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ADHD Support Group 770227-6155
ADHD Support Group meets at 7PM at Willis Oil Company, 1403 A North Expressways.
Griffin.
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group
404-431-0762
706-324-2122
This group presented by Alzheimer’s Association, Georgia Chapter, meets the third Thursday
of the month at 3:30pm at Spalding County Senior Center, 885 Memorial Drive to provide
emotional, education and social support for caregivers.
Brightmoor Hospice
Grief Education and Support Groups
3235 Newnan Road
Griffin, GA 30223
770-467-9930
This group meets in Brightmoor’s conference room. Call for details.
Cancer Warriors Support Organization (CWSO)
105 Partridge Path
Griffin, GA 30224
(770) 362- 5356
[email protected]
CWSO is a non-profit organization that provides encouragement to those who have begun the battle
against cancer. We provide every member with Cancer Battle Gear, which contains helpful items
used while going through treatment. We provide encouragement through cards, emails, local
visitation groups and unlimited prayers.
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Caring House
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127 N. 13 Street
Box 1322
Griffin, GA 30224
770‐229‐4474
www.caring‐house.com
The Caring House is a non‐profit, non‐denominational pro‐life ministry that has served Spalding
County and the surrounding area for 25 years. We function as a women’s resource /crisis
pregnancy center to the general public by providing educational, spiritual and emotional support, and
resource services.
Our Purpose:
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To offer confidential counseling, hope and support to women facing an unplanned
pregnancy.
To encourage, educate, and equip women & their families to make wise life style choices
through our Earn While You Learn program, parenting classes, and mentoring mom
program.
To give practical assistance with baby items & clothing to those in need through our donation
closet.
To actively promote self-sufficiency & autonomy by providing appropriate referrals to
community resources.
Our Mission:
Mission of the Caring House, established to serve as a voice for the unborn, is to encourage, educate
and equip women and their families to make wise and Godly life style choices while sharing with them
Christ’s truth and love.
Diabetes Update Group
(770) 228-2721 Ext 2305
This group meets Mon-Fri 8-4:30 at Spalding Regional Hospital and
provides Diabetes updates for patients and family members. Call for
dates and times.
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Eagles Way Church
700 Wilson Road
Griffin, GA 30224
770-228-4699
www.eagleswaychurch.org/ministries/counseling
Eagles Way Church offers Biblical Counseling, Life Coaching, or Professional Counseling in areas
of Individual, Marriage, Family, Children/Teen, Abuse, Addictions, ADHD, Bi Polar, OCD, PTSD,
DID, Adultery, Anxiety, Career, Depression, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Financial, Grief and Loss,
Mid-Life, Parenting, Relationships, Sexual Problems, and Stress.
Biblical Counseling and Life Coaching is donation based. Fees/insurance are applied for
Professional Counseling
Family Nurturing Center of Georgia
P. O. Box 385 Snellville, GA 30078 770-972-3664
www.nurturingparenting.com
FNC-GA offers the Nurturing Parenting Programs in local communities, as part of the Nurturing
Georgia’s Families® Project. Our trained facilitators work to prevent the cited problem of child
abuse, neglect and substance abuse via in-home visitation and group- based programming.
Workshops are available, which are two-hour workshops, and are research-based, individual
lessons from our full parenting programs, and we offer them for FREE in 74 counties, including
Spalding. The tailored workshops target community members but are considered primary prevention
and provide useful information for anyone attending.
Workshops engage participants with fun, interactive activities, while giving them basic parenting
skills that work!
Workshops include: (1) 12 Steps to Keeping Your Kids Drug- Free; (2) You, Your Environment and
Your Baby; (3) Nurturing Touch; (4) Breaking the Cycle: Child Abuse Awareness and Education; (5)
Challenge for a Change; (6) Turning Chaos to Confidence; (7) Live Love, and Laugh; (8)
Appropriate Boundaries in Parenting.
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Fresh Touch Counseling Service
Griffin First Assembly Church 2000
West McIntosh Road Griffin, GA
30223
(770) 228-2307
http://www.griffinfirst.org/touch-of-healing-counseling-center
Fresh Touch offers a variety of free support groups. There may be a one-time fee
to cover the cost of workbooks. It also offers professional counseling and
accepts most insurance.)
