridian Behavioral Healthcare
Mobile Outreach Clinic
Services: To deliver basic healthcare to medically underserved populations (urgent care, birth control, STD screening).
Eligibility: Low income in need of medical care
Phone: Outreach clinic 352-273-5329
Address: Call for scheduled locations.
Website: Mobile Outreach Clinic
North Florida Regional Medical Center (Behavioral Health Center)
Services: Baker Act Receiving Facility also accepts voluntary admissions. Treats adults 18 and older for different psychiatric disorders, including but not limited to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and depression. 33 bed facility with 10 semi-private rooms and 13 private rooms.
Eligibility: Call for details
Phone: 352-333-4357 .
Address: 6500 Newberry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32605; fourth floor of the North Tower
Website: NFRMC Behavioral Health Center
Planned Parenthood
Services: Abortion referral, birth control, pregnancy testing, HIV testing, LGBT services, men's healthcare, women's healthcare and STD testing, treatment, and vaccines.
Eligibility: Insured or uninsured
Phone: 352-377-0881
Address: 914 NW 13th Gainesville, FL 32601
Website: Planned Parenthood (under Find A Health Center, type 32601 in zip code box)
Santa Fe College Student Affairs Emergency Aid Resources
Services: Emergency grants, information, and resources.
Eligibility: Santa Fe Students (some specific eligibility criteria, see web page for details)
Website: Student Affairs Emergency Aid Resources
United Way
Services: A telephone based community resource for location information related to the following: counseling referrals, human service agencies, support groups, health resources, recreation and education programs.
Eligibility: Anyone
Phone: 352-332-4636 or 2-1-1
Address: 6031 NW 1st Place, Gainesville, FL 32607
Hours: 24hrs a day
Website: United Way
UF and Shands Family Medicine - Equal Access Clinic
Services: Primary Medical Clinics provide free, full-range primary and follow-up medical care among four different community sites. Specialty Clinics offer free therapy night, gynecologic care for women, physical therapy, occupational therapy, ophthalmology, diabetes education, HIV counseling and testing.
Eligibility: Low-income, uninsured individuals and families
Phone: 352-265-7001
Address: See website for each clinic's address and specialty
Website: Equal Access Clinic
UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital
Services: Provides mental health counseling and inpatient treatment for addiction, eating disorders, child, and adult psychiatry.
Eligibility: Self pay, private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid (limited program coverage)
Phone: Inpatient 352-265-5481
Address: 4101 NW 89 Blvd, Gainesville, Florida 32606
Website: UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital
Vet Center
Services: Personal counseling with a concentration on veterans who have been in active combat. Also offer grief and bereavement counseling as well a marriage and family and couples therapy. Specialize in sexual harassment and sexual assault cases related to military service; past or present cases are welcome. Sessions are free and offered weekly by 3 licensed counselors (LMHC, MFT, and LCSW). All services are confidential. The Vet Center is a separate entity from Veterans Affairs.
Eligibility: Social Security Number is required
Phone: 352-331-1408
For assistance after hours, weekends, and holidays call: 1-877-WAR-VETS (1-877-927-8387).
Address: Gainesville Vet Center, 105 NW 75th St Suite #2, Gainesville, FL 32607
Website: Vet Center
Westside Samaritans Clinic
Services: Westside Samaritans Clinic is a no-fee clinic. The clinic is run by MD's and other allied healthcare providers. They offer primary care, chronic disease management, mental health and dental care.
Eligibility: Patients must meet income guidelines set by the federal government and have no other medical insurance, including Medicaid and Medicare.
Phone: 352-505-9101
Address: 1029 NE 9th Street, Gainesville, FL