MBH has outpatient mental health care for adults and children. Outpatient care means you don't have to stay in a hospital or care center. You can be treated in a group or private day treatment. See the list below for treatments available. Please call for more information or go to website.

Toll Free: 1.800.330.5615

Services Include

The Birth Cottage provides midwife services to pregnant women in need. All insurance companies, HMOs and Medicaid cover all or most of the fees. Payment plans are available.

Services:

• Complete Prenatal Care
• Birth at the Birth Cottage
• Birth at Home
• Waterbirth
• Labor Support
• Nutritional Counseling
• Parenting Information
• Sibling Preparation
• Breastfeeding Info
• Exercise Counseling
• Pregnancy Massage
• Home Visits
• Childbirth Classes
• Lending Library
• Gynecological Services
• Cervical Cap Fitting
• PrePregnancy Counseling
• Gatherings with other Families

Please call or visit website for more information.

This group offers free legal assistance. The help is for service members and their families. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Toll Free: 800.285.2221

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The Salvation Army’s missing persons program seeks to reunite family members. It has helped thousands of families, and it locates a few hundred people each year.
https://centralusa.salvationarmy.org/usc/missing_persons/

Hope CommUnity Center offers a class to learn English and Life Skills. Class meets Tuesdays during the school year from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Monroe County In-Home Services is a program that serves elderly persons and/or disabled adults. The program goal is to offer an alternative to nursing home placement. They also help individuals in their own homes or the homes of family or friends. Call for more information.

Programs:

• Age and Disabled Adult Medicaid Waiver Program
• Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative Program (ADI)
• Community Care for Disabled Adults
• Grievance Procedures
• Home Care for the Elderly Program (HCE)
• Older Americans Act : Title III-B and III-E

Health Start is a free program for all pregnant women and women with babies under the age of 3.

Educational outreach areas include:

• Breastfeeding
• Childbirth
• Parenting
• Smoking cessation
• Staying healthy between pregnancies

Call for more information.

Monroe County Health Department provides free immunizations. Recommended and required childhood immunizations (vaccinations) are provided regardless of ability to pay. Please make an appointment. Call for more information or go to
website.

Mothers Helping Mothers provides basic needs to families in need. They give children's clothing and baby items. These items can include cribs, car seats, strollers, formula, breast pumps, and more. All are given free of charge. They also offer emotional support and referrals to other agencies. Please call 941.953.7572 or visit their website to learn more.

This group meets twice a month at the First Baptist Church of Live Oak. Mothers of preschoolers meet to find encouragement and support. It is a safe place for moms to get together and discuss everyday problems. Please call to confirm times.

Meeting times:
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
September-May