66th Street Group Home - Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services Inc Facility

Mailing Address

3180 66th Street North
Saint Petersburg, Florida 33710
United States of America

Physical Address

3180 66th Street North
Saint Petersburg, Florida 33710
United States of America

Phone

7278931661

Intake Phone

None specified

Intake Phone 2

None specified

Hotline Phone

None specified

Hotline Phone 2

None specified

Website

http://www.gcjfs.org

Primary Focus

Mix of mental health and substance abuse services

Services Provided

Buprenorphine used in treatment

Types of Care

Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)

Special Programs and Groups

Criminal justice clients,
DUI/DWI offenders,
Women

Forms of Payment Accepted

Access to recovery voucher

Language(s)

English (US)

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Description

Serving YOUR Loved Ones ... YOUR Neighbors ... YOUR Community

VISION: Our purpose is to provide those in need with the services, support and caring necessary to lead independent, full and successful lives.

Gulf Coast is all about service to our Community. Each Program was created because of specific needs that weren't being met in our community ... causing hardship and adversity to our friends, family members and neighbors.

Our Jewish roots & beliefs tell us to be of service to others ... So we serve EVERYONE . We serve ALL members of our Florida Communities with NO concern for religion, race or background . We are simply grateful for the opportunity and privilege to serve you and those you care about.

We, like you, are concerned about the challenges facing so many in our community. In order to have a prosperous, safe and healthy community we need to help those who are struggling to succeed.

As a Charitable Organization, we work tirelessly to raise funds necessary to provide the highest quality of care to clients from our communities. Over 90% of each dollar we receive through donations is funneled into our programs and client care.

Please take some time to go through our website to see the wide variety of services we offer ... We are proud of each and every program.

Our Jewish roots and beliefs tell us that we should be of service to ALL people - we are responsible for one another. This is the foundation of our families, our communities and the underlying strength of our programs that serve both the Jewish and general community. We are united in partnership with the people we serve in a spirit of Tzedakah - "Helping those in need."

Vision: Our purpose is to provide those in need with the services, support and caring necessary to lead independent, full and successful lives.

The Florida Service area's of the Gulf Coast Jewish Family Service organization includes Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, Polk, Highlands, Hardee, and Miami-Dade Counties. Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) community-based, nonsectarian agency, providing critical help to all Floridians since 1960.

Each year Gulf Coast serves more than 50,000 children, adults, families and elders who have catastrophic medical, psychiatric, physical, developmental and emotional needs. The agency is known nationally and internationally as a leader in innovative programming.

Nationally Accredited by the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF), Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services has 800 full and part-time employees providing services in 32 counties. We have Offices to serve you in Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, Polk, Sarasota, Lee, Alachua, Volusia, Orange, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. Publicly supported programs are organized under the agency's Gulf Coast Community Care division, while services to Pinellas County's Jewish population are under the agency's Jewish Family Services division.

A FEW of our Services:
Counseling
Case Management & Referrals
Mentoring
Safe Neighborhood Program
Assistance for Frail Elders
Child Protective Services
Group Homes
Women's Programs
Family Services
"Passport to Success"
Employment Services
Assistance for the Disabled
Affordable Housing
Shelters for Women & Children
Substance Abuse

MORE Details About our Main Programs

Mental Health Services
*Rescuing more than 2,000 elders from locked state mental hospitals by providing safe and caring community-based treatment at one-tenth to one-half the cost of a state institution.
*Three 16 bed long-term residential treatment programs for seriously mentally ill elders, where long-term care is provided in a supportive and humane community setting.
*More than 100 family homes where up to 225 mentally ill elders reside in security and comfort with caring, substitute family members.
*Coordinating treatment planning and community placement for more than 450 non-violent mentally ill inmates in the Pinellas County Jail.
*Therapeutic day programs for 90 mentally ill adults, teaching and strengthening the skills needed for independent living.
*Psychiatric and mental health care for over 650 mentally ill adults and elders in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, helping them remain out of locked institutions.
*A 14 bed group home for acutely mentally ill adults ages 18-45, as an alternative to homelessness, jail and locked state mental hospitals.
*A round-the-clock, in-home crisis intervention team to help prevent suicide among despondent elders.
*Mental health services for refugees who have been victims of torture and trauma.
*Counseling for families in conflict, marital problems, children with behavioral problems or in crisis or trouble, and individuals coping with loss, depression or emotional problems.
*Preventing alcohol abuse and medication mismanagement among the elderly through community education.

Children's Services
* In-home protective supervision in Polk and Pinellas for 2,400 children who are at-risk of child abuse or neglect.
* Mentoring for over 200 high risk, low income children typically from single parent families, providing supportive adult relationships that expose the children to positive role models, and provide a sense of stability in their uncertain lives.
* Short-term, high-intensity parenting and home care skill teaching to 125 parents who are at high risk of their children being removed from hom and entering foster care because of neglect.
* A model violence and drug use reduction program for 800 high risk middle school students, whose program effectiveness has been demonstrated through independent evaluation.
Community Services
* Emergency shelter for 200 women and their children yearly in Pasco County, and helping women obtain the essential skills, services and housing needed to care for themselves and their children.
* Helping 2,800 unemployed noncustodial parents find employment so they can contribute to the support and quality of life of their children.
* In-home companionship and support for 350 frail elders and Holocaust survivors provided by trained and supervised volunteers and paid staff.
* Comprehensive health and psychological treatment and other supports to enable victims of severe trauma and torture to become fully functional and productive members of the community.
* Critically needed help to more than 1,700 people with HIV/AIDS, including in-home health care, emergency financial assistance for utilities, rent or food, a food pantry, home delivered meals, specialized mental health counseling and support groups, 12 units of affordable housing, and case management linking individuals and family members with needed services.
* Essential in-home care to more than 450 catastrophically disabled adults age 18-59 and 700 frail elders in order to keep them free and independent in the community rather than in a nursing home. Services include homemakers who provide the basics of housekeeping, shopping, laundry, cooking and meal preparation; personal care assistance; home delivered meals; counseling and case management.
* Emergency financial assistance, including loans and one time payments, to prevent eviction or loss of essential utilities, to buy essential medicines, and to provide homemakers to prevent out-of-home placements.
* Emergency food bank providing emergency and holiday food certificates.
* Care management services for frail elders and the severely disabled, especially for individuals without local family, to help avoid unnecessary nursing home or other institutional placement.
* Independent case coordination to more than 600 developmentally disabled individuals, helping obtain the resources necessary to help them live in their home communities rather than expensive state institutions.
* Family Life Education programs to strengthen the family.
* Interest-free loans to needy college students.
* Resettlement services for former Soviet Union refugees.