Childbirth and Infant Support
| Provider Name | Provider Description | Category Description | Address | City | Location Description | Location Phone | Contact | Contact Phone | Provider Phone | Provider EMail | Provider URL |
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| 2-1-1 Big Bend | Family Health Line: Offers information, referrals, and counseling on prenatal, infants, children, and family planning; Toll Free Health Line: 1-800-451-2229; For more information email counselorfhl@211bigbend.org. All calls are confidential. 8am - 11pm Mon-Fri; 10:30am - 6:30pm weekends | PO Box 10950 | 2-1-1 | www.211bigbend.org | |||||||
| A Woman's Place @ TMH | A community education, counseling, and retail center designed for women, by women; The focus is on integrating the needs of the body, mind, and spirit in health promotion and the healing process | 1301 E. Sixth Ave | 850-431-4928 | pr@tmh.org | www.tmh.org | ||||||
| A Woman's Place @ TMH | Mommy Market: Offers breast feeding supplies, breast pumps for rent or purchase, nursing bras, and other related nursing items | 1301 E. Sixth Ave | 850-431-4928 | pr@tmh.org | www.tmh.org | ||||||
| Ask Dr. Sears | AskDrSears.com is a searchable website with medical information useful to parents. AskDrSears.com has a free newsletter with tips for keeping children happy and healthy. | N/A | www.askdrsears.com | ||||||||
| Best Beginning Lactation Services | Prenatal breastfeeding classes. Call 668-2119 for class information. | N/A | 850-668-2119 | bestbegin@yahoo.com | www.best-begin.com | ||||||
| Bond Community Health Center | Bond Community Health Center is a health center offering a full range of healthcare services. Bond Community Health Center accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, Managed Care and offers healthcare services with a sliding fee discount upon verification of income. Please bring proof of your insurance or documentation of your income to your appointment. | Bond Community Health Center is a health center offering a full range of healthcare services. Bond Community Health Center accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, Managed Care and offers healthcare services with a sliding fee discount upon verification of income. Please bring proof of your insurance or documentation of your income to your appointment.Services include: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Family Planning, Prenatal, Midwifery, Breastfeeding Classes, Case Management and Social Servi | 1720 S Gadsden St | 850-576-4073 | info@bondchc.com | www.bondchc.com | |||||
| Brehon Institute for Family Services, Inc. | Provides security for homeless, pregnant women and their infants within Tallahassee area; Mother and baby receive a stable, nurturing, safe, warm, and loving environment; The following is provided: Pre/postnatal education, career counseling, encouragement to enroll in GED and other school programs, assistance in finding permanent housing, individual case management, conflict resolution, infant care training, self esteem building, and opportunity to bond with baby in a loving environment | 1311 N. Paul Russell Rd., Ste. A204 | 850-656-7110 | jmalone@brehonfamilyservices.org | www.brehonfamilyservices.org | ||||||
| Capital Area Healthy Start | Provides services/support to pregnant women to have a healthy baby; Pregnant women are offered a HS Risk Screen by their healthcare provider. If screen indicates risk, a HS Care Coordinator is assigned and offers help. HS services include: child birth education, community referrals, emotional support, mental health counseling, breastfeeding support, child development classes, etc. CCs work w/ moms to determine the right support/services and work w/ the family until the child is 3 | 1311 N. Paul Russell Road Suite A-101 | 850-488-0288 | Kristina@capitalareahealthystart.org | www.capitalareahealthystart.org | ||||||
| Children's Medical Services (CMS) | Hrs: 8am-5pm, M-F, except state holidays and weekends; Serves children ages Birth to 21 with special and/or chronic health care needs in Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden, Franklin, Wakulla, Madison, Liberty, and Taylor counties; Registered nurse and social work care coordinators manage comprehensive patient care plans for each child | 2390 Phillips Rd | 850-487-2604 | www.cms-kids.com | |||||||
