
Crisis Stabilization Unit
** Insurance not required **
Gainesville: call 374-5600, follow instructions for “emergency services” (4300 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32614)
Outside Gainesville: call 800-330-5615, follow instructions for “emergency services” for your area.
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Crisis Stabilization Unit
** Takes private insurance **
4101 NW 89 Blvd, Gainesville
Main number (352)-265-5497
Admissions (352)-265-5481
Outpatient (352)-265-5424
Website click here |

Law Enforcement Help
Phone 911
How to ask specifically for a "C.I.T. Officer" click here
for help in a crisis, or with involuntary committment (Baker Act), or for suicide attempt |

How to Handle an Acute Mental Illness Crisis at Home |

Crisis Center Hotline
&
Suicide Counseling
Alachua County Crisis Center (24/7): phone (352)-264-6789
National Hotline (24/7) phone 1-800-784-2433 |
Missing Persons
Alachua County Sheriff's Office
Business hours: (352)-367-4050
Weekends and after 5:30 pm:(352)- 955-1818 |

Free Medical, Dental, and Psychiatric Care
List for Alachua County
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Gainesville Opportunity Center
* Nonprofit to help with mental illness re-integration back into the community and job market * |

Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic Appointments
phone 352.265.HELP (4357) |
Find a Gainesville Mental Health Provider
Psychiatrists
Counselors
Psychologists |

Alachua County Jail
3333 NE 39th Avenue - Gainesville, Florida 32609
Jail Nurse (24 hour): (352)-491-2865
Jail Mental Health Counselor: (352)-491-4648
Jail Main Switchboard: (352)-491-4444 |

Alachua County Mental Health Court
Works with defendants arrested for misdemeanor offenses who are mentally ill
or developmentally disabled. This program is designed to divert mentally ill and developmentally disabled
defendants from jail. |
Public Defender's Office for Baker Act Cases
Serving 8th Circuit (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy and Union Counties). This office will represent a Baker Acted mentally ill person in court at no cost to client. (352) 338-7370
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Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc.
A local, non-profit corporation funded for the sole purpose of providing free civil legal services to low-income, eligible clients in seventeen counties of North Florida. 1-800-372-0936 |
FACT Team in Gainesville
Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) program
managed by
Mental Health Resource Center, Inc.
239 SW 7 Terrace, Suite B
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: 352-271-8605
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Meetings are every Tuesday,
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Location: The HONOR Center
1604 SE 3 Ave, Gainesville.
Click for Google Map
Easy parking in back off of SE Hawthorne Rd, just past “Fast Eddie’s” Restaurant.
More info contact Alee Karpf
(352) 548-1834 |
Victim Advocate Units
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office
(352)-384-3317

Gainesville Police Department
(352)-393-7683
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http://www.unitedwayncfl.org/211_Info.aspx |
Northeast Florida State Hospital
( NEFSH )
Click here for virtual tour of bedrooms, grounds, activities, and facilities. |
Northeast Florida State Hospital
( NEFSH )

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The Vines Hospital - Ocala
(old name was Ten Broeck)
3130 SW 27th Avenue
Ocala, Florida 34474
Phone: 866-671-3130 |

720 NW 23rd Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32609
Voice (352) 378-7474
Fax (352) 378-5582
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Mental Health First Aid course
A certified interactive session which runs 12 hours at Meridian in Gainesville. Click here for full description website link . Participants learn risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems. Course builds understanding of their impact and treatments, plus step-by-step skills to help a crisis. For local class enrollment, phone 374-5600 ext. 8187. Download brochure. |
Street Card
homeless resources
in Alachua County
Info about free shelters, meals, street laws, etc. in Alachua County
click to download |


UF Counseling & Wellness Center
Appointments & After-Hour Assistance
392-1575
Homepage click here...
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"Special Needs" Estate Planning Attorneys
for family members with a mental illness diagnosis
Shanon Miller
of law firm of Miller & Brasington
Gainesville
Kevin Daly
of law firm of Scruggs & Carmichael
Gainesville
Special Needs Trusts Laws in Florida (general information) |

Community Resources Lists
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President's Commission on Mental Health
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NAMI Gainesville / NAMI North Central Florida is one entity and is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.