Helpful Organizations

Agency for Community Treatment Services (ACTS)
Adolescent Residential:  863-428-1520
Day/Night Program:  863-688-4920

Alcoholics Anonymous
Polk:  863-284-5808
Hardee:  863-773-4766
Highlands:  863-382-2694

Alanon/Alateen
888-425-2666

Center for Counseling
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
Lakeland, FL  33803
863-687-1222
863-687-1112 (24 Hours)

Center for Disease Control National AIDS Hotline
800-324-2437
800-344-7432 (Spanish)

Central Florida Human Services Centers
Lakeland
863-682-8111

Charter Behavioral Health Systems
Tampa
800-CHARTER (24 Hours/7 Days)

Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-962-2873

Cornerstone Youth Shelter
Mulberry
863-595-0220

Drug Abuse Hotline
800-662-HELP

Drugs and Crime (Data Center and Clearinghouse)
800-666-3332

Florida AIDS/HIV Hotline
800-352-AIDS (Florida Only)
800-243-7101 (Florida Only - Haitian/Creole)
800-545-SIDA (Florida Only - Spanish)

Florida Prevention Association
904-922-4280

Heart of Florida Behavior Center
Lakeland
863-682-6105
800-282-3480

M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
1421 Commercial Park Drive #1
Lakeland, FL  33801
863-665-8685

M.A.M.A. - (Mothers Against Methamphetamine)
550 E. Davidson Street
Bartow, Florida 33830
(863) 533-1675
(863) 534-1221 (fax) 

Mailing Address:
Leland Family Ministries
P.O. Box 126
Eaton Park, Florida 33840

Narcotics Anonymous
800-614-6479

National Health Information Care
800-336-4797

New Directions
Lakeland
863-682-6515 or 800-556-6515

Operation PAR
St. Petersburg
813-570-5080

Peace River Center for Personal Development
Lakeland and Bartow
Bartow:  863-534-7020
Lakeland:  863-499-2520
24 Hour Crisis Line:  863-519-3744

Poison Control
800-282-3171

PRIDE Partnership of Polk County, Inc.
65 3rd Street, NW
Winter Haven, FL  33883
863-294-1853

Rape Crisis
863-413-2707

Resource Center for Women
863-294-5318

Runaway Hotline
800-231-6946

Toughlove (Parents)
800-333-1069

Tri-County Human Services
Polk, Highlands and Hardee County Locations
Adolescent Services:  863-299-4357

United Way Information and Referral
863-648-1515 or 800-881-UWAY

University of South Florida/Lakeland Counseling Center
Information and appointments 863-667-7046
Monday - Thursday 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., Friday 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.
After hours Crisis Line 863-519-3744 or call Toll Free 800-627-5906

Willough Counseling Center
Lakeland
863-648-0500

Up-Front (Drug Education and Information)
305-757-2566

Winter Haven Hospital Behavioral Health Division
Winter Haven: 863-294-7062
Lakeland:  863-682-2872
Treatment Center, Winter Haven:  800-723-3248

Youth and Family Alternatives
Lakeland
863-499-2430