| Compassionate Friends Early Loss Program | A national, non-profit, self-help, support organization; Offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings; Mission-To assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age, from any cause, and to provide info to help others be supportive. Local chapter The Compassionate Friends of TLH-meets 2nd Monday of each month 7:00 pm at St. Stephen Lutheran Church; For more information visit www.tcftallahassee.com | St. Stephen Lutheran Church: 2198 N. Meridian Rd | 850-422-8404 | tcfot@yahoo.com | www.compassionatefriends.org | ||||||
| Florida State University | First Words Project: Identifies early red flags of developmental language disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and other communication delays in children under 24 months of age; Research findings aim to improve screening tools and early detection of communication disorders; Services include: Parent education, family-guided intervention programs, referral for services in the community, and monitoring communication and language development; For more info visit, http://firstwords.fsu.edu | 625 N Adams St | Laura Newton | 488-5780 | www.fsu.edu | ||||||
| Good Friends Fitness | Moms in Motion is a fitness program designed to prepare women for the physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and postpartum. Develop stamina, increase strength, and restore muscle tone after the baby is born, and you will more easily be able to handle the rigors of motherhood. | 1391 E. Lafayette Street | 270-9791 | www.goodfriendsfitness.com | |||||||
| Healthy Start Coalition Jefferson, Madison Taylor Counties | Healthy Start provides education, support, screenings, and referrals to pregnant women and their families and to families with children up to three years old. Services can be provided at various sites, including in family's homes. | 1255 W. Washington Street | Monticello | 850-342-0170 | 850-342-0170 | ||||||
| Healthy Start Coalition Jefferson, Madison, Taylor Counties | Healthy Start provides education, support, screenings, and referrals to pregnant women and their families and to families with children up to three years old. Services can be provided at various sites, including in family's homes. | 218 S. W. Third Avenue | Madison | 850-973-5000 | 850-342-0170 | ||||||
| Jefferson County Health Department | Prenatal and postnatal care to pregnant women. Also, PEPW temporary Medicaid coverage for pregnant women until eligibility is determined. | 1255 West Washington Street | Monticello | 850-342-0170 ext. 3 | 850-342-0170 | www.doh.state.fl.us/chdJefferson | |||||
| Leon County Health Department | OB serivces provided by TMH Family Practice Residency program; Births at TMH; Medicaid accepted; Also offers Healthy Start services, child immunizations and WIC Food and Nutrition Program to eligible clients | 2965 Municipal Way | 487-3155 | 850-606-8000 | www.leoncountyfl.gov/lcphu | ||||||
| Leon County Health Department | OB serivces provided by TMH Family Practice Residency program; Births at TMH; Medicaid accepted; Also offers Healthy Start services, child immunizations and WIC Food and Nutrition Program to eligible clients | Roberts and Stevens Medical Center, 1515 Old Bainbridge Rd | 606-8010 | 850-606-8000 | www.leoncountyfl.gov/lcphu | ||||||
| March of Dimes, NW Florida Division | Improves the health of babies while striving to prevent birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality through research, community services, education, and advocacy | 1990 Village Green Way, Ste. 3 | 850-422-3152 | www.marchofdimes.com/florida | |||||||
| Mother Rising Birth Services | Mother Rising Birth Services is owned by Lindsey Morrow, a MamaAndBabyLove certified doula (MBL-CD) and a Birthing From Within mentor and doula (to be!). Lindsey serves Tallahassee and its surrounding areas by offering physical, educational, and emotional support to women and their families during the childbearing year. She believes that every woman can experience pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood not only as transformative, but also as a time when women can unlock new found strength in themselves. | Mother Rising Birth Services is owned by Lindsey Morrow, a MamaAndBabyLove certified doula (MBL-CD) and a Birthing From Within mentor, childbirth instructor, and doula . Lindsey serves Tallahassee and its surrounding areas by offering physical, educational, and emotional support to women and their families during the childbearing year. | 260 East 6th Avenue | 850-339-2606 | lindsey@motherrisingbirth.com | www.motherrisingbirth.com | |||||
