Confidential Resources

 

Alachua County Crisis Center

The Alachua County Crisis Center offers 24 hr/day phone crisis and suicide intervention counseling to all residents in Alachua County.

• Location: 218 SE 24^th Street Gainesville, FL 32641
• Phone #: 352-264-6789
• Website: http://www.alachuacounty.us/Depts/CSS/CrisisCenter/Pages/CrisisCenter.aspx

 

Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center

The Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center provides services to survivors of interpersonal violence, sexual violence, and personal injury crimes.

• Location: 218 SE 24^th Street Gainesville, FL 32641
• Phone #: 352-264-6760
• Website: http://www.alachuacounty.us/Depts/CSS/VictimServices/Pages/VictimServices.aspx

 

Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network

Peaceful Paths is the certified domestic abuse network that serves survivors of domestic violence in Alachua, Bradford, and Union counties.  Peaceful Paths provides a wide range of services including emergency shelter, transitional housing, crisis hotline, victim advocacy, children’s programming, education and training, counseling and support groups, community awareness and intervention, violence prevention programs, and batterer’s intervention programming.

• Location: 2100 NW 53^rd Avenue, Suite A Gainesville, FL 32653
• Phone #: 352-377-5690 (Outreach Center and Administrative Offices)
• Phone #: 352-377-8255 (Helpline)
• Website: http://www.peacefulpaths.org/

 

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

Meridian provides a variety of treatment and service options catering to a wide range of mental health and substance abuse disorders.  Meridian’s services include crisis services, rehabilitation, outpatient services, outreach, and prevention.

• Location: There are multiple locations in Alachua, Baker, Braford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, and Union Counties.
  
  • Phone # (Crisis Line): 352-374-5600, option 1
  • Phone # (Access Center): 352-374-5600
  • Phone # (Toll Free): 1-800-330-5615
  • Website: http://www.mbhci.org/

 

UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital

The services at UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital include inpatient treatment for detox, substance abuse disorders and addiction, dual diagnosis, psychosis, bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders.

• Website: https://ufhealth.org/shands-vista
• Phone #: 352-265-5481
• Location: 4101 NW 89^th Blvd Gainesville, FL 32606

 

UF Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

Provides affordable, confidential mental, and behavioral health services.  The clinic provides evaluations and treatments for patients as well as general mental health services for adjustment and phase of life issues, and treatment in specialty areas such as anxiety, depression, and childhood behavior problems.

• Website: http://chp.phhp.ufl.edu/services/psychology-clinic/
• Phone #: 352-265-0294
• Mailing Address: Clinical and Health Psychology Clinic, College of Public Health and Health Professions University of Florida PO Box 100165 Gainesville, FL 32610-0165

 

Village Counseling Center

• Description: Provides mental health counseling.
• Website: http://www.villagecounselingcenter.net
• Phone #: 352-373-8189
• Address: 3601 SW 2^nd Avenue, Suite Y Gainesville, FL 32607

 

Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Clinic (IPVAC)

A multidisciplinary clinic at the Levin College of Law providing indigent victims of domestic dating and sexual violence with legal representation, mental health counseling and case management needs.

• Phone #: 352-273-0805
• Website: http://www.law.ufl.edu/academics/clinics/civil/ipvac

 

The State Attorney’s Office of Victim Services

Offers a victim/witness program with the following services; information on case status, emotional support, information and referral to community agencies, assistance in filing for crime victim compensation, courtroom orientation and accompaniment, and help preparing a Victim Impact Statement.

• Phone #: 352-374-3670
• Website: http://sao8.org/vicrights.html
• Address: 120 West University Avenue Gainesville, FL 32601

 

Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons (PFLAG)

PFLAG offers support for families, education outreach, safe schools legislation and training resources, and advocacy.  PFLAG also networks with many organizations and resources in order to assist schools as they address issues surrounding harassment, bullying, safe spaces, and LGBT youth.

• Phone #: 352-340-3770
• Website: pflaggainesville.org or www.facebook.com/pflaggainesville
• Address: PO Box 358742 Gainesville, FL 32635-8472