Traumatic Brain Injury Support Groups
ADVANCE Acquired Brain Injury Program
This group meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6 pm at the Goodwill Industries.
Address: 7220 Sallie Mood Dr., Savannah, GA 31407
Phone: 912-354-6611
Big Bend Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:30 pm at the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
Address: 1300 Miccosukee Road, Tallahassee, FL 32303
Phone: 850-421-3890
Big Brain Injury Group
This group meets on the second Monday of every month at 1 pm at Sun Coast Independent Living.
Address: 2989 Fruitville Road, Suite 10, Sarasota, FL 34237
Phone: 941-351-9545 ex 105
BrainandSpinalCord.org
This organization is dedicated to providing reliable, timely and complete resources for SCI and TBI survivors.
Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm in Meeting Room A at the Med County Regional Library.
Address: 2050 Forrest Nelson Road, Port Charlotte, FL 33952
Phone: 941-697-3055
Brain Injury Support
This group’s meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6 pm at the Gulfstream Goodwill.
Address: 1715 Tiffany Drive East, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Phone: 561-848-7200
Brain Injury Support Group of Sumterville
This group meets on the third Thursday of every month at 2 pm at the Lake Sumter Community College.
Address: 1405 CR 526A, Sumterville, FL 33585
Phone: 352-793-7841
Brain Injury Support of Central Florida
This group meets on the fourth Monday of every month at 6:30 pm at the Leesburg Medical Center.
Address: 700 N. Palmetto, Leesburg, FL 34748
Phone: 352-483-1353
Central Florida Brain Injury Support Group
The Central Florida Brain Injury Support Group raises brain injury awareness through knowledge, friendship and partnership.
Address: PO BOX 140792, Orlando, FL 32814-0792
Phone: (407)228-2818
Daily Strength
This is a wonderful website for TBI survivors to discuss experiences and share advice.
Address: 3280 Peachtree Rd., Suite 600, Atlanta, GA 30305
Daytona Beach Hospital Campus
This group meets on the fourth Thursday of the every month at 3 pm at the on the third floor of building 201 of the Daytona Beach Hospital Campus.
Address: 303 N. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Phone: 386-677-7559
Deland Brain Injury Support This group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm at the Deland Hospital Classroom 1A. Address: 701 West Plymouth Ave., Deland, FL 32720 Phone: 386-532-9670
Grey Matters
This group meets on the third Thursday of every month at 5 pm at the Rehab Memorial Medical Center.
Address: 4600 Waters Ave., Savannah, GA 31407
Phone: 912-350-7274
HealthSouth Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the last Thursday of every month at 6 pm at the Health South Rehab Hospital.
Address: 20601 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33189
Phone: 305-259-6433
Hope Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the third Saturday of every month at 10:15 am at the Brooks Outpatient Rehab Center.
Address: 3901 University Blvd. South. Jacksonville, FL 32216
Phone: 904-0771-6658
Miracles Happen
This group meets on the second Tuesday of every Month at 7 pm at the Southern Regional Medical Center.
Address: 11 upper Riverdale Rd., Riverdale, GA 30274
Phone: 678-773-4930
Pinellas County Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month at 6 pm in the Sheen Conference Center at the Bayfront Medical Center.
Address: 701 6th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: 727-322-6123
New Beginnings Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the first Thursday of some months at 6 to 8 pm at HALLO.
Address: 112 Medical Center Ave., P.O. Box 7082, Sebring, FL 33872
Phone: 863-385-1196
North Fulton Brain Injury Group for Families
This group meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:45 pm at St. David’s Episcopal Church in the Old Parish Hall.
Address: 1015 Old Roswell Road, Roswell, GA 30076
Phone: 770-642-4236 ext. 41
North Fulton Brain Injury Group for Survivors
This group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 1 pm at St. David’s Episcopal Church in the Education Building.
Address: 1015 Old Roswell Road, Roswell, GA 30076
Phone: 770-642-4236 ext. 41
North Lake Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the second Thursday of every month at 2 pm in the Harbor Building at the North Lake Presbyterian Church.
Address: 975 Rolling Acres Road, The Villages, FL 32159
Phone: 352-553-2370
Okaloosa-Walton Brain Injury Support
This group meets every Wednesday at 10am at the Trinity Methodist Church.
Address: 403 Racetrack Road, Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32547
Phone: 850-244-1310
Orlando Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 7 pm at the Mayor William Beardall Senior Center.
Address: 800 S. Delaney Ave., Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 407-228-2818
Pensacola Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the second Wednesday of every month from 4 pm in the Community Room at the West Florida Rehab Institution.
Address: 8383 North Davis Highway, Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: 850-494-6178
Pinecrest Brain Injury Support
This group meets the on the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm at the Pinecrest Rehab Hospital.
Address: 5360 Linton Blvd., Delray, FL 33484
Phone: 561-495-3048
Rockledge Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the second Wednesday of the month from at 7 pm
Phone: 321-637-0009
Second Chance
This group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm at Second Chance.
Address: 222 East Beach Dr., Panama City, FL 32401
Phone: 850-769-7779
Shands Jacksonville Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
This group meets on the second Wednesday of every month at the Shands Jacksonville Medical Center in the Blue Room of Tower II.