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Griefshare Support Group
Recovery Room
Anger Management
Divorce Care
Healing Trauma Group
Boundaries/Co Dependency Group
Griffin Group of Gamblers Anonymous
(770) 228-2832
Gamblers Anonymous meets at Griffin Primitive Baptist Church at the intersection of Solomon and
15th St.
Griffin Sexual Assault Center
770-636-0088
Support Group meetings for adult survivors of rape lead by a certified counselor at a confidential
location. Call for information.
Haven of Hope
6 Jefferson Parkway Suite C
Newnan, GA 30263
Phone: 770-252-5418
www.district4health.org
District Four Health Services HIV Program that provides medical and support services for HIV clients
and families.
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Helpline Georgia
800-338-6745
Helpline provides confidential, round the clock, crisis intervention, information and referral through
a toll-free line. Callers can request help for substance abuse, gambling, family violence and sexual
assault problems; report drug selling and child abuse; gain information on support and self-help
groups, and obtain educational information and information on the Crime Victims Compensation
Program. For more information, visit http://www.hodac.org, or call
1-800-338-6745.
Kinship Care Program
Georgia Division of Family & Children Services
533 Highway 29 North
Newnan, GA 30263
678-552-5296
706-302-6192
Kinship Care is the response to the increasing number of grandparents,
relatives, and other caregivers who have assumed responsibility for
raising another relative’s child.
A Kinship Caregiver serves as a short or long term caregiver for relative
children. A Kinship Caregiver can be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling
or anyone who has established a “kin” like bond with the children. The
majority of kinship care arrangements are informal, private arrangements
between parents and relative caregiver, while other situations involve the
child welfare system.
The Kinship Program is designed to assist the Kinship Caregiver at any
junction in the child/caregiver relationship.
The Kinship Care Support Group meets the 1st Thursday of each month
at the Spalding County Senior Center; 885 Memorial Drive, Griffin.
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Living with Kidney Disease Support Group
(770) 229-9347
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Meets the 2 Tuesday of every month at 6:00pm. at Spalding Regional in the
Women’s Center Classroom.
Lost and Found Brain Injury Support Group (770)
233-1660
www.biausa.org
Lost and Found meets the first Tuesday of each month at Griffin Technical College Cafeteria
at 7PM. This is a support group for those with brain injuries and their families.
Mothers against Meth-Amphetamine (MAMa)
P. O. Box 13 Barnesville, GA
30204 (770) 229-4020
www.mamasite.net
Mothers Against Methamphetamine is involved in community education about the horrors
of methamphetamine addiction at many different levels. Our videos and printed materials,
booklets and pamphlets, provide basic information about the effects of methamphetamine
on the human brain and personality in terms anyone can understand. Our chapters use
these materials to hold community education events in schools, churches and community.
National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
770-584-1045
(800)-728-1052 Helpline
www.Nami.org
The purpose of NAMI is to relieve the suffering and improve the quality of life for those with
brain disorders (mental illness) and their families through support, advocacy, education and
research. NAMI is dedicated to educating the public about brain disorders to reduce
misinformation and stigma. The regional chapter of NAMI meets the third Thursday of each
month from 7-8:30 PM at the Rocksprings Church, Milner GA.
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Need to Talk HELPLINE
1-800-CHILDREN
(1-800) 244-5373
www.preventchildabusega.org/html/helpline.html
How Can We Help You? Prevent Child Abuse Georgia's toll-free statewide HELPLINE
provides information, referrals, and support for parents, survivors of abuse, professionals,
community members, children, adolescents, families, educators, new parents, grandparents
and more. Because the Helpline is anonymous and confidential, it is often the first point of
contact for individuals in need.
“Need to Talk?" program - gives children and youth a confidential place to call when they
need to discuss tough subjects such as bullying, violence, alcohol and drugs, peer
relationships, personal development, family problems and other issues.
PCA Georgia staff and trained volunteers are available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 8
p.m., to answer questions and provide information, Call 1-800-CHILDREN or e-mail
[email protected].
Next Step
A grief support group offering information and hope for women who have lost a spouse
though death. Meets the second Saturday of the month in the community room of Willis Oil
Co., 1403 North Expressway; Griffin GA.
Parkinson Support Group
For people who are suffering from Parkinson's disease and their family members. The group
discusses topics including exercise, mobility issues, nutrition, medications and more. The
group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at Spalding Regional.
