The Good News Outreach helps seniors who need a friend. The Good News Outreach helps seniors with their daily lives. The services are available in the Big Bend area.

Services:

• Food Program
• Re-entry
• Senior Services
• Transitional Housing

Apalachee Center is there to help those trying to recover from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises. They offer help across the eight counties of the Big Bend region of North Florida. They have various services for those who are recovering. Please call or visit website to learn more.

This private group is a nonprofit. The mission of the group is to provide a system of services and resources that is comprehensive and seamless.

Programs & Services:

• Crisis
• Getting Ahead, Staying Ahead
• Head Start
• Home Energy Efficiency
• Utilities & Rental Assistance
• Weatherization

Healthy Families is an at-home program created to help pregnant women, newborns, and families. Services must begin either before the birth or by the baby's third month. Services to the family may be offered for up to 5 years. Please call for more info.

The Franklin County Health Department provides the following:

• Birth and Death Certificates Issuance
• Diabetes Assistance
• Environmental Health Services
• General Medical Care
• Hearing
• Nursery, Preschool and School Physicals
• Smoking Cessation
• Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic

Please call for more info.

Florida Area Health Centers are known as AHEC for short. It is a statewide system for healthcare professionals.

Services Include:

• Big Bend Rural Health Network
• Covering Florida - Health Insurance Enrollment
• Health Professions Student Training
• Program to Quit Smoking