| North Florida Child Development | Provides a culturally relevant, high quality, comprehensive child development program for children and families and provides support that enables families to become self-sufficient; Serves five counties: Gulf, Calhoun, Liberty, Wakulla, and Madison | 200 S. 2nd St | Wewahitchka | 1-850-639-5080 | www.headstartnf.org | ||||||
| North Florida Women's Health and Counseling | Provides reproductive health services, including abortion, to women in north Florida and south Georgia since 1981; Has a long-standing reputation for delivering quality care in a compassionate and educational environment; Board certified/board eligible OB/GYNs offer first trimester abortion services | 1345 Cross Creek Cir | 877-3183 | nfwhc@embarqmail.com | www.northfloridawomenshealth.com | ||||||
| The Pregnancy Help and Information Center | Free services available to women and men who need assistance; Offers counseling and referrals to those who think they may be pregnant, are pregnant, or who have young children; Offers pre-natal childbirth and parenting education program with 'baby bucks'; Offers a program just for dads; Maternity clothes, baby clothes and items, and food; Ultrasound for the medically eligible; Community referrals; Emotional support and confidentiality | 1710 S. Gadsden St | 222-7177 | 850-222-7177 | www.phicenter.org | ||||||
| Capital Area Healthy Start | Provides services/support to pregnant women to have a healthy baby; Pregnant women are offered a HS Risk Screen by their healthcare provider. If screen indicates risk, a HS Care Coordinator is assigned and offers help. HS services include: child birth education, community referrals, emotional support, mental health counseling, breastfeeding support, child development classes, etc. CCs work w/ moms to determine the right support/services and work w/ the family until the child is 3 | 1311 N. Paul Russell Road Suite A-101 | 850-488-0288 | Kristina@capitalareahealthystart.org | www.capitalareahealthystart.org | ||||||
| Madison County Health Department | The Madison County Health Department is open Monday 8:00am - 8:00pm Tuesday - Friday from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Prenatal and postnatal care to pregnant women. PEPW provides temporary Medicaid coverage for pregnant women until eligibility is determined. Physical exams, family planning and OB exams must be scheduled on days that a doctor, nurse practitioner, or nutritionist is available. Appointments are seen ahead of walk-ins. | 218 SW Third Avenue | Madison | 850-973-5000 | 850-973-5000 | www.doh.state.fl.us/chdMadison | |||||
| Alex Davenport, MD | Births at CRMC and TMH; Medicaid accepted | 2418 E Plaza Drive | 850-656-1997 | ||||||||
| Alfredo Nova, MD | Births at CRMC and TMH; Medicaid accepted | 1405 Centerville Rd., Ste. 4000 | 850-942-7750 | www.drnovaobgyn.com | |||||||
| Azalea Women's Healthcare | Adrienne George, MD; Anitra Brown, MD; Erin Schleicher, CNM, ARNP; Kimberly Morphet, CNM, ARNP; Regina Lewis, ARNP; Deborah White CNM, ARNP, MS; Births at TMH; Medicaid accepted | 1219 Hodges Dr. | 850-877-5767 | www.azaleawomenshealthcare.com | |||||||
| Capital Regional Women's Health | Dr. Michael Douso and Dr. Katherine Lupo provide gynecology and obstetrics services. | 2770 Cpaital Medical Boulevard, Suite 110 | 850-877-5589 | www.CapitalRegionalMedicalGroup.com | |||||||
| Gynecology and Obstetric Associates | Jana M. Bures-Forsthoefel, M.D.; Shawn Ramsey, D.O.; 1405 Centerville Road Professional Office Building 850-877-3549 | Caring for generations of women; Obstetrics, gynecology, and gynecological surgery; Now accepting new patients by appointment; Jana Bures-Forsthoefel, MD; Shawn Ramsey, DO; Lorie Asifor-Tuoyo, CNM; Katherine Dorian, ARNP; Anne-Marie Singleton, ARNP; Carol McNutt, CNM; Jane Owen, CNM; Rachel Depart, CNM | 1405 Centerville Rd, Professional Office Bldg., Ste. 4200 | 877-3549 | |||||||
| Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Assoc. of Tallahassee/Impact Health | Chukwuma M. Okoroji, MD, Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Diplomate, American Board of Family Medicine. | 1965 Capital Circle NE | 850-656-2006 | 656-2006 | www.talimpacthealth.com | ||||||
| Jolita Burns, MD | Births at CRMC; Medicaid accepted and most other private insurance | 1842-B Jaclif Ct | 656-0302 | 656-0302 | |||||||
| Leaton Hall, M.D. and Robert Morales, MD | Births at CRMC; Medicaid accepted | 2001 Miccosukee Rd | 878-5151 | ||||||||
| North Florida Women's Care | Robert Ashmore, MD; AJ Brickler, III, MD; Arthur Clements, MD, PhD; David Dixon, DO; Alex Franz, MD; Andrea King Friall, MD; Kenneth McAlpine, MD; Vikki McKinnie, MD; David O’Bryan, MD; Lori Rosenberg, MD; and Terrie Tullos, ARNP-C; Births at TMH; Medicaid accepted for OB | 1401 Centerville Rd, Ste. 202 | 877-7241 | www.nflwc.com | |||||||
| Spurgeon McWilliams, MD | Births at TMH; Medicaid accepted | 1620 Riggins Rd | 878-2171 | 878-2171 | |||||||
| Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare | TMH Anderson Brickler Midwifery: AD Brickler, MD; Margaret Canter CNM; Donna Rusher CNM; Miriam Gurniak, CNM; and Katherine McKeon, ARNP; Births at TMH; Medicaid accepted | 1304 Hodges Dr, Ste. A | 431-4500 | 850-431-5100 | pr@tmh.org | www.tmh.org | |||||
| Whit Oliver, MD | Family practice providing OB services; Births at TMH; Medicaid accepted | 2888 E Mahan Dr | 942-2233 | ||||||||
| Capital Regional Medical Center | The Family Center: Offers specialized labor/delivery/recovery rooms with jetted tubs and private family waiting areas; Beautifully decorated post-partum rooms; Child birth education and tours; Features 'Shared Care' one nurse for care, instruction, and guidance | 2626 Capital Medical Blvd | 325-5057 | 850-325-5000 | www.tallahasseehospital.com | ||||||
| Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare | TMH Women's Pavilion: A family centered birth place offering 19 private labor and delivery rooms with whirlpool tubs, 50 private mother-baby rooms, and the region's only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Early Learning Coalition, MomsLikeMe.com and Whole Child Leon have partnered in creating the 'Quality Counts' rating system on a scale from 1 to 5. For the 2009-2010 years this program's averaged score is 3.8 | 1300 Miccosukee Rd | 431-0200 | 850-431-5100 | pr@tmh.org | www.tmh.org | |||||
| The Birth Cottage | A Tallahassee Birth Center! Midwifery services, provided by Alice Sanpere, LM, CPM, Layla Swisher, LM, CPM, and Diana Janopaul, LM, CPM; Includes holistic, woman-centered care, prenatal care, water births, home births, labor support (Doulas), childbirth class referrals, breastfeeding support, and breast pump rentals | 260 E. Sixth Ave | 850-224-BABY | alice@thebirthcottage.com | www.thebirthcottage.com | ||||||
| Mother Rising Birth Services | Mother Rising Birth Services is owned by Lindsey Morrow, a MamaAndBabyLove certified doula (MBL-CD) and a Birthing From Within mentor and doula (to be!). Lindsey serves Tallahassee and its surrounding areas by offering physical, educational, and emotional support to women and their families during the childbearing year. She believes that every woman can experience pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood not only as transformative, but also as a time when women can unlock new found strength in themselves. | Mother Rising Birth Services is owned by Lindsey Morrow, a MamaAndBabyLove certified doula (MBL-CD) and a Birthing From Within mentor, childbirth instructor, and doula. Lindsey serves Tallahassee and its surrounding areas by offering physical, educational, and emotional support to women and their families during the childbearing year. | 260 East 6th Avenue | 850-339-2606 | lindsey@motherrisingbirth.com | www.motherrisingbirth.com | |||||
| Dept. of Health - Vaccines for Children Program | The Florida Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program is federally administered and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases to provide vaccines to children at no cost to the parent/guardian. The VFC Program provides services to Medicaid-eligible children and VFC-eligible children who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid. | N/A | 800-483-2543 | FloridaVFC@doh.state.fl.us | www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/immune/vfc/index.html |