Alcoholics Anonymous
Telephone: 399-8535 (24 hour information line)
Website: www.aa.org
Help people attain and sustain sobriety.
ALS Association Florida Chapter
St. Luke's Hospital - Auditorium C
4201 Belfort Road
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Telephone: 688-0886
Fax Number: 685-5203
Meets the first Saturday of each month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.. Monthly educational and support group meeting for persons with ALS and family members. Meetings include separate breakout sessions for patients and caregivers. Contact Judie Benwick for more information.
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Support Group
Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital
3599 University Blvd., S.
1st Floor, Admin. Conference Room
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Telephone: 858-7602
Web site: www.als-florida.org
For patients of ALS and caregivers. 3rd Monday of the month at 6 p.m. Contact is Dr. Charles Schauer.
Alzheimer's Association - Central & North Florida Chapter, North Florida Regional Office
See Listing Under Disability Specific Organizations Category
Challenge
See Listing Under Recreation Category
Children & Adults with Attention-Defecit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) of Duval County
Meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month at the Ronald McDonald House
824 Children's Way,
Jacksonville,FL 32207
Telephone: 726-5000 ext. 499 for information
Web site: www.chadd.org or e-mail martyclk@aol.com
For children and adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and their families.
Community Support Groups - for more information please contact the Mental Health Association at (904) 730-8291 or go to www.mhajax.org
Depression/Bipolar Support Group (DBSA)
Schizophrenia Anonymous
Recovery, Inc.
Obsessive – Compulsive Foundation of Jacksonville, Inc.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Parents Offering Wisdom Enrichment and Resources (POWER)
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), NE Florida
Compassionate Friends (support group for parents who have lost a child through suicide, illness, accident or violence)
Depression Bipolar Support Alliance-Jacksonville Beaches
Beaches Medical Center
1350 South 13th Ave., Conference Room B
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Telephone: 241-4676
Provides support services and educational materials to self-help groups and the general public who deal with mood disorders. Meets every Sunday evening from 5 p.m. Contact Marcy for more information.
Family Caregivers Association, National
10400 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20855-3944
Telephone: 800 896-3650
Fax Number: 301 942-2302
Web site: www.thefamilycaregiver.org
The National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) supports, empowers, educates and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for a chronically ill, aged or disabled loved one. NFCA reaches across the bounderies of different diagnoses, different relationships and different life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers.
First Coast Brain Injury Support Group, Inc.
Brooks Rehabilitation
3599 University Blvd., S.
Jacksonville, FL32216
Telephone: 786-7978
Web site: www.FC-BISG.org
Addresses: Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury and Brain Tumors. 3rd Saturday of every month, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Contact Jane Elkins for more information.
Gateway Stroke Club
Brooks Rehabilitation
3599 University Blvd., S., 4th floor
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Telephone: 858-7608
To provide support, education and socialization to those who have had a stroke or anyone interested in the topic. 2nd Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Contact Bonnie Dunn for more information.
Hearing Loss Association of Jacksonville Support Group
West Regional Branch Public Library
1425 Chaffee Road South, Room 105B
Jacksonville, FL 32221
Telephone: 778-2265 or e-mail: judy40@bellsouth.net for more information.
HLA-JAX meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month (except in July and August) at 6:30 p.m. CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available at all meetings. This is captioned text of the meeting proceedings projected on a screen.
National Organization for Empowering Caregivers
See Listing Under Information/Referral Category
Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities Support Group
Grace Chapel Christian Fellowship
2960 Plummer Cove Road
Jacksonville, FL 32223
Telephone: Ashlen Nunnery, facilitator, 534-5327
First Monday of each month at 7 p.m. The meetings will focus primarily on sharing the experiences and challenges of raising our special children.
Pastoral Care Department - St. Mark's Episcopal Church
4129 Oxford Ave.
Jacksonville, FL 32210
Telephone: 388-2681
Fax Number: 388-0488
Days and Hours of Operations: Church Office: M-Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Group meetings currently available at St. Mark's Episcopal Church:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
Food Addicts Anonymous
People with Low Vision
Presbyterian House
2020 Park St.
Jacksonville, FL 32204
Telephone: 633-8112
Meetings: 1 - 3 p.m., second Friday of the month.
Post Polio Support Group, First Coast
Meets 3rd Thursday of every month at Perkins Restaurant, corner Beach Boulevard and San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL
Telephone: 333-3457 for more information.
Web site: e-mail address: FirstCoastPostPolio@yahoo.com
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Support Group
Telephone: 268-2838
Web site: www.rsdcare.org
We encourage family members and friends to come and share. Please call or send e-mail for meeting details. Contact: Tanya Kee, Founder.
Shands Jacksonville Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
655 W. 8th St.
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Telephone: 244-6407, 244-4427
Web site: www.shands.org
Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all physically challenged/wheelchair dependent persons by promoting a positive image through advocacy, community education, crisis intervention, social interaction with group and family training sessions. The Support Group has held meetings with City Council members, representatives from HUD, various representatives from Vocation Rehabilitation, and several other public officials from the Jacksonville community to address problems encountered by disabled persons in the community.
Meeting Location:
Learning Resources Center, Ash Room, 1st floor
2nd Wednesday of each month, noon - 2 p.m.
Contact Faye Archibald for meeting information.
Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
Brooks Rehabilitation
3901 University Blvd, S.,
Healthcare Plaza
Jacksonville, FL 32216
Telephone: 858-7238
Contact for meeting information.
Visual Impressions, peer support group for vision loss
Independent Living for Adult blind (ILAB)
101 West State St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Contact April Ogden, 208-1441, e-mail: aprilodgen@gmail.com
Meets 1st Friday of each month 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.. Visual Impressions is a peer support group dedicated to improving and enhancing the lives of persons who face vision loss via community awareness, education and personal development. "Empowering one, to empower others."
Well Spouse Association
63 West Main St., Suite H
Freehold, NJ 07728
Telephone: 800 838-0879
Fax Number: 732 577-8644
Web site: www.wellspouse.org
Well Spouse is a national, not-for-profit membership organization that gives support to wives, husbands and partners of the chronically ill and/or disabled.