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Families have their choice of outstanding medical facilities dedicated to providing a broad range of high-quality, cost-effective health service in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Northeast Indiana and Ohio.Photo

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Kids Health

Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP): Families eligible for Indiana's free or reduced cost health insurance for children have 16 locations they can enroll.
Lutheran Children's Hospital
Fort Wayne's John Chapman Kiwanis Club

Families

Aboite Counseling and Therapy Group provides Individual Therapy, Marital Therapy,
Relationship Therapy, Child Therapy and many other forms of counseling
Indiana Family Helpline
Allen County Family & Sports Chiropractic: Chiropractic Services
Emotions Anonymous: 12 step program for achieving and maintaining emotional health.
HospitalCompare: Compare the quality of hospital care using web-based consumer database.
Overeaters Anonymous: Recovery from compulsive overeating.
Alzheimer Support Group
Autism Society of America - Indiana
Autism Community Together: Support community.
RX for Indiana: A Web site designed to help low-income, uninsured Indiana residents get free or discounted brand-name medicines.

Seniors

HoosierRx: Indiana's Prescription Drug Program for low-income seniors.
State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) is a statewide valuable free service for Medicare beneficiaries
Brookdale Senior Living : Assisted Living Care
Alzheimer's Association-Fort Wayne
Merrill Gardens (Georgetown Place)
Medicare & You: The official site for MEDICARE information. Includes Information about private health plans that enroll elderly and disabled Americans.
Nursing Home Data from Medicare.gov
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home

Meals-on-Wheels and Senior Meals Program

Allen County Council on Aging
233 West Main Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Phone Graphic 260-426-0060

East Central Towers Meal Site
915 East Washington, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Phone Graphic 260-426-0953

East Wayne Street Center
801 East Wayne Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46803
Phone Graphic 260-422-6502

Fairington Apartments Meal Site
4931 Fairington Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
Phone Graphic 260-483-9441

Homebound Meals
611 West Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Phone Graphic 260-422-3296

North Highlands Hi-Rise Meal Site
2100 St. Mary's Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Phone Graphic 260-424-4094


Women

Fort Wayne Women's Bureau Health Programs
Fort Wayne Women's Health Organization
Fort Wayne Sexual Assault Treatment Center
Dupont Women's Resource Center
La Leche League of Fort Wayne : La Leche League offers free breastfeeding information and support to women who are pregnant or nursing. Accredited Group Leaders are also experienced nursing mothers, and they offer phone help, morning and evening meetings, and a lending library. Meetings are available in Fort Wayne, Auburn, and Grabill.

A Hope Center Pregnancy and Relationship Resources

3030 Lake Ave., Suite 20, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, Phone Graphic (260) 422-3544
A Hope Center at Prime Time, 3701 South Calhoun St, Fort Wayne, IN 46808, Phone Graphic (260-969-HELP)
Website:http://www.ahopecenter.com

Both locations are limited medical facilities and offer free pregnancy testing as well as free, limited, first-trimester ultrasounds. A Hope Center Pregnancy and Relationship resources offers abortion education and pregnancy-options peer counseling, as well as post-abortion healing opportunities. The Hope Center gives referrals for ongoing medical care, housing, physical needs, and adoption services. Regular clients enjoy ongoing peer counseling using a comprehensive pregnancy-related educational curriculum. Participation in the program provides clients the opportunity to earn baby furniture and other needed items.
The medical director is a volunteer OBGYN physician and there is a paid nurse manager on staff.

Crisis Pregnancy Help

OptionLine (1-800-395-HELP) for visitors seeking crisis pregnancy advice.
Planned Parenthood of Indiana
Plan B
Backup Your Birth Control
Get The Pill: Online prescriptions for emergency contraception and birth control pills


Community Initiatives 

Fort Wayne's John Chapman Kiwanis Club
Parkview Foundation

Alzheimer Support Group - Fort Wayne: A local, non-profit support group dedicated to supporting caregivers of Alzheimer and dementia patients. They maintain an office in the United Way Building (Room 301) where caregivers are welcome to come browse the library to check out Alzheimer and caregiver-related books. Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 to 12:30.
Alzheimer's Association-Northern Indiana Chapter
Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Indiana.
Indiana Family HelplinePhone Graphic 1-800-433-0746
RX for Indiana: A Web site designed to help low-income, uninsured Indiana residents get free or discounted brand-name medicines.

Alternative Medicine

Farlow Music Therapy Services
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