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Mental Health Care

Mental Health Phone Resources

  • UF Counseling & Wellness Center – 352-392-1575 – Offers students free resources to help with change, growth and development. UF students can benefit from individual counseling, group counseling, wellness workshops and 24/7 crisis counseling.
  • Alachua County Crisis Center – 352-264-6789 – The Alachua County Crisis Center continues to offer 24 hr/day phone crisis and suicide intervention counseling to all residents of Alachua County.
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
    • English – 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
    • Spanish – 1-888-628-9454
    • Deaf/hard of hearing – 1-800-799-4889
  • Veterans Crisis Line – 1-800-273-8255 – The Veterans Crisis Line connects you with caring, qualified responders with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many of them are Veterans themselves.
    • Note: This is the same number as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Follow the instructions to be transferred to the Veteran’s Crisis Line.
  • LGBTQ Youth Crisis Hotline (Trevor Project) – 866-488-7386- LGBTQ Youth Crisis Hotline is here to support you 24/7. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, you can call the TrevorLifeline.
  • TransLifeline – 877-565-8860 (Available every day, 11 a.m. – 5 a.m.) -Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical needs of our community with direct service, material support, advocacy, and education. Their vision is to fight the epidemic of trans suicide and improve overall life-outcomes of trans people by facilitating justice-oriented, collective community aid.
  • Lifeline Chat – Available 24/7 -Lifeline Chat is a service of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, connecting individuals with counselors for emotional support and other services via web chat. All chat centers in the Lifeline network are accredited by CONTACT USA. Lifeline Chat is available 24/7 across the U.S.
  • Veterans Live Chat – Available 24/7 -The crisis chat is a free, anonymous, confidential resource that’s available to any Service member, including members of the National Guard and Reserve, and any Veteran, even if you’re not registered with VA or enrolled in VA health care.
  • LGBTQ Youth Crisis Chat/Text (TrevorChat/TrevorText) – Follow link for chat or text TREVOR to 202-304-1200. Available M-F, 3 – 10 p.m.- A crisis intervention and suicide prevention phone service available 24/7.

Mental Healthcare Providers

Emergency Medical Care

Emergency medicine is the medical specialty concerned with caring for undifferentiated and unscheduled patients with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention.

Urgent Care Centers

Urgent care is a category of walk-in clinics focused on the delivery of ambulatory care in a dedicated medical facility outside of a traditional emergency department. Urgent care centers primarily treat injuries or illnesses requiring immediate care, but not serious enough to require an emergency department visit.

  • CareSpot Urgent Care
    • 3581 SW Archer Rd #40, Gainesville, FL 32608 – (352) 888-4449 or
    • 720 SW 2nd Ave #160a, Gainesville, FL 32601 – (352) 240-8000 or
    • 3925 NW 43rd St, Gainesville, FL 32606 – (352) 371-1777
  • SIMED Urgent Care 4343 W Newberry Rd Suite 10, Gainesville, FL 32607 (352) 373-2340
  • Gainesville After Hours Clinic 926 NW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32601 (352) 379-1049
  • First Choice Urgent Care Center 128 NW 137th Dr, Newberry, FL 32669 (352) 332-1890
  • UF Health Urgent Dental Care 1395 Center Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610 (352) 273-6705

Dental Care

Women’s Healthcare Providers

  • Planned Parenthood Clinic 914 NW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32601 (352) 377-0881
  • Bread and Roses Clinic 1233 NW 10th Ave Gainesville, FL 32601 (352) 372-1664
  • All Women’s Health Center Clinic 1135 NW 23rd Ave N, Gainesville, FL 32609 (800) 869-0440
  • Peaceful Paths
    • Services for survivors of domestic abuse

UF Resources

  • UF Infirmary – 80 Fletcher Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611, (352) 392-1161
    • Provides healthcare services for UF students
  • Disability Resource Center – 001 Reid Hall
 (Located 1/8 mi. north of the intersection of SW 13th Street & Museum Road) – (352) 392-8565, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
    • Provides Accommodations and Support Groups and Resources for Students with Disabilities
  • Counseling and Wellness Center – 3190 Radio Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611 – (352) 392-1575, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Free/Reduced Price Medical Care Providers