Address: 655 West Eighth Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209
Phone: 904-244-4427d
Shands Rehab Brain Injury Support
The group meets on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6:15 pm at Shands Rehab Hospital.
Address: 4101 NW 89th Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32606
Phone: 352-265-5494
Tampa South Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm at the McFarland Park Barksdale Building.
Address: 1801 North Lincoln Ave., Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 813-908-1375
The Family Café
As a facilitator of communication and source of information, the Family Café encourages people with disabilities and their families to collaborate, advocate, build relationships and become empowered.
Address: 1332 N. Duval Street, Tallahassee, FL 32303
Phone: 888-309-CAFÉ or 850-224-4670
The Injury Cooperative
As a comprehensive resource, The Injury Cooperative guides catastrophic injury survivors and their families through recovery and life post injury.
Unlimited Possibilities
This group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 pm at the Kennestone Hospital Outpatient Rehab Center.
Address: 100 Lacy St., Marrietta, GA 30060
Phone: 770-924-7509
VA/TBI Support Group
The group meets on the second Monday of every month at 1 pm at the VA Medical
Address: Center Speech Pathology Department.
Phone: 404-329-4654
Wildwood Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm at the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.
Address: 5323 E. Country Road 462, Wildwood, FL 34785
Phone: 352-446-5647
Winter Haven Brain Injury Support
This group meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 pm at the Winter Haven Outpatient Hospital.
Address: 3425 Lake Alfred Road, Winter Haven, FL 33881
Phone: 863-292-4061
Traumatic Brain Injury Employment Resources
Traumatic Brain Injury survivors and family members may contact the organizations listed below for help searching for employment or other assistance related to finding employment.
Ability Links
This website offers nationwide professional networking connections for those with disabilities.
Address: 26W171 Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: 630-909-7445
AbilityOne
AbilityOne is dedicated to assisting people who are blind or have disabilities achieve their employment goals.
Phone: 800-999-5963
DisABLED Person
DisABLED Person provides a comprehensive list of job ads for people with disabilities.
Address: PO Box 230636, Encinitas, CA 92023
Phone: 760-420-1269
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Florida Department of Education
This government agency assists individuals with physical and/or mental impairments attain an employment goal.
Address: 2002 Old Saint Augustine Road, Building A, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-245-3399
James Patrick Memorial Work Incentive Personal Assistant Services
The Mission of Self Reliance Inc. is to promote independence by empowering people with disabilities and improving communities.
Address: 8901 N. Armenia Ave., Tampa FL 33604
Phone: 813-375-3970
National Telecommuting Institute
NTI is a directory of work-at-home job ads for those who are physically disabled.
Nobis Works
Nobis Works offers career training and employment and vocational support for youth and adults with disabilities.
Address: 1480 Bells Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30066-6014
Phone: 770-427-9000 Phone
The Able Trust
The Able Trust helps Floridians with disabilities gain employment by providing services which include training, job development, skill evaluation, employer outreach and ADA facility compliance.
Address: 3320 Thomasville Road, Suite 200, Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: 850-224-4493
Traumatic Brain Injury Advocacy Programs
Disability Rights Florida
Disability Rights Florida supports those with disabilities through collaboration, advocacy, education and legal and legislative strategies.
Address: 2728 Centerview Drive, Suite 102, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 800-342-0823 or 850-488-9071
Traumatic Brain Injury Financial Resources
Chair Scholars Foundation The Chairs Scholars Foundation helps young people who are financially challenged and have serious physical disabilities by providing scholarships for college or vocational school. Address: 16101 Carencia Lane, Odessa, FL 33556
Help Hope Live
Help Hope Live offers financial assistance for individuals and families who have been affected by a transplantation or catastrophic injury through grass-roots fundraising.
Social Security
Social Security is government system that provides benefits for people with disabilities.
Phone: 1-800-772-1213
Traumatic Brain Injury Veterans Organizations
There are both state and national organizations which specialize in helping survivors of Traumatic Brain Injuries who have spent time in the armed forces. They provide specialized service for veterans and can be reached via the contact information listed below.
Florida Department of Veterans Affairs This agency advocates for Florida veterans and assists them with support, services and benfits. Address: 11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K, Largo, FL 33778 Phone: 727- 518-3202
Paralyzed Veterans of America
This organization advocates health care, research, education, benefits and civil rights for veterans who have sustained an SCI or have a spinal cord disease.
Address: 801 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 800-424-8200
Traumatic Brain Injury Caregiver Organizations
Family Caregiver Alliance
This national organization works on the behalf of caregivers by providing education, advocacy and support.
Address: 785 Market Street, Suite 750, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-434-3388
Family Network on Disabilities
This organization works to provide family support, education, advocacy and resources to serve families of children with disabilities.
Address: 2196 Main St Suite K, Dunedin, FL 34698
Phone: 727-523-1130
Florida Respite Coalition The Florida Respite Coalition supports caregivers and advocates high quality respite care for those with special needs. Address: PO Box 1153, Winter Park, FL 32790
