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Coastal First Steps -- Parents of Newborns Program

Chatham County Community Resource Directory
First Steps Office
912-819-6910 or 6911

24 Hour Warm Line
1-800-422-4453

Telfair BirthPlace 
912-819-8200

Special Care Nursery at Telfair
912-819-6426

Birth Registrar for Telfair BirthPlace 
Bernice Walker 
912-819-6663

Casemanagers for Telfair BirthPlace
 Phyllis Cutrell
912-819-6563 or 8550

Social Worker for Telfair BirthPlace
Abbie Stallcup
912-819-6171

Care Call Center
9 AM - 9 PM
912-819-3360


Emergency Numbers
Ambulance/Fire/Police
911

Non-Emergency Numbers
Fire   
651-6758
Police  652-6500
Sherriff  652-7600

Poison Control Center
1-800-222-1222

Helplines
Child Abuse Reporting Line
651-2110 or 911

Rape Crisis 24 Hour Line
233-7273

SAFE Shelter
629-8888

United Way Referral Line
211
www.uwce.org

Prevent Child Abuse GA
8 AM - 8 PM Mon - Fri
1-800-244-5373

SJ/C Health Info Hotline
819-3360 or 1-800-622-6877


Breastfeeding
Lactation Consultants at Telfair BirthPlace
819-8231

La Leche League
232-2258/ 356-3804/ 897-9261


Childcare Resources
Bright from the Start
www.decal.state.ga.us

Early Start Childcare Resource
443-3011

Child Support Enforcement
Chatham County
652-7400

Education/GED/Job Training
Teenage Parenting Program (TAPP)
201-5589

Adult Education Center
201-5527

Job Corps
925-4258

Savannah Technical College
351-6362


Employment
GA Department of Labor
353-3168

Exercise
St. Joseph's/Candler Center for Wellbeing
819-6463

YMCA Corporate Office
354-5480


Financial Assistance
Consumer Credit Counseling
691-2227

Department of Family and Children Services
Emergency Assistance
651-2220

Economic Opportunity Authority
(EOA)
238-2960

Pentecostal Miracle Deliverance Center
233-7045

Royal Church of Christ
233-1224

Salvation Army
651-7442

Savannah United Ministries
234-0330


Food Stamps/Medicaid/TANF
Chatham County Department of
Family and Children Services

Main Line:  651-2217
Adult Medicaid:  651-2082
Child Care:  651-2203
Claims/Collections:  651-2659
Food Stamps:  651-2216
Medicaid:  651-2216
TANF:  651-2216



















General Assistance
America's Second Harvest of
Coastal Georgia
236-6750

Goodwill Industries - Coastal Empire
354-6611

Salvation Army
651-7420

Coastal Cathedral
Shining Light Pantry
354-5225

Emmanus House
233-5442

Social Apostolate
233-1877


Health Department
Main Line: 356-2441

Birth Records:  356-2138

Children's Medical Services: 
351-6475

Family Medical Clinic/ Primary Care
651-6226

Genetic Screening/Sickle Cell:
351-6475

Immunization Clinic:
651-3369

WIC:  356-2344


Health and Safety
Infant & Child CPR/Injury Prevention
921-3368

Planned Parenthood
351-0116

American Redcross
356-5707

Safe Kids of Savannah Coalition
353-3148

Candler Hospital
819-6000

Memorial Hospital
350-8000

St. Joseph's Hospital
819-4100


Library
Live Oak Public Library
Bull Street Branch
652-3600


Legal Services
Georgia Legal Services
651-2108

Lawyer Referral Services
(Savannah Bar Association)
236-9344

Legal Hotline
1-800-218-7839


Mental Health
Behavioral Health SEL
(Memorial Health 24 Hour Line)
350-4673

DHR Behavioral Health Line
1-800-715-4225

www.mhconnections.com


Music
Kindermusik Classes
ages 0-7
352-2420


Military
Army One Source
1-800-464-8107


Parenting and Women's Resources

Boot Camp for New Dads
350-9355

Parent Baby Massage Class
819-6463

Telfair Women's Hospital
Parenting the Preschooler
819-3368

Bethesda Home For Boys
(Parenting Common Sense)
351-2055

Lutheran Ministries of GA
355-9179

Parent and Child
238-2777

African American Health
Information and Referral
447-6605

R.O.C.K. Group
(Raising Our Children Kindly)
897-1713

Wesley Women's Center
236-4226


Public Health
Community Health Center
(Free to Chatham Co. Residents)
692-1451

Curtis V. Cooper
Primary Health
944-6080

J.C. Lewis Health Center
(No cost for the homeless)
495-8887

Savannah Health Mission
352-2032




Rent/Utility Assistance
Economic Opportunity
Authority of Savannah:
Main Line:  238-2960

Emergency Assistance and
Weatherization: 238-2973

Housing Counseling:  238-2969

Savannah United Ministries
Rent/Utility Assistance:
234-0330

Social Apostolate Utility
Assistance:
233-1877


Screenings
Savannah Speech & Hearing
355-4601

Services for Special Care
Infants/Toddlers

Babies Can't Wait
351-6713
Works with babies/toddlers ages
birth to three years who are
developmentally delayed by using
physical, occupational, adn speech
therapy.

Shelters and Homeless
Assistance

Hope House
(Mothers & Children)
443-3000
236-5310

Union Mission
Magdalene Project
236-7423

Salvation Army
964-8575

Housing Authority of Savannah
(HAS)
Main Line:  235-5800

Applications for Section 8:
235-5844

Stress and Family Crisis

Children's Helpline
1-800-CHILDREN

Greenbriar Children's Center
Family Preservation
234-3431

Parent & Child
Developmental Services
238-2777


Social Security
Social Security Administration
353-7059

Support Groups

Mommy & Me, Life with Your Little One
819-6171

Mothers of Preschoolers
(MOPS) Birth to Preschool
897-6059
897-9774

Jenn Lavanish
354-4256
www.momsclubofsavannahga@hotmail.com

www.twinstuff.com

www.southernmamas.com

Transportation

Golden Years Transport
Services
232-5254
(Medicaid Applicants)

Chatham Area Transit
233-5767


First Steps Parents of Newborns Program, Candler Hospital Site
5353 Reynolds Street, Savannah, GA 31405
912-819-6911 or 912-819-6910 Mobile 912-658-0247 FAX 912-819-8228

firststeps@sjchs.org

First Steps is a program of Prevent Child Abuse Georgia sponsored by St. Joseph's/Candler Health System in partnership with the  the Coastal Empire R.O.C.K. Group (Raising Our Children Kindly).