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Promise Place
P.O. Box 854
350 North Jeff Davis Drive
Fayetteville, GA 30214
(770) 461-3839
410 East Taylor St
Suite K-6
Griffin, GA 30223
(770)-692-3333
www.promiseplace.org.
Promise Place is a DHR certified domestic violence shelter to serve women and children in
Spalding, Pike, Upson and Fayette needing safety from domestic violence.
It offers a 24 hour crisis line, shelter, legal advocacy, court assistance, weekly support group,
counseling for children, food pantry, thrift shop, transitional housing and community education and
training. Domestic Violence is a pattern of physically, sexually, and/or emotionally abusive behaviors
used by one individual to assert power of maintain control over another in the contest of an intimate
or family relationship. As an individual you have rights to safety. It is against the law for anyone to
use physical violence against you, regardless of whether you are related, married or just know the
person. Call for help.
Rock Springs Congregational Methodist Church
219 Rock Springs Rd.
Milner, GA 30257
(770) 229-8663
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GriefShare Support Group meets Wednesdays at 7pm.
Compassionate Hearts
A weekly support group for cancer patients, survivors their families and care givers.
Compassionate Hearts Meet every Thursday Night at 7- 8 PM
Safe Place for Newborns 1877-440-2229
www.safeplacefornewborns.com
Don’t abandon your baby! Bring your baby to a licensed medical facility. A mother can leave
her unharmed newborn, up to 7 days old, at any licensed medical facility in Georgia. Tell any
employee that you want to leave your baby with Safe Place for Newborns.
Your baby will be given any needed medical care, then place in foster care for
adoption.
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Spalding Regional Hospital
PO Drawer V
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601 South 8 Street
Griffin, GA 30224
770-228-2721
www.spaldingregional.com
Spalding Regional Hospital offers the following support groups to help members of our community
find encouragement and information.
Most groups meet monthly. Please call the Support Group organizer for dates, times and details.
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Colon and Digestive Cancer Support Group
Meets the first Monday of each month, at 6 p.m. in Classroom, call Vickie Smith 404-4080824, or [email protected].
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Lupus Fibromyalgia Support Group
meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at 6 p.m. at Spalding Regional in the Women's
Center classrooms. For more information, call Myrna at (770) 228-8090.
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Feel Good Look Better
Hands-on group workshop dedicated to helping female cancer patients cope with and
combat appearance related side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. This is
a hands-on, group session with a licensed cosmetologist. Call 800-227-2345 to reserve
your space.
Survivors of Incest Anonymous
(770) 228-6365
Survivors of Incest Anonymous for women over age 18 meets on Thursday 8 to 9 PM at
Women center at Spalding Regional medical center.
Survivor's Network Cancer Support Group
(770) 468-8380
Survivor’s Network is a friendship group for women with breast cancer and other cancers.
The group meets the 4th Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Spalding Regional Medical
Center in the Women’s Center.
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Trauma and Grief Support (T.A.G.S.)
235 West Solomon Street Suite 210
Griffin, GA 30223
(770) 233-2809
T.A.G.S. was created by the Victim Service Unit of the Sheriff’s Department to help victims
of traumatic events including but not limed to homicide, suicide, accidental death and
vehicular homicide, etc. The support group is led by a certified counselor with Crosbyth
Mitchell Counseling Services. TAGS meet the 4 Thursday of each
Month.
Some symptoms are the grieving process are fatigue, crying feeling empty sleeping
problems, eating problems, physical aches and pains, sad angry, fear denial, sense of
abandonment, restlessness and loss of companionships. T.A.G.S. is about grieving and
healing with the help of others.
TeenCentral.Net
www.TeenCentral.net
TeenCentral.Net is a safe, free and totally anonymous site that offers help when you need it most. If
you have a problem, question, difficult situation or just want to vent, write your “story” and there will
be an answer waiting for you within 24-hours. It’s that easy – so log on and work it out!
Being a teen isn’t easy. Each day you face choices related to school, parents, dating and
fitting in. Growing up can often be complicated by drugs, violence in schools, relationships
divorce, abuse and personal lonelinessTeenCenter.Net is a unique Web site developed by
KidsPeace, a private charity dedicated to serving the critical behavioral and mental health
needs of children, preadolescents and teens Since 1882 KidsPeace has been helping kids
develop the confidence and skills they need to overcome crisis.
You are Not Alone
Special Needs Children Support Group
(678) 296-2475
This group is for people who have loved ones with developmental disabilities such as
autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy.
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