Chipola Healthy Start Coalition, Inc. provides a wide range of services to mothers, and their children. You may qualify for services no matter what you income level is.

Services may include:

• Home or office visits
• Breastfeeding education & support
• Childbirth education
• Parenting education & support
• Nutritional guidance
• Info on choosing child care
• Father services
• Birth control info
• Help to quit smoking
• Transportation info
• Psychosocial counseling
• Linkage to community resources

Please call or visit website for more information.

This group gives care and home visits to pregnant women and young children. Babies get checks on their growth. Moms get advice and support on parenting, breastfeeding, and nutrition. They also get information about pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care. The program helps connect families to local services. Please call or visit website to learn more information.

Heart of Florida Health Center provides healthcare to all in Marion County. They offer a range of preventative and primary services. Help with medications is also available. The minimum charge for a visit is between $15 and $50. All charges for services are discounted on a sliding fee scale. This is based on your household income based on the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

• Acute/Urgent Care
• Adult Primary Care
• Assistance with medications utilizing programs offered through pharmaceutical companies
• Family Planning
• Lab Work
• Pediatric Dental
• Pediatric Primary Care
• School and Sports Physicals

Call for more information.

Helping Hands is a group of volunteer health professionals who provide free healthcare to those in need. Please call 352.519.5542 or go to the website to learn more.

Services Available on Monday and Thursday Nights:

Hendry County Health Department provides the following services:

• Clinical Services
• Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
• Community Outreach Activities
• Environmental Health
• HIV/AIDS Outpatient Medical Care and Social Services
• Vital Statistics
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Fees are based on sliding scale. Call for more information.

This department will assist in finding dental assistance in the area for low income families. Please call or visit our website for more information.

Gives emergency prescription assistance to low-income and uninsured residents. Call for more information.

This department offers information and referrals to different medical facilities that can help low income families. Please call or visit our website for more information.

This department will refer you to several mental health institutions in the area that can help people with mental illness and their families. Please call or visit our website for more information.