Grandparents as Parents
Support Services
Leon County Senior Outreach Program-Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Phone: 891-4065 or 891-4033
Location: Call for location and reservation information.
E-mail: Susan Davis or Martha Coppin
This program offers social support to grandparents and other relative caregivers raising children. A monthly support group and luncheon is held on the last Wednesday of each month. Leon County Senior Outreach is a program of the Tallahassee Senior Citizens Foundation.
Information and Referral
2-1-1 Big Bend Help Line
Phone: 211
Telephone Counseling, information and referral and crisis intervention.
Tallahassee Senior Center
Phone: 850-891-4015
E-mail: Senior Information
Senior Resource Services
The Whole Child Connection
Phone: 850-694-0117
Website: WholeChildLeon.com
A link to all the resources available to children under six years of age.
Legal Services
Legal Aid Foundation of the Tallahassee Bar Association
Phone: 850-222-3004
Website: www.tallahasseebar.org
Provides legal services for civil cases to those who cannot afford an attorney.
Legal Services of North Florida
Phone: 850-385-9007
Website: www.lsnf.org
Civil legal assistance to domestic violence victims, children, poverty level residents and the elderly.
Senior Services
Elder Care Services
Phone: 850-921-5554
Provides care management, homemaker, personal care, adult day care, adult health care, Alzheimer's and general respite care, emergency alert response, Meals on Wheels, congregate meals, transportation, and volunteer services to seniors and their families.