DCF offers help with mental health issues for all ages. A large variety of resources is available. There is a special page for Veterans online. Please go to the website or call for more information.

Suicide Prevention Helpline: 1.800.273.8255

Helping Hands is a group of volunteer health professionals who provide free healthcare to the poor and especially the homeless in Gainesville, FL.

Services include:

• Accupuncture
• Haircuts
• Medical
• Nursing/Social Work
• Prescription Drug Assistance
• Psychiatric
• Women’s Health

Please call for more information.

High Springs Social Services Center, Inc. provides a many social services to those in need within the community.

A full list of services they provide follows:

• Assistance to Elderly, Retarded and Illiterates when Applying for Benefits
• Clothes Closet
• Distribution of USDA Commodities - Monthly
• Food Pantry
• Has developed, maintains and distributes "Helpcard"
• Help Transients with gasoline vouchers and bag lunches
• Mental Health Division (state of Florida) provides counseling once a month at the center
• Reading Program for Functionally Illiterate Adults
• Referral to Medical, Labor and Addiction Services
• Registers Children for "Headstart" program
• Registers Clients for USDA commodities
• Serves as a coordination center for family crises
• Works with Alachua County Courts (Community service)

Please call or visit website for more information.

Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast turns no one away. Care is offered regardless of ability to pay. They offer physical, social, spiritual, and emotional care is during the last stages of illness. Bereavement care is available for family and loved ones.

Toll Free: 1.866.642.0962

Services included:

• Counseling
• Grief Services
• Home Health Care
• Medical Equipment & Supplies
• Pediatric Services
• Pet Therapy
• Shalom Jewish Hospice Program
• Short-term Inpatient Care at a Care Center
• Short-term Respite Care
• Teen Encounter
• Thrift Shoppes
• Trinity Catholic Program
• Veterans Services

Please see the website for more information.

This agency provides mental health services for children and adults. They also have services for the workplace. Please call for an appointment.

Services include:

• Adult Counseling
• Children/Youth Services
• Corporate & Professional Development
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Outpatient Services
• Residential/Inpatient Services
• Substance Abuse

Crisis Line: 352.374.5600

The Ryan White Program provides assistance to HIV-positive persons with services not covered under any other existing program. Each client gets a personal case manager. The manager helps develop a plan of care, acts as an advocate, and provides info.

Possible services include:

• Case Management
• Complementary Therapies
• Dental Care
• Medical Equipment
• Medications
• Mental Health Services
• Nutrition Counseling
• Nutritional Supplements
• Outpatient Medical Care
• Physical Therapy
• Transportation to Appointments

Please call or visit the website for more information.