Emergency Shelters
Bridgway Center, Inc.
Emergency Services:(850) 833-9200
CSU: (850) 833-9195
Detox: (850) 833-9193
Catholic Charities
11 SE First Street, FWB
Target Population: Transients, emergencies.
No Shelter, but limited funds for hotel stays.
Red Cross
(850) 243-0332
745 N. Beal Parkway, FWB
Target Population: persons rendered homless by fire.
No shelter, but limited funds for hotel stays.
Family Life Center
NE Eglin Parkway
Target Population: pregnant, unwed mothers
FRESH Start
Okaloosa Coalition on the Homeless
(850) 243-5648
6 Bobolink Avenue, FWB
Target Population: working parents and single women, primarily transitional housing
For persons with jobs
Natural Disasters: will take anyone
Harbor House
(850) 862-8374
8 Eagle Street, FWB
Target Population: Men with substance abuse disorders
Transitional housing only
JADA
(850) 244-5357
117 Windham Avenue FWB
Target Population: men and women with substance abuse disorders
Must agree to enroll in Christian recovery program
Charge: $83 each week from the first day of arrival
LIFE, Inc.
(850) 862-9020
109 NW Fetting Avenue, FWB
Target Population: pregnant, unwed mothers
Lutheran Services
(850) 682-2374
5127 Eastland, Crestview
Target Population: Runaway Teens
Salvation Army
(850) 243-4531
201 SE Beal Parkway, FWB
Target Population: men (4 beds, $10 charge after 3rd day)
Shelter House
(850) 863-4777
Target Population: women and children in imminent danger of harm from domestic violence
Waterfront Rescue Mission
(850) 796-0700
SE Hollywood Boulevard, FWB
Target Population: men with substance abuse disorders
Emergencies: will take anyone who needs shelter except for physically and mentally disabled
Support Groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
(850) 244-2009
Spanish Speakers:(850) 244-2421
1-888-425-2666
Alzheimer's Caregivers Support Group
First United Methodist Church in Niceville
(850) 678-4411 Ext. 127
Alzheimer's Support Group
(850) 689-3146
(850) 833-9165
Amputee Support Group
(850) 469-2096
A.W.A.K.E.
(sleep disordered breathing)
(850) 469-7042
Bariatric Advanced Support Group
(850) 202-0028
Better Breathers Support Group of Okaloosa county
(850) 478-5864
Bosom Buddies Support Group
(breast cancer)
(850) 651-0244
Breast Cancer Support Group
(850) 469-2224
Destin/South Walton: (850) 650-6108
Cancer Patients and Families Support Group
(850) 469-2224
Cancer Support Group
(850) 315-7889
Caring for Caregivers
(251) 809-8309
Circle of Parents
(parenting issues group)
(850) 833-2710
Cocaine Anonymous
Paradise Village, Building C, Suite A
8 p.m.
1-877-821-2807
CoDA
Santa Rosa Beach
(850) 650-1832
Compassionate Friends
(loss of a child)
(850) 243-6253
(850) 269-1665
Coming Out Support Group
(18-plus gay)
(850) 465-9900
C.O.S.A.
(850) 650-7910
Covenant Hospice Crestview Support Group
(850) 682-3628
Covenant Hospice Ongoing Grief Support
(850) 729-1800
Depression and Bipolar Support Group
(850) 244-1040
Diabetes Support Group
(850) 729-9460
(850) 863-7604
Divorce Care Support Group
Navarre United Methodist Church
6 p.m. on Wednesday
(850) 916-3045
(850) 939-2028
Divorce Recovery Support Group
(850) 833-7400
Domestice Violence
(850) 863-4777
1-800-44ABUSE
Emerald Coast Autism Support Group
(850) 897-2252
Emerald Coast Parents of Multiples
(850) 682-4556
(850) 729-1440
Epilepsy
(850) 433-1395
Gastric Bypass Support Group
(850) 863-7641
(850) 863-7523
Grandparents Rasing Grandchildren
Lillian or Earl Dublin
(850) 939-0250
Grief Share
(850) 862-9062
Grief Support Group
(850) 243-3163
email:wyates@fbcfwb.org
Hospice of the Emerald Coast
(850) 689-0300
I Can Hope
(Cancer)
(251) 809-8309
JADA
(850) 244-5357
(850) 862-1174
La Leche League in Navarre
(850) 936-8887
(352) 281-5190
Living With Cancer
(850) 729-9460
Mental Illness Support
(850) 863-7681
Narcotics Anonymous
Hotline: (850) 496-1673
Meetings: 1-800-467-7314
Santa Rosa Beach: (850) 622-2144 or (850) 830-1439
For friends and family: (850) 496-5091
link: www.pensacolana.org
North Okaloosa Autism Support Group
(850) 682-9032
Ostomy
(850) 678-7478
(850) 897-2025
Overeaters Anonymous
(850) 833-4908
Parents of Multiples
(850) 729-3737
Peer to Peer
(people with mental health disorders supporting each other)
(850) 244-1040
Prostate Cancer Support Group (Pensacola)
(850) 469-2224
Stroke Survivors
(850) 863-7641
Survivng after Stroke
(850) 416-1600
Take Off Pounds Sensibly
52: (850) 862-3498
74: (850) 243-3027 or (850) 581-2375
325: (850) 682-3871
504: (850) 682-8565
TOPS 285 (Eglin)
(850) 651-5646
(850) 651-3454
Twin Cities Diabities Support Group
(850) 729-9480
e-mail:Mary.Holleman@hcahealthcare.com
Visually Impaired
(850) 897-3363
Weight Loss Support Group (South Walton County)
(850) 622-9762
e-mail:gwensfile13@yahoo.com
Volunteer Reference Links
American Red Cross
Bay Area Food Bank
Elder Services of Okaloosa County
Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center
Secure the Call
Sharing and Caring
Trauma Intervention Programs Inc.
United Way
