Mental & Physical Health

Program provides Baker Act services to children who are in acute psychiatric distress and have been determined to be a threat to themselves or others.

Program includes inpatient crisis stabilization, psychiatric treatment, medication stabilization, individual, group and family therapy, and discharge planning for follow-up care of clients who are assessed as requiring 24-hour care under the Baker Act until they are stabilized and can be treated in a less intensive setting.

Eligibility

• Manatee County resident
• Ages 4-17 years and their families

Phone: (941) 782-4600

Provider: Centerstone

Location: Centerstone Hospital, 2020 26th Ave E, Bradenton

Hours: 24 hours per day, 7 days per week

Website: centerstoneflorida.org

Program provides a peer grief support program for children ages 5-18 and their adult caregivers. Blue Butterfly groups are facilitated by mental health professionals and trained volunteers. The facilitators use evidence-based interventions that support children and families on their grief journey. Blue Butterfly services have no cost to patients and families in the community.

Services also include a one hour, 6-week school-based support group, evidence-based grief program for students K-12th grade.

Eligibility: 

• Manatee County resident ages 5-17 who have had a significant death 
• Experiencing traumatic stress 

Location: Bradenton Dream Center 1816 9th St W Bradenton, Fl 34205, Tidewell Family Greif Center Ellenton 4151 37th St E Palmetto, Fl 34221, virtual sessions as needed

Hours: Saturday's Jan 2023 - Sept 2023: 9am-2pm. June 5 2023-Aug 4 2023 Monday-Friday 9am-4pm

Website: https://tidewellhospice.org/bluebutterfly/ 

Program provides youth substance abuse outpatient treatment services, intake assessment and evaluation, individualized treatment planning, psychosocial assessment, individual, family, group therapy, drug urine screening, case management, substance abuse and mental health screening, support groups, discharge planning, and referral and linkage to services for child and families within the community.

Provides substance abuse education, fundamentals of education, behavior modification principles and social skills education.

Eligibility

• Manatee County resident
• Ages 5-17 years and their family

Phone: (941) 782-4114

Provider: Centerstone of Florida

Location: 365 6th Avenue West, Bradenton 34205

Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., by appointment or as needed

Website: centerstoneflorida.org

Program is designed to promote strength, safety and well-being for Manatee County children who have been affected by domestic violence, and to assist families with non-abusive methods of communication. Methods used include: individual and family counseling, parenting education, case management, advocacy, referrals, and staffing with a licensed clinical supervisor.

Eligibility

• Manatee County resident
• Ages birth-17 years
• Victims of domestic violence, and their non-offending parents

Phone: (941) 755-6805

Provider: Hope Family Services

Location: Confidential

Hours: Tues-Thurs, 8:30am-7:30pm; Friday, 8:30am-2pm.

Website: hopefamilyservice.org

Program provides language and speech screenings, evaluations, and therapy for children aged 30months through 5 years old. This program helps families with children that are identified with a speech or language disorder, who are unable to access other means of speech therapy and receive therapy through the program at their childcare center at no cost.

Services also include screenings on-site, in childcare centers or at family homes, otherwise they are screened at the Step Up Suncoast office.

Eligibility: 

• Manatee County resident
• Ages 30 months - 5 years,
• Attend a licensed child care facility in Manatee County

Phone: (941) 827-2887 Ext. 7722

Provider: Step Up Suncoast, Inc. 

Location: Varies

Hours: Monday thru Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and other as deemed necessary

Website: stepupsuncoast.org

Program provides child-based community health program that aims to create healthy habits and behavior change in children by teaching them to identify and choose healthy foods and to increase their moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) each day.

Services also include curriculum-specific training, technical assistance for classroom teachers and families. Practice-based coaching activities, coaching on curriculum fidelity, observation or assessment of classroom teachers and progress monitoring of children. Along with providing curriculum materials to participating early learning classrooms and families.

Eligibility: 

• Manatee County resident
• 3-5 years old

Phone: 941-212-4995 (Director Rachel Spivey)

Provider: Early Learning Coalition

Location: 600 8th Ave W Palmetto, Fl or subcontracted childcare providers throughout Manatee County and virtual lessons as needed.

Hours: Morning, daytime and evening hours Monday-Friday and weekends as needed.

Website: http://www.elc-manatee.org/

Provides on-call crisis counseling, education and support to child victims of sexual assault. Through a 24-hour crisis call line, child victims have access to an advocate who arranges legal, medical, and behavioral health services throughout the recovery process.

Advocate accompanies the victim to law enforcement interviews including line-ups, photopack review sessions, and controlled phone calls; to court related interviews including prefiling interviews, depositions, hearings, and trials; and assists in filing compensation claims and information referrals.

Eligibility

• Victim of sexual assault in Manatee County
• Ages 0-17 years

Phone: (941) 782-4299

Provider: Centerstone of Florida

Location: 383 6th Ave W, Bradenton 34205

Hours: Varies based on client need

Website: centerstoneflorida.org

Program provides individualized treatment from the most basic prevention skills for young children with sexual misconduct issues to the long term, intensive treatment of adolescent sexual abusers.

SOAR utilizes treatment modalities (cognitive behavior, empathy, and skill enhancement) and relapse prevention that are proven effective on a national level and adopted by the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.

Eligibility

• Manatee County resident
• Sexual abuse offender
• Ages 6-17 years

Phone: (941) 741-755-4782

Provider: Insight Counseling Services, Inc.

Location: 351 6th Avenue West, Bradenton 34205

Hours: Varies based on client's needs, Monday-Saturday

Website: https://www.insightcounselingservices.org/our-services