This clinic offers healthy lifestyles classes. These classes help patients to live healthily while they manage their care challenges. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

Classes Include:

• Controlling Blood Sugar
• Meal Planning
• Medications
• Physical Activity
• Preventing Complications

Healthy Start is a free service. It is for eligible pregnant women, infants and children to age three. Services include care coordination and specialized Healthy Start services for pregnant women and infants. Please call 352.486.5300 or go to the website to learn more.

Services:

Healthy Start is a program that screens pregnant women and newborn babies. They identify risk factors for low birth weight and infant mortality. Healthy Start is free for everyone. A team of nurses, social workers, and peer counselors assist families in finding out their needs. Classes are in English and Spanish. No appointment is needed. Please call 941.861.2905 or visit their website to learn more.

Services:

This Program uses service planning and community involvement. Healthy Start provides moms, newborns and families with the tools needed to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy birth. Those who wish to sign up can get a referral from their doctor. Services are free. Please call 813.307.8016 or visit the websitefor more information.

Services include:

This group gives care and home visits to pregnant women and young children. Babies get checks on their growth. Moms get advice and support on parenting, breastfeeding, and nutrition. They also get information about pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care. The program helps connect families to local services. Please call or visit website to learn more information.

Heart of Florida Health Center provides healthcare to all in Marion County. They offer a range of preventative and primary services. Help with medications is also available. The minimum charge for a visit is between $15 and $50. All charges for services are discounted on a sliding fee scale. This is based on your household income based on the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

• Acute/Urgent Care
• Adult Primary Care
• Assistance with medications utilizing programs offered through pharmaceutical companies
• Family Planning
• Lab Work
• Pediatric Dental
• Pediatric Primary Care
• School and Sports Physicals

Call for more information.

Helping Hands is a group of volunteer health professionals who provide free healthcare to those in need. They also provide a wide range of other services. Please call 352.519.5542 or go to the website to learn more.

Services Available on Monday and Thursday Nights:

The local department of health provides a variety of services including: family planning, school health, WIC, and Environmental Health services; birth and death records, public health emergency planning, and community health education and disease prevention outreach.