  • Mobile Outreach Clinic (a big bus) each Monday night (6:00 – 9:00 pm) at the Tower Library
    • Free medical services. No insurance needed. Operated by University of Florida physicians.
  • 4th Avenue Family Medical free clinic for people without insurance who will need follow-ups
    • 625 SW 4th Avenue, Gainesville.
    • Phone (352) 392-6771
    • Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday
  • UF Shands Eastside Community Practice, free for people without medical insurance who will need follow-ups (may be closed to new patients now — check)
    • 410 NE Waldo Road, Gainesville
    • Phone (352) 265–7020
    • Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday
  • Helping Hands Clinic for free medical and psychiatric care limited to homeless without insurance
    • Location next to First United Methodist Church
    • 509 NE 1st Street, Gainesville
    • Phone (352) 519-5542
    • Email: helpinghandsclinic@gmail.org
    • This clinic only takes homeless clients without any insurance – no Medicaid, no Medicare
    • Psychiatric Services (free clinic and meds) 2nd and 4th Mondays and 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
    • Medical Services for men and women on all Mondays from 4:30 – 7 p.m. (patient signups start 2:30 p.m.)
    • Women’s Health Clinic for women exclusively in on Thursday afternoons 3 – 7 p.m. (also showers and meals that day for women only)
    • Prescription medicine services
  • The Equal Access Clinic
    • Phone (352) 327-8005
    • Free healthcare and other services for the medically underserved in the Gainesville community. Run by University of Florida students from the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, and Public Health.
    • Medical — Thursday nights at Family Practice Medical Group, 625 SW 4th Avenue, Gainesville. Walk-ins only. Starts at 6 p.m. and sees about 15 patients on a first come first serve basis. The line starts forming very early (4 p.m.).
    • Medical — Tuesday nights at Gainesville Community Ministry, 238 SW 4th Avenue, Gainesville. Appointment patients and walk-ins. Starts at 5:30 p.m. and sees about 5-8 patients.
    • Women only — Thursday Nights at 625 SW 4th Avenue, Gainesville. Appointments for Women’s clinic can be made in person at Thursday night medical clinic (above) every Thursday night. Women’s clinic is held on the first Thursday of every month starting at 5:30 p.m. and sees 4 patients.
  • Acorn Clinic – The Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs (“ACORN”)
    • 23320 North State Road 235, Brooker, FL 32622
    • Low-income clinic and family health care
    • Medical clinic: (352) 485-1133
    • Dental clinic: (352) 485-2772
  • Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry
    • 2845 NE 39th Avenue, Gainesville
    • Executive director (currently Theresa Lowe) email: Acchh.ed@gmail.com
    • Phone: (352) 792-0800
  • Dental shuttle bus from Gainesville
    • Only procedures like extractions, they don’t do routine cleanings
    • Appointments are two steps
      • Step 1: Monday night at the Helping Hands Clinic site phone 352-372-8523 (see above description and website) you come to schedule an appointment (no dental procedures done this visit); then
      • Step 2: Actual treatment appointment will be scheduled for first or third Tuesday of each month in which the patient must be at the Helping Hands Clinic at 9 a.m. (First United Methodist Church, 419 NE 1st Street, Gainesville, Florida, to take a special dental van to the actual dental clinic which is in Brooker Florida at the Acorn Clinic.
  • Needy Meds Program
    • A resource for people who cannot afford medicine or other healthcare costs
  • RAHMA Mercy Clinic
    • Primary care for the under-served and uninsured whose income is 200% below the federal poverty level
    • Main focus is primary and preventative health care
    • Routine Adult Medical Care
    • General Pediatrics (limited basis)
    • Speciality Care and Diagnostic Studies through the ‘We Care Network’
    • Appropriate Referrals for Choices, Medicaid, KidCare and other health insurance options
    • Appropriate Social Services Referrals including ACCESS
    • Discounted Lab Services
    • Located in the Hoda Islamic Academy, 5220 SW 13th St.
    • Open Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Samaritans Clinic
    • Primary care for those who cannot afford conventional health care. This group includes but is not limited to the homeless, migrant workers, students, and anyone who is uninsured.
    • Dental care
    • Pharmacy
    • Located at 1029 NE 9th Street, Gainesville.  It is on or near RTS bus routes 11, 711, and 24.
    • Phone (352) 505-9101
    • Email: rklossner@westsidebaptist.org